Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 8, August 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 03 October 2004

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There were 5,064 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in July 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for July 2000, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 3). The number of reports for selected diseases have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using June to August data for the previous 5 years (Figure 1).

There were 2,243 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 31 July 2000 (Tables 4 and 5).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 26 to 30, ending 30 July 2000, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 6).

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

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total July 20001 Total June 20001 Total July 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
2
0
10
6
1
7
4
30
33
24
21
209
165
1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
1
99
0
62
6
3
180
58
409
698
765
570
4,541
4,082
0.7
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
2
0
-
3
0
3
7
15
31
25
15
245
109
1.0
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
15
259
9
240
22
24
447
138
1,154
1,666
1,871
1,366
12,017
9,226
0.8
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
2
9
10
0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Campylobacterosis3
22
-
16
323
141
44
373
174
1,093
1,112
1,129
963
7,547
6,586
1.1
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
4
na
Hepatitis A
1
11
2
4
4
0
12
12
46
48
132
156
569
1,414
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
na
Listeriosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
6
3
4
46
37
0.8
Salmonellosis
4
17
22
72
23
2
57
57
254
390
356
349
3,980
4,401
0.7
Shigellosis3
1
-
2
3
1
0
10
9
26
40
45
48
297
435
0.5
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0
0
NN
2
0
0
NN
2
1
2
1
20
8
2.0
Typhoid
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
2
9
4
45
50
1.8
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
8
0
0
0
0
8
3
12
15
47
151
0.5
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
na
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
1
0
0
1
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
0
0
1
na
Chlamydial infection5
14
136
68
367
78
24
188
118
993
1,363
1,249
810
9,434
5,770
1.2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
NN
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
11
27
0.3
Gonococcal infection6
1
35
83
76
14
0
58
76
343
508
411
368
3,716
2,768
0.9
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Syphilis7
2
34
18
59
0
2
0
6
121
147
172
141
1,017
1,016
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
5
10
31
0.0
Measles
0
2
0
1
1
0
5
2
11
8
17
44
69
347
0.3
Mumps
5
3
0
0
1
1
6
3
19
22
19
15
129
99
1.3
Pertussis
12
128
0
20
16
4
47
2
229
405
401
416
2,143
2,791
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rubella8
1
3
0
2
0
0
6
1
13
16
45
116
110
784
0.1
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
3
na
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
57
42
1.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
6
0
17
0
0
0
0
23
38
33
35
369
521
0.7
Dengue
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
7
1
7
195
111
0.3
Malaria
0
6
1
36
2
0
7
1
53
72
92
59
604
489
0.9
Ross River virus infection
1
15
1
29
3
1
6
14
70
180
81
120
3,493
4,315
0.6
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
3
7
18
0.0
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
5
18
23
0.2
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
6
13
15
13
147
126
0.5
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
4
0
4
7
8
5
44
43
0.8
Q fever
0
3
0
19
0
0
3
3
28
30
36
45
279
312
0.6
Other
Legionellosis
0
1
0
4
1
0
5
1
12
33
14
14
335
128
0.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
5
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
18
0
6
5
0
8
5
42
60
66
56
270
229
0.8
Tuberculosis
2
9
0
0
0
0
26
7
44
49
94
84
475
603
0.5
Total
82
795
222
1,365
329
106
1,464
701
5,064
7,003
7,155
5,882
52,518
47,290


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. Crude incidence of diseases by State or Territory, July 2000. (Rate per 100,000)

