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 2012.

Page last updated: 30 September 2012

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 January to 31 March 2012, by date of diagnosis

 State or territory              
Diseases
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 2012 Total 4th quarter 2011 Total 1st quarter 2011 Last 5 years mean 1st quarter Ratio Year to date 2012 Last 5 years YTD mean
Bloodborne diseases
                              
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
0
8
1
15
5
3
16
5
53
50
49
62.8
0.8
53
62.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
23
624
50
219
85
13
446
195
1,655
1,573
1,696
1,734.2
1.0
1,655
1,734.2
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
6
13
0
NN
10
6
0
24
59
44
108
94.6
0.6
59
94.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
31
924
59
597
110
63
598
233
2,615
2,349
2,541
2,803.8
0.9
2,615
2,803.8
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
4
11
9.4
0.6
6
9.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
                              
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0.0
0
0.4
Campylobacteriosis§
158
NN
57
1,372
669
234
1,707
600
4,797
4,313
4,884
4,541.4
1.1
4,797
4,541.4
Cryptosporidiosis
9
211
131
848
86
2
97
59
1,443
408
637
1,180.2
1.2
1,443
1,180.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
5
4
4
5.2
1.0
5
5.2
Hepatitis A
0
12
0
9
4
0
14
4
43
40
44
69.2
0.6
43
69.2
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
3
0
0
9
0
13
9
16
12.6
1.0
13
12.6
Listeriosis
0
10
0
1
2
0
10
3
26
22
19
25.2
1.0
26
25.2
STEC, VTEC||
0
4
0
13
14
5
3
0
39
36
19
34.0
1.1
39
34.0
Salmonellosis
87
1,013
149
1,062
288
112
808
428
3,947
2,899
4,753
3,709.2
1.1
3,947
3,709.2
Shigellosis
2
42
61
18
19
0
33
15
190
139
161
184.4
1.0
190
184.4
Typhoid
1
16
2
8
1
0
18
10
56
31
57
39.4
1.4
56
39.4
Quarantinable diseases
                              
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.0
0.0
0
1.0
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¶,**
351
5,869
743
5,001
1,371
483
5,506
3,103
22,427
19,484
20,750
16,672.6
1.3
22,427
16,672.6
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0.0
0
0.6
Gonococcal infection**
13
986
498
766
107
5
653
573
3,601
3,189
2,953
2,293.2
1.6
3,601
2,293.2
Syphilis – congenital**
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1.6
0.0
0
1.6
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
5
93
4
82
15
0
109
25
333
287
370
341.6
1.0
333
341.6
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
2
60
10
48
NN
0
146
28
294
311
324
332.2
0.9
294
332.2
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
1
1
0
1
0
3
2
3
4.2
0.7
3
4.2
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
11
229
21
390
138
9
187
264
1,249
2,836
2,648
873.8
1.4
1,249
873.8
Measles
0
0
0
1
2
0
6
0
9
50
79
41.6
0.2
9
41.6
Mumps
1
15
0
7
1
0
11
3
38
41
39
60.4
0.6
38
60.4
Pertussis
90
2,037
125
1,801
167
243
1,197
1,506
7,166
10,165
10,679
5,459.2
1.3
7,166
5,459.2
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
10
53
21
40
19
6
55
28
232
375
225
208.2
1.1
232
208.2
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Rubella
0
4
0
2
2
0
4
1
13
8
22
12.0
1.1
13
12.0
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
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1.6
0.6
1
1.6
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
1
NN
26
49
115
4
141
60
396
646
377
334.4
1.2
396
334.4
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
7
NN
60
18
395
61
277
240
1,058
1,052
1,015
705.4
1.5
1,058
705.4
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
22
NN
1
1,045
27
30
707
258
2,090
2,167
1,773
1,459.4
1.4
2,090
1,459.4
Vectorborne diseases
                              
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
8
4
4.6
0.9
4
4.6
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
104
15
242
13
1
12
64
452
345
837
624.0
0.7
452
624.0
Dengue virus infection
5
91
51
82
18
3
96
296
642
213
366
357.4
1.8
642
357.4
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
0.0
1
0.0
Kunjin virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.6
0.0
0
0.6
Malaria
0
13
3
29
2
5
15
5
72
110
118
122.6
0.6
72
122.6
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
8
2.2
0.5
1
2.2
Ross River virus infection
2
198
95
797
72
14
87
1,016
2,281
747
3,047
2,045.6
1.1
2,281
2,045.6
Zoonoses
                              
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0.0
0
0.4
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
6
0
0
0
1
8
9
12
9.2
0.9
8
9.2
Leptospirosis
0
7
1
33
0
0
4
0
45
21
125
61.2
0.7
45
61.2
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
4
2
9
25
23
19.8
0.5
9
19.8
Q fever
0
30
1
56
2
0
1
3
93
90
81
95.8
1.0
93
95.8
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
1.0
Other bacterial infections
                              
Legionellosis
0
34
2
15
6
1
15
19
92
100
81
69.2
1.3
92
69.2
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2.4
0.0
0
2.4
Meningococcal infection§§
1
6
1
13
1
0
7
3
32
48
58
47.4
0.7
32
47.4
Tuberculosis
3
60
6
50
25
1
85
38
268
343
298
289.2
0.9
268
289.2
Total
842
12,775
2,194
14,749
3,793
1,304
13,088
9,112
57,857
54,600
61,321
57,857

* 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 notifiable in New South Wales.

|| 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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