Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 4, April 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 10 May 2000

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There were 7,136 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in March 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for weeks 9 to 12 ending 26 March 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 2). The number of reports for selected diseases1 have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using February to April data for the previous 5 years* (Figure 9).

There were 1,330 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the period, 1 to 31 March 2000 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 9 to 12, ending 26 March 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Surveillance data for these three schemes is now presented by calendar month rather than 4-weekly period.

Figure 9. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 31 March 2000 with historical data2

Figure 9. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable

1. Selected diseases are chosen each calendar month according to current activity
2. Ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years as defined above*

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 March to 31 March 2000, by date of notification#

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total Mar 20001 Total Feb 20001 Total Mar 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
2
2
3
0
3
8
5
23
22
29
25
74
75
0.9
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
9
176
0
92
0
7
183
61
528
535
699
586
1,655
1,736
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
3
1
0
-
9
0
1
6
20
34
30
17
72
44
1.2
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
18
524
10
325
52
36
563
118
1,646
2,135
1,922
1,307
5,352
3,941
1.3
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
3
4
1.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Campylobacterosis3
23
-
23
316
134
16
345
145
1,002
1,025
1,200
929
3,172
2,999
1.1
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
3
4
2
0.7
Hepatitis A
0
16
0
10
7
1
21
15
70
103
160
229
297
735
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.0
Listeriosis
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
2
7
7
4
6
24
21
1.2
Salmonellosis
7
96
42
220
77
22
110
98
672
639
1,309
798
2,005
2,502
0.8
Shigellosis3
0
-
9
11
3
0
8
10
41
44
72
66
128
211
0.6
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0
0
NN
4
0
NN
NN
4
5
2
3
13
4
1.3
Typhoid
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
6
6
8
21
30
0.9
Yersiniosis3
2
-
0
8
1
0
1
0
12
9
20
21
29
85
0.6
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0.0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.0
Chlamydial infection5
27
181
92
472
69
37
241
160
1,279
1,287
1,294
836
3,725
2,471
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
NN
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
6
14
0.3
Gonococcal infection6
0
63
105
110
10
4
68
110
470
445
496
404
1,433
1,165
1.2
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
Syphilis7
0
37
20
81
0
0
0
1
139
125
191
147
394
439
0.9
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
4
14
0.3
Measles
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
2
9
12
75
51
29
181
0.2
Mumps
1
7
0
0
0
0
3
5
16
15
12
13
44
40
1.2
Pertussis
6
69
0
43
9
13
37
1
178
271
277
371
847
1,403
0.5
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rubella8
0
2
0
5
0
0
1
0
8
17
29
109
43
400
0.1
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
1.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
11
8
13
9
22
29
1.2
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
12
1
39
0
0
2
6
60
61
85
100
173
266
0.6
Dengue
0
2
9
12
1
0
1
0
25
59
14
18
138
74
1.4
Malaria
3
10
3
52
3
2
9
1
83
90
64
73
247
246
1.1
Ross River virus infection
2
67
5
233
68
3
85
139
602
624
1,000
990
1,794
2,662
0.6
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
3
4
9
0.7
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
1
0
0
3
1
5
4
3
3
11
7
1.7
Leptospirosis
0
4
0
29
0
0
0
0
33
11
55
21
63
55
1.6
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
3
2
5
5
4
7
15
20
0.7
Q fever
0
8
0
46
0
0
1
2
57
44
44
41
140
124
1.4
Other
Legionellosis
2
4
0
2
1
0
15
1
25
29
32
20
79
61
1.3
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
10
0
4
0
0
8
1
23
22
33
23
90
65
1.0
Tuberculosis
0
17
0
4
5
1
31
8
66
78
90
80
229
262
0.8
Total
103
1,318
323
2,128
455
146
1,761
902
7,136
8,090
9,671
7,884
23,353
24,445

1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
# Date of notification = a composite of three components: (i) the true onset date from a clinician, if available, (ii) the date the laboratory test was ordered, or (iii) the date reported to the public health unit.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
na Not applicable
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities for weeks 9 to 12, by date of report*, March 2000