Disease1
State or Territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0.00
0.37
0.00
3.42
4.82
2.55
1.78
2.58
1.90
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
3.83
18.53
0.00
21.18
4.82
7.66
45.84
37.40
25.88
Hepatitis C (incident)
0.00
0.37
0.00
-
2.41
0.00
0.76
4.51
0.95
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
57.44
48.47
55.99
82.00
17.68
61.24
113.83
88.98
73.01
Hepatitis D
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Campylobacterosis3
84.25
-
99.54
110.35
113.32
112.28
94.99
112.20
69.15
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Hepatitis A
3.83
2.06
12.44
1.37
3.21
0.00
3.06
7.74
2.91
Hepatitis E
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Listeriosis
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.76
0.00
0.19
Salmonellosis
15.32
3.18
136.87
24.60
18.49
5.10
14.52
36.75
16.07
Shigellosis3
3.83
-
12.44
1.02
0.80
0.00
2.55
5.80
1.64
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0.00
0.00
NN
1.61
0.00
0.00
NN
0.13
Typhoid
0.00
0.94
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.51
0.00
0.44
Yersiniosis3
0.00
-
0.00
2.73
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.51
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Plague
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Rabies
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Yellow fever
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Chlamydial infection5
53.61
25.45
423.06
125.39
62.69
61.24
47.88
76.09
62.83
Donovanosis
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.34
-
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
Gonococcal infection6
3.83
6.55
516.38
25.97
11.25
0.00
14.77
49.01
21.70
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Syphilis7
7.66
6.36
111.99
20.16
0.00
5.10
0.00
3.87
7.66
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Measles
0.00
0.37
0.00
0.34
0.80
0.00
1.27
1.29
0.70
Mumps
19.15
0.56
0.00
0.00
0.80
2.55
1.53
1.93
1.20
Pertussis
45.96
23.96
0.00
6.83
12.86
10.21
11.97
1.29
14.49
Poliomyelitis
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Rubella8
3.83
0.56
0.00
0.68
0.00
0.00
1.53
0.64
0.82
Tetanus
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.29
0.13
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.00
1.12
0.00
5.81
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.46
Dengue
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.68
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.13
Malaria
0.00
1.12
6.22
12.30
1.61
0.00
1.78
0.64
3.35
Ross River virus infection
3.83
2.81
6.22
9.91
2.41
2.55
1.53
9.03
4.43
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Hydatid infection
0.00
NN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.64
0.06
Leptospirosis
0.00
0.19
0.00
1.37
0.00
0.00
0.25
0.00
0.38
Ornithosis
0.00
NN
0.00
NN
0.00
0.00
1.02
0.00
0.25
Q fever
0.00
0.56
0.00
6.49
0.00
0.00
0.76
1.93
1.77
Other
Legionellosis
0.00
0.19
0.00
1.37
0.80
0.00
1.27
0.64
0.76
Leprosy
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Meningococcal infection
0.00
3.37
0.00
2.05
4.02
0.00
2.04
3.22
2.66
Tuberculosis
7.66
1.68
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.62
4.51
2.78
Total
314.03
148.79
1,381.16
466.35
264.42
270.49
372.82
452.01
320.39

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.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 31 July 2000, by date of report*

Disease1
State or Territory Total this period Year to date total
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
2
0
11
7
2
11
6
39
221
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
2
176
0
61
24
4
182
73
522
4,764
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
3
0
-
7
0
4
10
25
264
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
22
416
20
250
55
29
449
150
1,391
12,496
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
31
-
21
309
169
42
376
201
1,149
7,654
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Hepatitis A
1
16
3
3
4
0
12
14
53
606
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Listeriosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
4
47
Salmonellosis
5
37
28
80
28
2
80
62
322
4,165
Shigellosis3
1
-
7
5
1
0
11
12
37
309
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0
0
NN
2
0
0
NN
2
23
Typhoid
0
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
50
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
8
0
0
0
0
8
47
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
15
207
101
399
124
30
263
155
1,294
9,695
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
NN
0
0
1
2
12
Gonococcal infection6
0
53
132
109
45
0
63
100
502
3,806
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
2
59
17
72
4
2
0
13
169
1,074
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
12
Measles
0
2
0
2
1
0
2
2
9
72
Mumps
7
5
0
0
3
1
7
3
26
133
Pertussis
21
309
0
28
28
4
62
6
458
2,407
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
0
4
0
3
0
0
6
2
15
115
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
6
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
58
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
8
0
13
0
0
0
2
23
381
Dengue
0
0
8
2
0
0
0
0
10
216
Malaria
1
6
4
35
3
0
8
1
58
616
Ross River virus infection
2
31
1
39
3
0
10
25
111
3,698
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
18
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
150
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
9
0
9
53
Q fever
0
5
0
25
0
0
3
4
37
294
Other
Legionellosis
0
1
0
4
1
0
8
3
17
341
Leprosy
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Meningococcal infection
0
25
0
4
5
0
11
6
51
277
Tuberculosis
3
17
5
22
0
0
29
10
86
578
Total
114
1,387
349
1,488
515
116
1,612
864
6,445
54,684

