Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. These data have been published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains a table on notifiable diseases reported from each state or territory for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2012.

Page last updated: 22 November 2012

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 54,806 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification received date between 1 April and 30 June 2012 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each state or territory is presented in Table 3.

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Table 1: Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction

Disease
Data received from:
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)
 All jurisdictions except Queensland
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D
 All jurisdictions
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
 All jurisdictions
Campylobacteriosis
 All jurisdictions except New South Wales
Cryptosporidiosis
 All jurisdictions
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis A
 All jurisdictions
Hepatitis E
 All jurisdictions
Listeriosis
 All jurisdictions
STEC, VTEC*
 All jurisdictions
Salmonellosis
 All jurisdictions
Shigellosis
 All jurisdictions
Typhoid
 All jurisdictions
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
 All jurisdictions
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans
 All jurisdictions
Plague
 All jurisdictions
Rabies
 All jurisdictions
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
 All jurisdictions
Smallpox
 All jurisdictions
Viral haemorrhagic fever
 All jurisdictions
Yellow fever
 All jurisdictions
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
 All jurisdictions
Donovanosis
 All jurisdictions
Gonococcal infection
 All jurisdictions
Syphilis - congenital
 All jurisdictions
Syphilis <2 years duration
 All jurisdictions
Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration
 All jurisdictions except South Australia
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
 All jurisdictions
Haemophilus influenzae type b
 All jurisdictions
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
 All jurisdictions
Measles
 All jurisdictions
Mumps
 All jurisdictions
Pertussis
 All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
 All jurisdictions
Poliomyelitis
 All jurisdictions
Rubella
 All jurisdictions
Rubella - congenital
 All jurisdictions
Tetanus
 All jurisdictions
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
 All jurisdictions except New South Wales
Varicella zoster (shingles)
 All jurisdictions except New South Wales
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
 All jurisdictions except New South Wales
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
 All jurisdictions
Barmah Forest virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Dengue virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Kunjin virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Malaria
 All jurisdictions
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Ross River virus infection
 All jurisdictions
Zoonoses
Anthrax
 All jurisdictions
Australian bat lyssavirus
 All jurisdictions
Brucellosis
 All jurisdictions
Leptospirosis
 All jurisdictions
Lyssavirus (NEC)
 All jurisdictions
Ornithosis
 All jurisdictions
Q fever
 All jurisdictions
Tularaemia
 All jurisdictions
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
 All jurisdictions
Leprosy
 All jurisdictions
Meningococcal infection
 All jurisdictions
Tuberculosis
 All jurisdictions

* Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC).

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 April to 30 June 2012, by date of diagnosis

Disease
 State or territory Total 2nd quarter 2012 Total 1st quarter 2012 Total 2nd quarter 2011 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Ratio Year to date 2012 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
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
0
6
3
9
2
1
10
3
34
51
45
62.0
0.5
85
125.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
35
570
42
179
89
17
468
195
1,595
1,664
1,621
1,659.4
1.0
3,259
3,385.6
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
2
8
0
NN
16
3
41
25
95
102
97
98.4
1.0
197
195.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
37
797
33
555
89
61
508
225
2,305
2,588
2,462
2,704.6
0.9
4,893
5,488.2
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
6
6
12
10.4
0.6
12
19.8
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
0.0
0
0.6
Campylobacteriosis§
108
NN
39
939
442
164
1,217
359
3,268
4,797
4,023
3,713.4
0.9
8,065
8,254.4
Cryptosporidiosis
6
235
71
364
43
12
161
26
918
1,446
470
623.2
1.5
2,364
1,803.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
5
1
3.6
1.4
10
8.8
Hepatitis A
0
9
1
6
0
0
14
6
36
45
32
74.6
0.5
81
143.8
Hepatitis E
1
3
0
1
0
0
3
0
8
15
9
9.4
0.9
23
22.0
Listeriosis
0
10
0
1
1
1
7
1
21
26
19
14.6
1.4
47
39.8
STEC, VTEC||
2
5
0
2
12
1
1
0
23
36
16
16.4
1.4
59
49.2
Salmonellosis
62
575
119
617
223
47
556
264
2,463
3,956
2,601
2,401.8
1.0
6,419
6,101.2
Shigellosis
2
22
16
21
16
1
26
13
117
191
100
142.0
0.8
308
325.8
Typhoid
0
11
1
1
1
0
6
0
20
56
24
23.6
0.8
76
63.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
4
0
4
1.2
3.3
4
2.2
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
2
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection¶,**
319
5,158
675
4,610
1,231
439
4,992
2,924
20,348
22,480
20,211
16,801.8
1.2
42,828
33,469.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0.0
0
1.0
Gonococcal infection**
22
1,037
369
670
175
6
649
521
3,449
3,612
3,080
2,430.6
1.4
7,061
4,723.6
Syphilis – congenital**
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1.2
0.8
1
2.8
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
2
98
6
88
27
5
122
20
368
360
300
340.2
1.1
728
682.6
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
5
40
16
57
NN
8
127
22
275
308
299
329.2
0.8
583
661.2
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0.8
0.0
0
0.8
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
4
3
5
6.8
0.6
7
11.0
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
133
2,399
150
1,704
1,399
59
802
694
7,340
1,265
4,124
4,269.6
1.7
8,605
5,146.8
Measles
0
22
0
3
0
0
5
1
31
9
30
16.6
1.9
40
58.2
Mumps
0
49
0
6
2
0
5
5
67
39
38
51.0
1.3
106
111.4
Pertussis
91
1,359
87
1,593
224
268
950
755
5,327
7,198
8,020
4,825.6
1.1
12,525
10,280.8
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
5
184
23
81
36
12
99
61
501
231
550
437.8
1.1
732
646.2
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Rubella
1
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
8
13
14
11.4
0.7
21
23.4
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0.4
2.5
1
0.4
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0.6
0.0
1
2.2
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
3
NN
34
59
98
9
178
72
453
399
406
364.4
1.2
852
699.0
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
13
NN
38
16
432
64
256
284
1,103
1,069
900
645.4
1.7
2,172
1,351.0
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
29
NN
1
1,066
36
23
651
245
2,051
2,078
1,775
1,398.0
1.5
4,129
2,856.8
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
3
3
6
3.0
1.0
6
7.6
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
78
15
192
4
0
9
34
332
451
395
436.2
0.8
783
1,059.8
Dengue virus infection
5
65
10
85
14
3
87
143
412
689
122
153.0
2.7
1,101
510.0
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0.0
1
0.0
Kunjin virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.4
0.0
0
1.0
Malaria
0
16
1
25
0
0
19
9
70
72
89
120.8
0.6
142
243.2
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
2.0
0.0
1
4.2
Ross River virus infection
5
217
62
553
59
3
107
204
1,210
2,293
990
1,367.0
0.9
3,503
3,412.2
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
11
8.6
0.1
8
17.8
Leptospirosis
0
9
0
35
0
0
2
0
46
45
51
39.8
1.2
91
101.0
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
10
0
13
11
17
20.4
0.6
24
40.2
Q fever
0
22
1
45
3
0
3
1
75
102
77
88.0
0.9
177
183.8
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
1.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
25
0
14
9
2
22
14
86
95
103
89.0
1.0
181
158.4
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
2.4
0.4
1
4.8
Meningococcal infection§§
0
23
3
12
13
2
9
6
68
32
57
59.8
1.1
100
107.2
Tuberculosis
5
69
7
35
17
2
74
35
244
288
280
267.6
0.9
532
555.4
Total
893
13,133
1,823
13,653
4,717
1,215
12,202
7,170
54,806
58,139
53,506
    
112,945
  

* 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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Table 3: Notification rates of diseases, 1 April to 30 June 2012, by state or territory. (Annualised rate per 100,000 population)

Disease
 State or territory Aust
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
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)*
0.0
0.3
5.2
0.8
0.5
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
38.3
31.2
72.9
15.6
21.5
13.3
33.3
33.2
28.2
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*
2.2
0.4
0.0
NN
3.9
2.4
2.9
4.3
2.1
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†,‡
40.5
43.7
57.3
48.5
21.5
47.8
36.1
38.3
40.8
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
118.2
NN
67.7
82.0
106.7
128.5
86.6
61.1
85.3
Cryptosporidiosis
6.6
12.9
123.3
31.8
10.4
9.4
11.5
4.4
16.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.0
0.5
1.7
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
0.6
Hepatitis E
1.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Listeriosis
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.4
STEC\VTEC||
2.2
0.3
0.0
0.2
2.9
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.4
Salmonellosis
67.8
31.5
206.6
53.9
53.9
36.8
39.6
44.9
43.6
Shigellosis
2.2
1.2
27.8
1.8
3.9
0.8
1.9
2.2
2.1
Typhoid fever
0.0
0.6
1.7
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Human 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 transmitted infections
Chlamydial infection¶,**
349.0
282.5
1,172.0
402.6
297.3
344.0
355.2
497.8
359.9
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection**
24.1
56.8
640.7
58.5
42.3
4.7
46.2
88.7
61.0
Syphilis – congenital**
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
2.2
5.4
10.4
7.7
6.5
3.9
8.7
3.4
6.5
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration†,**
5.5
2.2
27.8
5.0
NN
6.3
9.0
3.7
5.2
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
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.8
0.0
0.2
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
145.5
131.4
260.5
148.8
337.9
46.2
57.1
118.2
129.8
Measles
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.2
0.5
Mumps
0.0
2.7
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.4
0.9
1.2
Pertussis
99.6
74.4
151.1
139.1
54.1
210.0
67.6
128.5
94.2
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
5.5
10.1
39.9
7.1
8.7
9.4
7.0
10.4
8.9
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
1.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
Rubella – congenital
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
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)
3.3
NN
59.0
5.2
23.7
7.1
12.7
12.3
11.8
Varicella zoster (shingles)
14.2
NN
66.0
1.4
104.3
50.1
18.2
48.4
28.8
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
31.7
NN
1.7
93.1
8.7
18.0
46.3
41.7
53.6
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
4.3
26.0
16.8
1.0
0.0
0.6
5.8
5.9
Dengue virus infection
5.5
3.6
17.4
7.4
3.4
2.4
6.2
24.3
7.3
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
0.0
0.9
1.7
2.2
0.0
0.0
1.4
1.5
1.2
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
5.5
11.9
107.7
48.3
14.2
2.4
7.6
34.7
21.4
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Australia bat lyssavirus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Brucellosis
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.5
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.8
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.2
Q fever
0.0
1.2
1.7
3.9
0.7
0.0
0.2
0.2
1.3
Tularaemia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial diseases
Legionellosis
0.0
1.4
0.0
1.2
2.2
1.6
1.6
2.4
1.5
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection‡‡
0.0
1.3
5.2
1.0
3.1
1.6
0.6
1.0
1.2
Tuberculosis
5.5
3.8
12.2
3.1
4.1
1.6
5.3
6.0
4.3

 

* 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 C cases.

§ Not notifiable in New South Wales.

|| Infection with Shiga 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).

†† 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.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

NN Not notifiable.

NDP No data provided.

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