Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

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NNDSS childhood vaccine preventable diseases | NNDSS table | Historic figure | Labvise table by organism | Labvise table by laboratory | ASPREN table

There were 3,831 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for this four week period, 24 June to 21 July 1998 (Tables 1 and 2). The numbers of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 4).

There were 2,207 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) this four week period, 18 June to 15 July (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 25 to 27 ending 12 July 1998 are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 24 June 1998 to 21 July 1998

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1986.
2. 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.
3. Includes congenital rubella.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 24 June 1998 to 21 July 1998 (diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1)

1. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 6 and 7.
2. 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.
3. No notifications have been received during 1998 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
5. NT: includes Barmah Forest virus.
6. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
7. WA: genital only
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Qld, Vic and WA incident cases of Hepatitis C are not separately reported.
10. Includes congenital syphilis
11. NSW, Qld, Vic: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Figure 4. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, * and historical data¹

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.
2. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 18 June 1998 to 15 July 1998, and total reports for the year

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 18 June 1998 to 15 July 1998

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 25 to 27, 1998

The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:4-5.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:8.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance. CDI reports the consultation rates for all of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:5-6.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 22 No 8, 6 August 1998.