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Disease* |
State or territory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Aust | |
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis B (newly acquired) | 1.1 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 41.0 |
42.8 |
62.3 |
25.2 |
18.5 |
8.8 |
29.7 |
35.0 |
32.8 |
| Hepatitis C (newly acquired) | 2.3 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
NN |
2.0 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 69.5 |
62.4 |
85.4 |
62.6 |
20.2 |
59.7 |
47.0 |
43.1 |
53.8 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacteriosis† | 126.4 |
NN |
64.0 |
110.5 |
110.2 |
116.2 |
83.0 |
97.5 |
98.2 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 2.3 |
3.5 |
16.0 |
4.5 |
0.7 |
11.9 |
5.9 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 0.0 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| STEC, VTEC‡ | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis | 28.5 |
32.1 |
190.4 |
36.1 |
42.2 |
29.4 |
33.1 |
47.4 |
37.0 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
1.6 |
17.8 |
2.2 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
2.4 |
| Typhoid | 1.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Plague | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rabies | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Smallpox | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Yellow fever | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Sexually transmissible infections |
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| Chlamydial infection§ | 314.4 |
249.9 |
1,391.2 |
422.6 |
219.6 |
384.4 |
87.3 |
439.0 |
277.3 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection | 11.4 |
31.3 |
990.9 |
44.1 |
15.5 |
2.4 |
30.6 |
63.8 |
44.7 |
| Syphilis <2 years duration | 9.1 |
2.1 |
39.1 |
3.0 |
- |
2.4 |
13.3 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
| Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration | 2.3 |
3.4 |
12.5 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Vaccine preventable diseases | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 74.0 |
0.0 |
384.3 |
131.5 |
692.4 |
39.8 |
99.0 |
172.9 |
126.2 |
| Measles | 1.1 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Mumps | 0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Pertussis | 128.7 |
104.2 |
163.7 |
209.3 |
458.7 |
47.0 |
111.4 |
85.5 |
151.2 |
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 9.1 |
10.3 |
24.9 |
9.3 |
11.1 |
13.5 |
11.3 |
15.7 |
11.2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Rubella - congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Tetanus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Varicella zoster (chickenpox) | 1.1 |
NN |
44.5 |
13.9 |
20.5 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
27.5 |
13.0 |
| Varicella zoster (shingles) | 6.8 |
NN |
48.0 |
2.5 |
60.1 |
35.0 |
6.9 |
26.8 |
16.1 |
| Varicella zoster (unspecified) | 27.3 |
NN |
0.0 |
89.5 |
26.9 |
14.3 |
35.9 |
42.0 |
50.3 |
Vectorborne diseases |
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| Arbovirus infection (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0 |
1.8 |
12.5 |
14.3 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
| Dengue virus infection | 2.3 |
2.4 |
10.7 |
7.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
23.2 |
5.2 |
| Japanese encephalitis virus infection | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus infection | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 1.1 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 0.0 |
3.9 |
129.9 |
24.6 |
11.6 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
Zoonoses |
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| Anthrax | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Brucellosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
| Lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
| Tularaemia | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Other bacterial infections |
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| Legionellosis | 2.3 |
0.9 |
3.6 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection|| | 1.1 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
| Tuberculosis | 5.7 |
3.9 |
8.9 |
7.5 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
7.8 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
† Not reported for New South Wales where it is only notifiable as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’.
‡ Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC).
§ Includes Chlamydia trachomatis identified from cervical, rectal, urine, urethral, throat and eye samples, except for South Australia, which reports only genital tract specimens; the Northern Territory and Queensland, which exclude ocular specimens; and Western Australia, which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.
|| Only invasive meningococcal disease is nationally notifiable. However, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia also report conjunctival cases.
NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
NDP No data provided.
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