Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 9, 2 September 1999 contains tables of surveillance data for notifiable diseases and laboratory data.

Page last updated: 27 September 1999

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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 5,209 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 21 July to 17 August 1999 (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 1).

There were 3,222 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 15 July to 11 August 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 29 to 32, ending 15 August 1999, 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 21 July to 17 August 1999

Disease1
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19992 Year to date 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
26
20
Measles
0
3
0
2
0
1
3
0
9
29
169
224
Mumps
0
3
0
2
1
0
6
4
16
19
112
109
Pertussis
11
86
0
41
29
26
49
3
245
317
2,220
4,582
Rubella3
1
4
0
14
0
0
14
1
34
67
228
474
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
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.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 21 July to 17 August 1999

Disease1,2,3
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19994 Year to date 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
70
50
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
14
1
10
0
0
0
1
26
21
487
404
Brucellosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
16
28
Campylobacteriosis5
16
-
19
67
224
24
487
139
976
948
7,877
7,204
Chancroid6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6,7
11
159
76
94
96
20
232
186
874
707
8,579
6,683
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Dengue
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
17
157
356
Donovanosis6
0
0
2
1
NN
0
0
0
3
3
13
25
Gonococcal infection8
6
78
100
38
22
2
57
80
383
384
3,526
3,308
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome9
NN
0
1
0
0
0
NN
0
1
0
12
7
Hepatitis A
5
28
11
11
6
0
24
24
109
155
1,033
1,934
Hepatitis B incident
0
8
3
1
0
2
6
2
22
21
191
171
Hepatitis B unspecified10
1
222
0
17
0
2
222
25
489
460
4,355
3,970
Hepatitis C incident
2
3
0
-
4
0
4
5
18
30
191
180
Hepatitis C unspecified10
26
518
14
89
80
24
456
92
1,299
1,327
12,429
11,963
Hepatitis (NEC)11
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
NN
2
1
14
10
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
5
20
25
Legionellosis
0
3
0
1
3
0
2
2
11
11
177
164
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
2
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
2
7
19
265
110
Listeriosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
29
38
Malaria
1
27
7
3
6
1
6
3
54
54
457
532
Meningococcal infection
0
30
2
4
6
3
15
4
64
64
311
246
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
4
52
26
Q fever
0
5
0
4
0
0
2
1
12
38
300
337
Ross River virus infection
0
22
9
13
1
1
4
17
67
47
3,922
2,331
Salmonellosis (NEC)
6
58
19
27
32
4
72
51
269
294
5,327
5,300
Shigellosis5
1
-
2
5
4
0
6
10
28
45
379
410
SLTEC, VTEC12
NN
0
0
NN
2
0
NN
NN
2
0
17
8
Syphilis13
1
41
23
36
0
1
1
3
106
135
1,195
907
TTP14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tuberculosis
2
31
1
5
5
0
7
8
59
72
580
606
Typhoid15
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
47
48
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
4
1
0
1
0
6
11
100
157

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 6 and 7.
3. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. 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.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. Notifications from NSW have been received since September 1998, and were first reported in CDI in Issue 23(9).
7. WA: genital only.
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
10. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
11. Includes hepatitis D and E.
12. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
13. Includes congenital syphilis.
14. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
15. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Figure 1. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data1

Figure 1. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

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.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 15 July to 11 August 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in 19992,3,4
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
2
3
5
140
Mumps virus
1
5
6
37
Rubella virus
1
15
5
2
23
86
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
1
4
10
1
21
37
274
Hepatitis D virus
1
1
5
Arboviruses
Barmah Forest virus
1
2
3
129
Dengue not typed
1
1
38
Flavivirus (unspecified)
1
1
15
Ross River virus
2
6
24
2
5
15
54
1,176
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
16
4
2
31
58
111
825
Adenovirus type 2
2
2
13
Adenovirus type 3
1
1
28
Adenovirus type 4
4
4
12
Adenovirus type 7
1
1
2
Adenovirus type 40
17
17
54
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
20
14
1
27
19
81
780
Epstein-Barr virus
3
1
67
11
36
118
1,623
Herpes virus type 6
2
2
7
Varicella-zoster virus
7
2
39
2
2
46
49
147
1,117
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
3
3
11
Papovavirus group
2
2
10
Parvovirus
2
10
2
2
26
15
57
303
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16
3
3
12
Echovirus not typed/pending
1
1
1
Echovirus type 9
8
8
43
Echovirus type 11
4
1
5
95
Enterovirus not typed/pending
1
1
1
1
5
89
98
560
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
3
3
9
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
4
4
18
Rhinovirus (all types)
15
4
19
38
291
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
85
6
46
169
157
463
1,120
Influenza A virus H3N2
5
5
23
Influenza B virus
8
1
10
6
18
43
128
Parainfluenza virus type 1
3
2
1
6
32
Parainfluenza virus type 2
3
13
10
26
92
Parainfluenza virus type 3
3
4
7
108
122
479
Paramyxovirus (unspecified)
4
4
4
Respiratory syncytial virus
275
52
4
182
177
690
1,765
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
1
1
10
Norwalk agent
7
7
57
Rotavirus
244
1
1
5
50
90
391
1,106
Other
Chlamydia psittaci
8
3
11
70
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
26
23
112
7
133
301
2,070
Chlamydia species
2
1
3
14
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
1
16
2
2
21
127
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
6
1
23
37
12
79
772
Rickettsia australis
1
1
3
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
2
2
2
Rickettsia spp - other
3
3
8
Streptococcus group A
4
23
27
98
Bordetella pertussis
2
51
22
6
81
472
Brucella species
1
1
3
Legionella longbeachae
1
1
29
Yersinia enterocolitica
1
1
10
Leptospira species
8
1
9
2
Treponema pallidum
9
45
28
4
86
201
Total
0
751
100
563
6
16
704
1,082
3,222
16,411

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. In 1999, data from the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Research, Westmead were under reported up to September.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. 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.
4. A new computer system for processing the virology and serology laboratory reporting scheme date, was implemented in September 1999. Consequently, cumulative figures may have decreased due to better duplicate processing.


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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 15 July to 11 August 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool 		100
264
103
264
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital 		648
22
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston 14
Victoria Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield 		380
325
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth 		758
344
Total   3,222


Top of pageTable 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 29 to 32, 1999

Week number
29 30 31 32
Week ending on
25 July 1999
1 August 1999
8 August 1999
15 August 1999
Doctors reporting
55
53
57
53
Total encounters
7,071
7,222
7,933
7,004
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
109
15.4
97
13.4
116
14.6
115
16.4
Rubella
1
0.1
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
1
0.1
Chickenpox
19
2.7
9
1.2
17
2.1
14
2.0
New diagnosis of asthma
12
1.7
9
1.2
13
1.6
21
3.0
Post operative wound sepsis
7
1.0
6
0.8
7
0.9
8
1.1
Gastroenteritis
50
7.1
49
6.8
53
6.7
55
7.9


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 legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

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 1999;23:58.

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 in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:55-56.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 9, 2 September 1999.

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