Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 3, 16 March 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 21 March 2000

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There were 7,514 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with an onset date in January 2000 (Tables 1 and 2) and 6,537 notifications in the 4 week period, 2 to 29 February 2000 (Tables 3 and 4). The number of reports for selected diseases have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using December to February data for the previous 5 years (Figure 6).

There were 1,559 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the 4 week period, 27 January to 23 February 2000 (Tables 5 and 6).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 4 to 7, ending 20 February 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 7).

Figure 6. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, and historical data,1 by date of onset

Figure 6. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, and historical data, by date of onset

1. The historical data are a 5 year mean, calculated using December to February data for the previous 5 years (1994/95 to 1998/99).

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood vaccination, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 31 January 2000, by date of onset

Disease1
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total Jan 20002 Total Dec 19992 Total Jan 19992 Last 5 years mean
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
5
Measles
0
2
0
2
0
0
4
0
8
4
10
82
Mumps
2
2
0
0
2
0
3
4
13
11
9
11
Pertussis
8
129
1
85
18
45
86
4
376
415
350
580
Rubella3
0
4
0
6
1
0
5
1
17
17
27
191
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1

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 1 to 31 January 2000, by date of onset

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total Jan 20004 Total Dec 19994 Total Jan 19994 Last 5 years mean
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
18
9
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
15
1
26
0
0
3
5
50
38
57
59
Brucellosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
4
Campylobacteriosis5
19
0
17
363
162
39
417
123
1,140
980
1,109
1,048
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6
19
201
73
360
78
26
231
147
1,135
936
1,049
757
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Dengue
0
3
17
22
1
0
0
4
47
23
31
33
Donovanosis
0
0
4
1
NN
0
0
0
5
0
4
5
Gonococcal infection7
2
100
77
106
19
3
89
109
505
323
481
373
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
1
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
2
1
3
Hepatitis A
0
29
14
13
7
0
29
28
120
98
128
234
Hepatitis B incident
2
6
5
3
1
0
4
7
28
33
30
23
Hepatitis B unspecified8
2
256
0
59
0
3
129
76
525
446
568
503
Hepatitis C incident
2
3
0
0
3
0
3
2
13
26
24
12
Hepatitis C unspecified8
20
556
12
294
66
32
374
126
1,480
1,311
1,577
1,203
Hepatitis (NEC)9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
0
2
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
2
3
Legionellosis
0
1
0
3
2
0
13
3
22
15
24
19
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
10
0
0
6
0
19
19
30
16
Listeriosis
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
3
10
5
6
7
Malaria
2
18
4
39
1
0
8
1
73
50
70
75
Meningococcal infection
0
19
0
4
1
3
15
4
46
43
39
25
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
4
1
5
7
5
8
Q fever
0
14
0
25
0
0
1
0
40
41
35
40
Ross River virus infection
1
31
40
277
15
0
10
138
512
242
519
558
Salmonellosis (NEC)
29
114
34
196
49
16
111
110
659
462
852
702
Shigellosis5
0
0
11
8
3
0
7
11
40
30
50
64
SLTEC, VTEC10
NN
0
0
NN
4
0
NN
NN
4
6
4
3
Syphilis11
0
56
17
49
0
1
0
2
125
85
163
135
Tuberculosis
1
30
2
9
0
2
0
4
48
71
95
121
Typhoid12
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
7
6
7
10
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
8
7
27
28

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood vaccination are presented in Table 1 (by date of onset).
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 8 and 9.
3. No notifications have been received during 2000 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. WA: genital only.
7. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
8. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
9. Includes hepatitis D and E.
10. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
11. Includes congenital syphilis.
12. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood vaccination, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 2 to 29 February 2000, by date of report

Disease1
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 20002 This period 19992 Year to date 20002 Year to date 1999
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
1
2
4
4
8
Measles
1
2
0
5
0
0
1
0
9
14
20
21
Mumps
3
1
1
0
1
0
3
6
15
13
30
17
Pertussis
14
148
2
48
24
30
81
5
352
317
788
715
Rubella3
0
3
0
3
0
0
4
0
10
25
33
54
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0

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 4. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 2 to 29 February 2000, by date of report

