Australia's notifiable diseases status, 1998: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Tables

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status 1998 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 1998. This section of the annual report contains the table data. The full report can be viewed in 12 HTML documents and is also available in PDF format. The 1998 annual report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23 Number 11, 28 October 1999.

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Maps and Tables

Map 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Divisions

Map 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Divisions


Statistical Division
Population
Statistical Division
Population
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
805 Canberra
308,086
705 Darwin
86,576
810 ACT - balance
325
710 NT - balance
103,415
           
New South Wales
South Australia
105 Sydney
3,986,723
405 Adelaide
1,088,349
110 Hunter
567,302
410 Outer Adelaide
107,729
115 Illawarra
380,660
415 Yorke and Lower North
44,103
120 Richmond-Tweed
206,753
420 Murray Lands
68,450
125 Mid-North Coast
268,697
425 South East
62,776
130 Northern
175,883
430 Eyre
32,968
135 North Western
117,144
435 Northern
82,919
140 Central West
172,790
     
145 South Eastern
180,594
Victoria
150 Murrumbidgee
149,039
205 Melbourne
3,371,308
155 Murray
111,406
210 Barwon
242,796
160 Far West
24,603
215 Western District
99,477
      220 Central Highlands
136,446
Queensland
 225 Wimmera
51,689
305 Brisbane
1,574,615
230 Mallee
87,977
310 Moreton
657,264
235 Loddon-Campaspe
160,190
315 Wide Bay-Burnett
230,642
240 Goulburn
185,643
320 Darling Downs
200,758
245 Ovens-Murray
90,102
325 South West
25,919
250 East Gippsland
81,146
330 Fitzroy
180,474
255 Gippsland
154,111
335 Central West
12,347
     
340 Mackay
124,309
Western Australia
345 Northern
194,958
505 Perth
1,341,914
350 Far North
219,277
510 South West
177,801
355 North West
35,782
515 Lower Great Southern
51,359
      520 Upper Great Southern
19,841
Tasmania
 525 Midlands
52,304
605 Greater Hobart
194,974
530 South Eastern
58,391
610 Southern
34,619
535 Central
60,300
615 Northern
133,229
540 Pilbara
41,773
620 Mersey-Lyell
109,063
545 Kimberley
27,716
           
     
Total AUSTRALIA
18,747,804
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Table 1. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications, 1998, by State or Territory and disease

Disease1
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
1
42
0
0
35
3
81
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
138
21
354
1
0
17
26
558
Botulism
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
NN
1
Brucellosis
2
2
0
36
0
0
5
0
45
Campylobacterosis2
390
-
196
4,454
2,284
341
4,083
1,691
13,439
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)3
190
523
783
4,146
1,022
194
2,499
2,048
11,405
Cholera
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
Dengue
7
58
8
449
4
2
8
21
557
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Donovanosis3
0
0
21
3
NN
0
0
7
31
Gonococcal infection4
29
1,033
1,199
1,124
213
12
603
1,215
5,428
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
11
0
11
1
2
5
5
35
Hepatitis A
49
945
47
1,042
99
8
172
141
2,503
Hepatitis B - incident
1
52
18
48
18
5
88
31
261
Hepatitis B - unspecified5
82
3,266
0
999
0
33
2,092
210
6,682
Hepatitis C - incident6
8
107
0
-
66
17
21
124
343
Hepatitis C - unspecified5,6
290
7,609
280
3,139
860
265
5,681
1,137
19,261
Hepatitis (NEC)7
0
7
0
8
0
2
2
NN
19
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
12
4
1
27
2
46
Legionellosis
2
47
3
40
74
4
64
37
271
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
Leptospirosis
0
48
3
109
1
1
25
10
197
Listeriosis
1
30
0
4
2
2
15
4
58
Malaria
24
164
27
335
22
5
86
42
705
Measles
10
124
1
44
5
36
36
50
306
Meningococcal infection
3
184
17
94
26
14
60
57
455
Mumps
4
39
5
33
8
3
54
37
183
Ornithosis
2
NN
0
NN
0
2
50
2
56
Pertussis
87
2,569
23
1,465
701
56
1,151
380
6,432
Q fever
2
236
0
258
24
0
34
17
571
Ross River virus infection
6
508
121
1,950
61
9
112
327
3,094
Rubella
22
81
4
381
17
15
185
67
772
Salmonellosis (NEC)
75
1,828
410
2,941
521
110
1,146
669
7,700
Shigellosis2
11
-
98
163
65
3
120
155
615
Syphilis
17
623
339
577
18
8
8
99
1,689
Tetanus
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
1
7
Tuberculosis
17
408
27
121
55
9
269
76
982
Typhoid8
0
32
2
7
3
1
12
12
69
Yersiniosis (NEC)2
1
-
3
141
35
2
24
1
207
Total
1,333
20,683
3,657
24,533
6,227
1,163
18,792
8,708
85,096

NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.
1. No notifications have been received during 1998 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
2. New South Wales: only as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Notifiable in New South Wales from September 1998.
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be the reflection of the numbers of testing being carried out.
6. Victoria only. These figures are currently being reviewed by the State health authority.
7. Includes Hepatitis D and E.
8. Includes paratyphoid in New South Wales and Victoria, and Queensland.

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Table 2. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notification rates per 100,000 population, 1998, by State or Territory and disease

Disease1
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.2
0.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.3
2.2
11.1
10.2
0.1
0.0
0.4
1.4
3.0
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
NN
0.0
Brucellosis
0.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
Campylobacterosis2
126.5
-
103.2
128.9
153.6
72.3
87.6
92.3
108.3
Chancroid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Chlamydial infection (NEC)3
61.6
NPR
412.1
120.0
68.7
41.1
53.6
111.8
87.7
Cholera
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Dengue
2.3
0.9
4.2
13.0
0.3
0.4
0.2
1.1
3.0
Diphtheria
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Donovanosis3
0.0
NPR
11.1
0.1
NN
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.3
Gonococcal infection4
9.4
16.3
631.1
32.5
14.3
2.5
12.9
66.3
29.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.2
Hepatitis A
15.9
14.9
24.7
30.1
6.7
1.7
3.7
7.7
13.4
Hepatitis B - incident
0.3
0.8
9.5
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.9
1.7
1.4
Hepatitis B - unspecified5
26.6
51.5
0.0
28.9
0.0
7.0
44.9
11.5
35.6
Hepatitis C - incident
2.6
1.7
0.0
-
4.4
3.6
0.5
6.8
2.2
Hepatitis C - unspecified5
94.0
120.0
147.4
90.8
57.8
56.2
121.9
62.1
102.7
Hepatitis (NEC)6
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.0
NN
0.1
Hydatid infection
0.0
NN
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.1
0.4
Legionellosis
0.6
0.7
1.6
1.2
5.0
0.8
1.4
2.0
1.4
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.8
1.6
3.2
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.5
1.1
Listeriosis
0.3
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.3
Malaria
7.8
2.6
14.2
9.7
1.5
1.1
1.8
2.3
3.8
Measles
3.2
2.0
0.5
1.3
0.3
7.6
0.8
2.7
1.6
Meningococcal infection
1.0
2.9
8.9
2.7
1.7
3.0
1.3
3.1
2.4
Mumps
1.3
0.6
2.6
1.0
0.5
0.6
1.2
2.0
1.0
Ornithosis
0.6
NN
0.0
NN
0.0
0.4
1.1
0.1
0.6
Pertussis
28.2
40.5
12.1
42.4
47.1
11.9
24.7
20.7
34.3
Q fever
0.6
3.7
0.0
7.5
1.6
0.0
0.7
0.9
3.0
Ross River virus infection
1.9
8.0
63.7
56.4
4.1
1.9
2.4
17.9
16.5
Rubella
7.1
1.3
2.1
11.0
1.1
3.2
4.0
3.7
4.1
Salmonellosis (NEC)
24.3
28.8
215.8
85.1
35.0
23.3
24.6
36.5
41.1
Shigellosis2
3.6
-
51.6
4.7
4.4
0.6
2.6
8.5
5.0
Syphilis
5.5
9.8
178.4
16.7
1.2
1.7
0.2
5.4
9.0
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
Tuberculosis
5.5
6.4
14.2
3.5
3.7
1.9
5.8
4.1
5.2
Typhoid7
0.0
0.5
1.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.7
0.4
Yersiniosis (NEC)2
0.3
-
1.6
4.1
2.4
0.4
0.5
0.1
1.7

NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
NPR Not previously reported
- Elsewhere classified.
1. No notifications have been received during 1998 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
2. New South Wales: only as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Notifiable in New South Wales only from September 1998. Rates have not been calculated.
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be the reflection of the numbers of testing being carried out.
6. Includes Hepatitis D and E.
7. Includes paratyphoid in New South Wales and Victoria, and Queensland.

