Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reporting jurisdictions

A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 60,526 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification received date between 1 October and 31 December 2010 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each state or territory is presented in Table 3.

The date of diagnosis is the onset date or where the date of onset was not known, the earliest of the specimen collection date, the notification date, or the notification receive date. As considerable time may have elapsed between the onset and diagnosis dates for hepatitis B (unspecified), hepatitis C (unspecified) and tuberculosis, the earliest of specimen date, health professional notification date or public health unit notification receive date was used for these conditions.

Totals comprise data from all states and territories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.

Table 1: Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction