Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. Data are published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains the notifications for the period 1 January to 31 March 2011.

Page last updated: 22 August 2011

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 January to 31 March 2011, by date of diagnosis

  State or territory              
Disease
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 2011 Total 4th quarter 2010 Total 1st quarter 2010 Last 5 years mean 1st quarter Ratio Year to date 2011 Last 5 years YTD mean
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
0.2
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
1
9
2
12
3
2
15
3
47
36
73
65.2
0.7
47
65.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
20
714
50
247
79
7
444
157
1,718
1,648
1,962
1,718.8
1.0
1,718
1,718.8
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
1
15
1
NN
7
7
47
29
107
80
100
99.0
1.1
107
99.0
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
43
876
47
600
106
60
597
252
2,581
2,716
3,029
3,005.2
0.9
2,581
3,005.2
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
3
0
0
4
0
10
8
4
9.2
1.1
10
9.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0.0
0
0.4
Campylobacteriosis§
149
NN
45
1,382
500
216
1,953
641
4,886
5,247
4,234
4,312.8
1.1
4,886
4,312.8
Cryptosporidiosis
9
104
30
115
57
3
46
262
626
297
525
1,356.0
0.5
626
1,356.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
3
5.2
0.8
4
5.2
Hepatitis A
1
23
0
3
1
1
13
2
44
49
101
81.4
0.5
44
81.4
Hepatitis E
1
8
0
3
0
0
4
0
16
6
12
11.0
1.5
16
11.0
Listeriosis
0
6
1
3
2
1
4
2
19
16
34
26.4
0.7
19
26.4
STEC, VTEC||
0
0
0
4
7
0
6
0
17
16
33
33.8
0.5
17
33.8
Salmonellosis
65
1,560
116
1,132
403
74
981
443
4,774
2,873
4,097
3,386.4
1.4
4,774
3,386.4
Shigellosis
4
47
24
20
7
0
25
37
164
128
165
190.4
0.9
164
190.4
Typhoid
1
25
0
8
4
1
11
6
56
17
31
32.4
1.7
56
32.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.6
1.7
1
0.6
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
Chlamydial infection¶,**
346
5,267
679
4,872
1,289
435
4,775
2,943
20,606
17,635
19,073
14,977.4
1.4
20,606
14,977.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0.0
0
0.6
Gonococcal infection**
45
615
521
722
135
3
457
435
2,933
2,521
2,376
2,184.8
1.3
2,933
2,184.8
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
2
92
16
88
4
0
78
34
314
250
314
303.2
1.0
314
303.2
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
9
64
13
48
NDP
5
150
26
315
256
330
332.6
0.9
315
332.6
Syphilis – congenital**
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
1.4
2.9
4
1.4
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
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
8
3
4.0
0.8
3
4.0
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
17
350
306
1,232
175
9
341
176
2,606
3,843
468
381.6
6.8
2,606
381.6
Measles
2
46
0
10
0
0
20
3
81
10
14
29.2
2.8
81
29.2
Mumps
0
13
0
9
3
0
11
2
38
29
19
61.2
0.6
38
61.2
Pertussis
347
3,598
53
2,388
951
63
2,773
425
10,598
14,155
5,679
3,742.4
2.8
10,598
3,742.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
4
63
23
29
23
7
37
33
219
390
211
203.2
1.1
219
203.2
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Rubella
1
7
0
5
1
0
6
2
22
4
16
8.8
2.5
22
8.8
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1.6
0.6
1
1.6
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
3
NN
14
43
105
9
118
78
370
551
279
294.0
1.3
370
294.0
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
5
NN
45
25
390
40
272
208
985
812
781
536.6
1.8
985
536.6
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
18
NN
0
994
29
19
492
239
1,791
1,872
1,772
1,281.0
1.4
1,791
1,281.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
15
4
6.8
0.6
4
6.8
Barmah Forest virus infection
2
233
16
326
74
2
129
53
835
406
454
604.2
1.4
835
604.2
Dengue virus infection
3
35
13
110
12
0
37
148
358
449
161
295.6
1.2
358
295.6
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
1
0.8
0.0
0
0.8
Malaria
0
19
8
41
0
2
28
20
118
99
94
142.8
0.8
118
142.8
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
3
8
0
0
0.6
13.3
8
0.6
Ross River virus infection
5
277
80
453
805
4
1,042
372
3,038
1,031
1,653
2,123.4
1.4
3,038
2,123.4
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.6
0.0
0
0.6
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Brucellosis
0
2
0
8
0
0
1
0
11
5
5
9.8
1.1
11
9.8
Leptospirosis
0
12
1
99
0
0
2
1
115
36
20
46.0
2.5
115
46.0
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
3
0
0
0
0
18
1
22
28
11
23.8
0.9
22
23.8
Q fever
0
17
0
46
1
0
3
2
69
75
77
99.2
0.7
69
99.2
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
0.0
1
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
23
3
15
10
2
18
8
79
81
61
72.8
1.1
79
72.8
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2.6
0.0
0
2.6
Meningococcal infection§§
1
22
3
13
5
2
8
4
58
53
46
51.0
1.1
58
51.0
Tuberculosis
6
87
6
72
13
3
84
28
299
375
293
286.0
1.0
299
286.0
Total
1,111
14,449
2,119
15,430
5,276
1,000
15,058
7,131
60,971
58,129
48,624
60,971

* Newly acquired hepatitis includes cases where the infection was determined to be acquired within 24 months prior to diagnosis.

† Unspecified hepatitis and syphilis includes cases where the duration of infection could not be determined.

‡ In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

§ 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 Western Australia, exclude ocular infections.

** In the national case definitions for chlamydial, gonococcal and syphilis infections the mode of transmission cannot be inferred from the site of infection. Transmission (especially in children) may be by a non-sexual mode (e.g. perinatal infections, epidemic gonococcal conjunctivitis).

†† Ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter. Ratios for varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 4 years of data.

‡‡ In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection and Kunjin virus infection are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection.

§§ 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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