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 20004 This period 19994 Year to date 20004 Year to date 1999
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
7
22
9
43
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
13
0
25
0
0
3
8
49
64
97
113
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
Campylobacteriosis5
21
-
10
287
130
16
363
118
945
969
2,152
2,237
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6
25
161
64
328
83
31
288
162
1,142
1,039
2,404
2,053
Cholera
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Dengue
0
1
15
29
1
0
1
4
51
8
93
69
Donovanosis
0
0
2
0
NN
0
0
0
2
2
5
5
Gonococcal infection7
1
70
88
76
17
0
63
91
406
432
955
905
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
1
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
5
2
5
Hepatitis A
0
14
9
18
6
0
18
30
95
159
220
310
Hepatitis B incident
1
5
0
4
1
0
1
3
15
29
52
58
Hepatitis B unspecified8
6
217
0
54
0
2
11
93
383
513
996
1,041
Hepatitis C incident
1
2
0
-
8
0
1
10
22
24
46
50
Hepatitis C unspecified8
26
583
13
246
87
31
307
149
1,442
1,581
3,126
3,191
Hepatitis (NEC)9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
5
4
Legionellosis
0
1
0
5
1
0
20
3
30
30
47
49
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
8
0
0
2
0
13
29
33
61
Listeriosis
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
0
6
2
15
8
Malaria
0
3
7
45
1
1
15
2
74
94
147
155
Meningococcal infection
0
9
1
2
0
0
4
5
21
14
77
53
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
1
0
10
0
11
6
16
14
Q fever
0
7
0
35
1
0
1
2
46
34
95
80
Ross River virus infection
0
36
29
274
34
0
40
153
566
632
1,062
1,086
Salmonellosis (NEC)
9
86
33
207
31
12
122
90
590
794
1,292
1,682
Shigellosis5
0
-
7
8
2
1
8
11
37
38
77
91
SLTEC, VTEC10
NN
0
0
NN
4
0
NN
NN
4
3
10
7
Syphilis11
1
40
18
59
0
0
0
5
123
145
276
286
Tuberculosis
1
23
11
11
0
0
0
1
47
65
106
132
Typhoid12
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
0
7
9
17
13
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
3
4
0
1
0
8
16
17
41

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood vaccination are presented in Table 3 (by date of report).
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 8 and 9.
3. No notifications have been received during 2000 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. WA: genital only.
7. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
8. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
9. Includes hepatitis D and E.
10. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
11. Includes congenital syphilis.
12. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 27 January to 23 February 2000, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 20003 This period 19993 Year to date 20003 Year to date 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
8
6
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
6
11
9
Rubella virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
7
7
11
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
3
5
5
0
0
6
19
39
40
75
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
1
4
17
75
24
0
0
62
183
162
341
290
Barmah Forest virus
0
0
2
19
0
0
0
4
25
6
46
26
Dengue not typed
0
1
14
1
0
0
0
25
41
1
88
8
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
1
14
0
0
3
0
18
2
20
11
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Adenovirus type 3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
4
5
6
Adenovirus type 4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
4
Adenovirus type 40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
1
9
7
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
7
0
2
25
0
9
45
88
56
172
150
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
Cytomegalovirus
1
10
0
24
47
2
9
12
105
72
206
176
Varicella-zoster virus
0
11
1
40
8
4
32
41
137
122
270
299
Epstein-Barr virus
0
5
1
83
80
1
6
25
201
153
388
411
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
4
0
Molluscum contagiosum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
Parvovirus
1
0
0
0
0
0
12
20
33
33
57
65
Picornavirus family
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
8
14
17
32
37
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
1
1
3
0
0
9
24
38
52
85
99
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
2
3
1
3
10
0
7
25
51
15
131
65
Influenza B virus
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
6
10
5
14
15
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
3
13
5
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
-
2
4
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
9
20
18
54
79
Respiratory syncytial virus
2
7
1
8
1
0
8
27
54
44
98
84
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
Rotavirus
1
11
0
0
17
2
3
1
35
30
89
91
Reovirus (unspecified)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
5
25
25
90
37
1
4
82
269
231
518
462
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
7
7
12
13
Chlamydia species
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
0
0
21
3
0
9
6
39
87
97
198
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
2
0
4
0
0
1
1
8
15
18
27
Streptococcus group A
0
6
8
25
0
0
0
0
39
0
80
0
Bordetella pertussis
0
3
0
10
3
0
25
1
42
39
119
93
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
1
8
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
9
9
Leptospira species
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
0
Treponema pallidum
0
1
11
24
0
0
0
1
37
0
87
0
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
0
6
0
Total
13
108
86
454
278
12
148
460
1,559
1,241
3,154
2,848

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
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.
- No data received this period.

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Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 27 January to 23 February 20001

State or Territory Laboratory This period Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
0
0
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
49
182
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
18
22
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
0
0
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
19
24
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
0
0
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
529
532
Townsville General Hospital
7
8
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
277
313
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
6
9
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
0
0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
22
52
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
42
55
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
92
210
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
468
505
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
30
32
Western Diagnostic Pathology
0
0
Total  
1,559
1,944

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2000, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.

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Table 7. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 4 to 7, 2000

Week number
4 5 6 7
Week ending on
30 January 2000 6 February 2000 13 February 2000 20 February 2000
Doctors reporting
63
65
66
65
Total encounters
6,713
7,636
8,684
8,135
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
10
1.5
10
1.3
13
1.5
16
2.0
Chickenpox
9
1.3
12
1.6
14
1.6
9
1.1
Gastroenteritis
76
11.3
65
8.5
95
10.9
74
9.1
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
11
1.6
17
2.2
14
1.6
13
1.6
ADT immunisations
54
8.0
44
5.8
64
7.4
74
9.1


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 2000;24:6.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. 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 2000;24:10.

ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2000. CDI reports the consultation rates for five of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 6, June 2000.

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