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 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 31 July 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
6
29
136
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
2
34
32
Rubella virus
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
92
25
141
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
6
14
97
108
296
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
1
1
8
2
0
1
12
25
174
1,089
1,219
Barmah Forest virus
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
5
40
109
156
Dengue not typed
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
166
33
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
19
2
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
5
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
38
17
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
11
75
44
Adenovirus type 41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
11
0
1
40
0
2
26
80
85
622
623
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
1
11
1
11
30
2
11
4
71
121
691
724
Varicella-zoster virus
1
12
1
27
10
0
6
37
94
310
842
1,116
Epstein-Barr virus
0
6
1
25
43
0
4
27
106
480
1,312
1,666
Other DNA viruses
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
7
6
Parvovirus
0
1
0
0
3
0
11
21
36
124
202
332
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A16
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
14
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
16
0
0
1
0
0
16
33
45
242
231
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
0
0
2
0
0
10
24
36
75
576
459
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
4
43
0
3
58
0
8
6
122
627
467
1,256
Influenza A virus H3N2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
2
28
Influenza B virus
2
23
0
0
25
0
6
4
60
55
150
126
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
1
0
2
17
0
0
9
29
7
209
30
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
3
11
24
94
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
3
0
0
7
0
0
10
20
116
129
324
Respiratory syncytial virus
4
164
0
28
74
10
62
463
805
955
2,068
2,000
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
4
90
0
0
51
1
1
43
190
306
543
844
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
2
25
6
71
35
1
3
74
217
855
1,954
2,404
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
7
6
57
55
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
1
0
15
7
1
28
6
58
235
354
768
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
4
9
96
41
191
Streptococcus group A
0
2
8
14
0
0
14
0
38
207
219
281
Yersinia enterocolitica
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
8
Bordetella pertussis
0
4
0
3
5
0
29
2
43
383
317
705
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
1
12
0
26
15
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
37
20
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
9
6
Leptospira species
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
46
35
62
Treponema pallidum
0
1
20
33
40
0
0
1
95
343
462
509
Entamoeba histolytica
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
10
3
Toxoplasma gondii
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
8
5
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
16
0
Total
18
419
39
255
460
15
219
818
2,243
5,920
13,341
16,986

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 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 31 July 20001

State or Territory
Laboratory This period Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
-
-
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
176
195
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
179
108
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
58
78
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
-
-
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
311
284
Townsville General Hospital
7
13
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
456
297
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
14
18
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
-
3
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
116
78
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
104
92
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
389
246
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
427
300
Western Diagnostic Pathology
6
10
Total  
2,243
1,722

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.
- No reports received this period

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Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 26 to 30, 2000

Week number
26 27 28 29 30
Week ending on
2 July 2000 9 July 2000 16 July 2000 23 July 2000 30 July 2000
Doctors reporting
66
61
61
64
64
Total encounters
7,544
7,392
7,423
8,115
7,882
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 Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
70
9.3
38
5.1
44
5.9
44
5.4
63
8.0
Chickenpox
13
1.7
11
1.5
11
1.5
8
1.0
11
1.4
Gastroenteritis
51
6.8
60
8.1
71
9.6
64
7.9
70
8.9
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
6
0.8
11
1.5
10
1.3
10
1.2
14
1.8
ADT immunisations
36
4.8
30
4.1
24
3.2
23
2.8
32
4.1


The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of close to 50 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Public Health Partnership. 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;24:6-7.

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 monthly. 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, not all of whom report each week. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2000. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 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 8, August 2000.

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