Week number
9 10 11 12 Year to date total
Week ending on
5 March 2000 12 March 2000 19 March 2000 26 March 2000
Disease1
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
6
12
7
7
81
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
113
156
138
113
1,709
Hepatitis C (incident)
7
6
5
9
80
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
424
411
377
380
5,230
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
2
2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
240
228
248
257
0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
1
0
3,051
Hepatitis A
24
26
21
16
3
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
306
Listeriosis
0
1
1
1
20
Salmonellosis
157
154
156
163
1,920
Shigellosis3
16
6
11
8
116
SLTEC,VTEC4
3
2
0
1
15
Typhoid
0
0
1
3
23
Yersiniosis3
2
4
1
2
25
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
1
0
0
1
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
292
298
289
313
3,562
Donovanosis
2
0
1
1
7
Gonococcal infection6
116
77
123
102
1,338
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
19
51
35
26
410
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
0
4
Measles
1
3
4
3
29
Mumps
6
0
1
4
39
Pertussis
55
63
44
59
1,007
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
6
3
1
1
44
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
3
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
4
2
1
2
16
Barmah Forest virus infection
14
16
15
13
166
Dengue
24
12
15
10
143
Malaria
32
13
17
17
227
Ross River virus infection
148
147
145
173
1,703
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
1
0
4
Hydatid infection
1
1
1
2
9
Leptospirosis
0
0
9
9
51
Ornithosis
3
1
2
0
20
Q fever
8
6
16
9
133
Other
Legionellosis
6
8
6
8
76
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
Meningococcal infection
5
5
8
2
93
Tuberculosis
21
20
22
11
251
Total
1,755
1,733
1,723
1,728
21,917

1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 31 March 2000, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 2000 This period 1999 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
1
2
3
76
12
85
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
6
6
20
15
Rubella virus
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
4
9
13
20
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
4
8
38
49
116
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
3
3
29
42
0
3
78
158
295
520
592
Barmah Forest virus
0
0
1
13
0
0
0
1
15
17
61
44
Dengue type 3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
3
Dengue not typed
0
3
7
0
0
0
0
9
19
7
117
15
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
6
4
29
16
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
Adenovirus type 3
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
2
9
8
Adenovirus type 4
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
4
5
Adenovirus type 40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
5
19
14
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
2
2
0
12
0
12
21
49
87
256
249
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
0
6
1
16
19
0
24
4
70
128
307
316
Varicella-zoster virus
3
6
0
9
10
1
38
21
88
118
392
433
Epstein-Barr virus
0
9
0
47
45
1
7
20
129
234
533
673
Other DNA viruses
Molluscum contagiosum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
3
Parvovirus
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
10
17
24
83
95
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 30
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
14
3
40
6
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
16
0
0
3
0
0
6
25
39
76
84
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
0
0
2
0
0
115
13
130
88
249
196
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
4
3
1
2
10
0
2
9
31
44
179
116
Influenza B virus
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
4
10
11
25
28
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
12
0
0
1
0
2
12
27
4
44
9
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
4
7
6
12
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
2
8
42
66
129
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
22
0
29
6
0
10
30
97
117
219
212
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
1
10
0
0
6
0
2
5
24
60
121
156
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
11
21
28
67
29
5
6
54
221
259
810
754
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
5
0
21
13
Chlamydia species
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
6
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
2
0
16
4
0
13
5
40
81
146
284
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
16
22
46
Streptococcus group A
0
2
9
18
0
0
0
0
29
0
109
0
Bordetella pertussis
0
0
0
1
2
1
18
1
23
76
157
171
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
2
12
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
5
3
16
13
Leptospira species
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
8
0
Treponema pallidum
0
0
19
20
0
0
0
0
39
6
128
6
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
Total
20
121
73
279
206
8
287
336
1,330
1,915
4,892
4,956

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 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 31 March 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 27 67
New Children's Hospital, Westmead 41 86
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord 0 0
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 43 59
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool 0 0
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End 324 596
Townsville General Hospital 26 33
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 208 473
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston 7 12
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart 0 0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne 2 4
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 71 119
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield 229 348
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth 329 491
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth 35 88
Western Diagnostic Pathology 9 9
Total   1,351 2,385

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 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 9 to 12, 2000

Week number
9 10 11 12
Week ending on
5 March 2000 12 March 2000 19 March 2000 26 March 2000
Doctors reporting
71
66
70
69
Total encounters
8,855
7,969
8,917
8,325
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
25
2.8
20
2.5
19
2.1
32
3.8
Chickenpox
9
1.0
9
1.1
9
1.0
4
0.5
Gastroenteritis
81
9.1
61
7.7
67
7.5
80
9.6
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
12
1.4
16
2.0
12
1.3
14
1.7
ADT immunisations
68
7.7
51
6.4
61
6.8
57
6.8


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 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 4, April 2000.

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