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 October to 31 December 2011.

Page last updated: 25 June 2012

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

Disease State or territory Total 4th quarter 2011 Total 3rd quarter 2011 Total 4th quarter 2010 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Ratio Year to date 2011 Last 5 years YTD mean
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
0.4
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
0
4
1
14
4
1
25
3
52
46
38
62.0
0.8
189
263.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
23
602
38
182
98
6
463
174
1,586
1,743
1,624
1,645.2
1.0
6,662
6,708.2
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
3
8
2
NN
5
4
0
22
44
58
82
95.6
0.5
280
385.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
41
759
61
584
102
41
554
222
2,364
2,586
2,646
2,740.0
0.9
9,986
11,301.6
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
10
10
7.0
0.6
35
34.8
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.2
0.0
2
0.6
Campylobacteriosis§
126
NN
24
1,187
550
282
1,664
536
4,369
4,447
5,394
4,568.0
1.0
17,725
16,201.6
Cryptosporidiosis
3
83
43
158
8
8
63
45
411
288
308
471.8
0.9
1,807
2,823.4
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
4
1
6.4
0.6
13
17.4
Hepatitis A
2
14
0
5
2
2
9
6
40
28
52
86.4
0.5
144
311.0
Hepatitis E
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
3
9
6
6
5.0
1.8
40
31.2
Listeriosis
0
6
0
4
1
1
8
2
22
10
17
15.4
1.4
70
68.4
STEC, VTEC||
5
4
0
6
18
1
2
0
36
27
17
31.8
1.1
98
98.6
Salmonellosis
65
720
113
726
271
54
638
332
2,919
2,012
2,920
2,348.6
1.2
12,286
9,502.4
Shigellosis
4
42
36
11
13
0
21
14
141
95
129
145.4
1.0
496
627.6
Typhoid
1
6
1
6
2
1
10
4
31
22
17
21.8
1.4
134
96.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.8
0.0
6
3.8
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
2
0.0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection¶,**
297
5,002
636
4,521
1,205
453
4,837
2,651
19,602
20,254
17,963
14,425.0
1.4
80,827
59,012.0
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
2.6
Gonococcal infection**
20
890
482
751
115
6
444
504
3,212
2,867
2,565
2,002.2
1.6
12,124
8,390.6
Syphilis – congenital**
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1.4
0.7
7
6.0
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
2
101
3
70
12
1
71
29
289
301
275
291.4
1.0
1,259
1,218.6
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
5
83
16
58
NDP
9
111
31
313
317
268
319.4
1.0
1,252
1,338.6
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
4
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
8
5.4
0.4
13
21.4
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
34
583
59
640
510
28
594
451
2,899
17,375
4,048
1,514.8
1.9
27,018
19,119.6
Measles
19
11
2
1
1
0
8
8
50
34
10
6.4
7.8
193
75.2
Mumps
0
21
0
12
0
1
5
2
41
35
30
87.0
0.5
153
280.6
Pertussis
105
3,270
140
2,473
292
204
1,829
1,999
10,312
9,572
14,568
6,322.8
1.6
38,579
18,698.0
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
6
121
27
62
24
17
83
43
383
724
391
330.2
1.2
1,879
1,547.4
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.3
Rubella
1
3
0
1
1
0
2
0
8
14
4
6.6
1.2
58
40.0
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.4
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0.0
3
3.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
3
NN
44
89
164
5
218
128
651
658
564
608.6
1.1
2,092
1,717.6
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
10
NN
48
20
396
64
265
261
1,064
1,008
831
618.0
1.7
3,986
2,153.6
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
30
NN
1
1,075
65
28
723
257
2,179
2,004
1,893
1,457.4
1.5
7,732
5,278.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
1
4
0
0
3
0
8
6
15
4.4
1.8
24
18.2
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
68
12
208
16
0
4
38
346
289
409
374.0
0.9
1,867
1,773.0
Dengue virus infection
3
46
7
38
7
1
27
84
213
118
467
181.2
1.2
820
738.4
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.2
Kunjin virus infection‡‡
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.2
5.0
2
1.8
Malaria
0
18
11
36
3
3
22
17
110
95
103
121.0
0.9
413
552.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
0.0
16
1.4
Ross River virus infection
0
68
46
273
41
2
44
274
748
378
1,051
895.6
0.8
5,161
5,058.6
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
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
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
9
7
5
9.0
1.0
39
37.0
Leptospirosis
0
6
1
10
0
1
2
1
21
19
36
22.2
0.9
217
127.6
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
6
0
1
0
0
14
4
25
20
30
25.6
1.0
85
96.8
Q fever
0
35
0
43
1
0
6
6
91
80
78
92.4
1.0
328
374.8
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
0.0
2
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
21
1
12
8
2
26
31
101
60
83
82.2
1.2
343
305.4
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
2
4
2.6
1.2
7
9.4
Meningococcal infection§§
0
16
1
7
6
0
11
8
49
77
56
65.2
0.8
241
279.2
Tuberculosis
9
93
8
59
22
6
108
35
340
350
382
368.0
0.9
1,263
1,236.4
Total
817
12,717
1,865
13,361
3,965
1,233
12,921
8,226
55,105
68,053
59,398
237,982

* 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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