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Table 3. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications and rates, 1994 to 1998, by year1 and disease

Disease1,2
 Notifications Rate per 100,000 population
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
587
67
52
18
81
3.3
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
-
756
837
704
558
-
4.7
4.6
3.8
3.0
Botulism
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Brucellosis
34
29
38
41
45
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
Campylobacteriosis
10,117
10,933
12,158
11,848
13,439
85.8
91.6
100.4
96.7
108.3
Chancroid
0
2
3
1
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Chlamydial infection (NEC)3
6,159
6,411
8,420
9,126
11,405
55.3
53.7
69.6
74.5
87.7
Cholera
3
5
4
3
4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Dengue
17
34
43
210
557
0.1
0.2
0.2
1.1
3.0
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Donovanosis3
117
85
50
45
31
1.1
0.8
0.5
0.4
0.3
Gonococcal infection
2,971
3,259
4,173
4,689
5,428
16.7
18.1
22.8
25.3
29.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
169
74
51
53
35
1.0
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
Hepatitis A
1,894
1,601
2,150
3,076
2,503
10.6
8.9
11.7
16.6
13.4
Hepatitis B - incident
327
321
225
247
261
1.9
1.8
1.2
1.3
1.4
Hepatitis B - unspecified
NPR
NPR
NPR
7,114
6,682
NPR
NPR
NPR
38.4
35.6
Hepatitis C - incident
43
69
72
81
343
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.5
2.2
Hepatitis C - unspecified4
8,898
9,601
9,489
19,689
19,261
86.2
91.8
89.3
106.3
102.7
Hepatitis (NEC)
42
55
36
29
19
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
Hydatid infection
56
46
45
61
46
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.4
Legionellosis
179
160
192
161
271
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.9
1.4
Leprosy
11
7
10
14
3
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
Leptospirosis
123
148
227
126
197
0.7
0.8
1.2
0.7
1.1
Listeriosis
34
58
70
71
58
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3
Lymphogranuloma venereum
2
1
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Malaria
703
625
849
746
705
3.9
3.5
4.6
4.0
3.8
Measles
4,895
1,324
498
852
306
27.4
7.3
2.7
4.6
1.6
Meningococcal infection
383
382
426
499
455
2.2
2.1
2.3
2.7
2.4
Mumps
94
153
128
191
183
0.5
1.0
0.9
1.0
1.0
Ornithosis
85
176
85
46
56
0.7
1.5
0.7
0.4
0.6
Pertussis
5,633
4,297
4,031
10,668
6,432
31.6
23.8
22.0
57.6
34.3
Q fever
667
473
555
593
571
3.7
2.6
3.0
3.2
3.0
Ross River virus infection
3,974
2,602
7,823
6,683
3,094
22.9
14.4
42.7
36.1
16.5
Rubella
3,315
4,380
2,845
1,446
772
18.6
24.3
15.5
7.8
4.1
Salmonellosis (NEC)
5,283
5,895
5,819
7,004
7,700
29.6
32.7
31.8
37.8
41.1
Shigellosis
724
734
676
799
615
6.1
6.1
5.6
6.5
5.0
Syphilis
2,324
1,854
1,523
1,304
1,689
13.0
10.3
8.3
7.0
9.0
Tetanus
15
7
2
8
7
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tuberculosis
1,024
1,073
1,067
1,008
982
5.7
5.9
5.8
5.4
5.2
Typhoid5
50
69
84
77
69
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
Yersiniosis (NEC)
414
306
268
245
207
3.5
2.6
2.2
2.0
1.7
Total
61,726
58,074
65,382
89,576
85,096
 
 
 
 
 

NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
NN Not notifiable.
- Elsewhere classified.
1. No notifications have been received during 1994 to 1998 for the following rare diseases: plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
2. Not all diseases were notifiable in every State and Territory every year.
3. New South Wales not included in the calculation rates for 1998 as only notifiable since September 1998.
4. Data from SA and NSW included for the first time in 1997.
5. Includes paratyphoid in New South Wales and Victoria, and from July 1996 in Queensland
NPR Not previously reported.



This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 11, 28 October 1999.

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