Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 9, September 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 09 October 2000

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There were 6,499 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in August 2000 (Table 1). The crude incidence of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory (Table 2) was included for the first time in the August issue of Commun Dis Intell. Data by date of report for August 2000, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 3). Figure 9 illustrates, for selected diseases, the ratio of their August 2000 totals to the mean of their July to September levels for 1995 to1999.

There were 899 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 31 August 2000 (Tables 4 and 5).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 31 to 34, ending 27 August 2000, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 6).

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



1. Selected diseases are chosen each calendar month according to current activity. 2. Ratio of current month total to mean of July to September data for the previous five years.

Editorial note: Readers are reminded to use the ratios published with some caution (Figure 9, Table 1). As indicated in footnote 1 to Tables 1-3, totals comprise data from all States and Territories and are subject to retrospective revision. The July notification data shown in the last issue of Commun Dis Intell are those for reports received by States and Territories and sent to the NCDC by 10 August 2000. The July notification data shown for comparison with the August data in this September issue of Commun Dis Intell are those for all reports received and sent to NCDC as of 12 September 2000 when the August (and updated and revised July) notification data were extracted from the database. In view of the differences in the July data reported in this and the previous issue of Commun Dis Intell it is evident that a substantial number of July notifications have been submitted subsequent to the data extraction date for the August issue. These notifications have been included in the July comparison figures and the year-to-date figures in the September issue.Top of page

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

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total August 20001 Total July 20001 Total August 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
6
0
4
4
1
14
6
35
41
18
22
260
186
1.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
0
202
0
95
22
4
203
53
579
624
701
574
5,414
4,636
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
21
0
0
8
0
3
5
37
67
35
17
350
128
2.2
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
16
468
16
280
41
37
519
137
1,514
1,559
2,049
1,356
14,041
10,600
1.1
Hepatitis D
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
1
1
15
11
5.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
24
0
12
258
167
43
447
208
1,159
1,213
1,124
992
8,835
7,589
1.2
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
1
6
5
0.0
Hepatitis A
0
9
2
10
6
0
4
3
34
60
144
152
619
1,564
0.2
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
Listeriosis
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
3
3
5
49
41
0.6
Salmonellosis
5
54
15
91
20
2
62
49
298
319
328
347
4,352
4,718
0.9
Shigellosis3
0
0
5
9
1
0
7
7
29
33
29
46
330
472
0.6
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
22
9
2.0
Typhoid
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
9
4
5
52
54
0.8
Yersiniosis3
0
0
1
6
0
0
1
0
8
8
11
15
55
165
0.5
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
-
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-
Chlamydial infection5
17
310
85
457
144
36
0
196
1,245
1,123
1,237
808
9,201
6,588
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
11
30
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
0
46
89
87
30
0
80
100
432
470
481
365
4,280
3,144
1.2
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Syphilis7
2
62
8
71
0
0
0
5
148
185
179
143
1,252
1,154
1.0
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
3
3
4
16
35
1.0
Measles
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
12
10
47
76
395
0.0
Mumps
0
10
0
0
1
0
3
4
18
26
18
15
154
115
1.2
Pertussis
34
345
1
43
48
2
70
4
547
620
430
481
3,194
3,275
1.1
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Rubella8
0
16
0
2
0
0
9
1
28
23
49
167
148
948
0.2
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
-
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
2
63
43
1.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
13
1
23
0
0
0
0
37
33
29
33
415
552
1.1
Dengue
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
8
7
197
116
0.1
Malaria
1
14
9
41
4
0
10
4
83
94
50
56
734
542
1.5
Ross River virus infection
0
12
4
34
0
0
3
2
55
88
94
75
3,588
4,395
0.7
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
0
10
4
12
22
1.3
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
3
4
17
27
0.8
Leptospirosis
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
7
11
8
12
160
135
0.6
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
2
0
2
0
4
6
6
5
51
49
0.8
Q fever
0
14
0
20
3
0
1
2
40
39
36
45
337
351
0.9
Other
Legionellosis
0
4
0
4
8
0
0
2
18
18
13
12
361
138
1.5
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
5
0.0
Meningococcal infection
1
26
0
7
6
3
21
10
74
52
76
59
351
292
1.3
Tuberculosis
1
8
1
3
0
0
20
6
39
73
87
88
576
684
0.4
Total
101
1,651
249
1,561
518
128
1,485
806
6,499
6,819
7,281
5,971
59,603
53,224

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.
* 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, 1 to 31 August 2000. (Rate per 100,000 population)

Disease1
State or Territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0.0
1.1
0.0
1.4
3.2
2.6
3.6
3.9
2.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
0.0
37.8
0.0
32.5
17.7
10.2
51.7
34.2
36.6
Hepatitis C (incident)
0.0
3.9
0.0
-
6.4
0.0
0.8
3.2
2.3
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
61.3
87.6
99.5
95.7
33.0
94.4
132.2
88.3
95.8
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
91.9
-
74.7
88.1
134.2
109.7
113.8
134.1
73.3
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Hepatitis A
0.0
1.7
12.4
3.4
4.8
0.0
1.0
1.9
2.2
Hepatitis E
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Listeriosis
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.2
Salmonellosis
19.1
10.1
93.3
31.1
16.1
5.1
15.8
31.6
18.9
Shigellosis3
0.0
-
31.1
3.1
0.8
0.0
1.8
4.5
1.8
SLTEC,VTEC4
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
1.6
0.0
0.0
NN
0.1
Typhoid
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.3
Yersiniosis3
0.0
-
6.2
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Plague
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rabies
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yellow fever
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Chlamydial infection5
65.1
58.0
528.8
156.1
115.7
91.9
0.0
126.4
78.8
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
0.0
8.6
553.7
29.7
24.1
0.0
20.4
64.5
27.3
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Syphilis7
7.7
11.6
49.8
24.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.2
9.4
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Measles
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.1
Mumps
0.0
1.9
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.8
2.6
1.1
Pertussis
130.2
64.6
6.2
14.7
38.6
5.1
17.8
2.6
34.6
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella8
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
2.3
0.6
1.8
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.1
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
2.4
6.2
7.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
Dengue
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Malaria
3.8
2.6
56.0
14.0
3.2
0.0
2.5
2.6
5.3
Ross River virus infection
0.0
2.2
24.9
11.6
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.3
3.5
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Hydatid infection
0.0
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.6
0.2
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
Ornithosis
0.0
NN
0.0
NN
1.6
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.3
Q fever
0.0
2.6
0.0
6.8
2.4
0.0
0.3
1.3
2.5
Other
Legionellosis
0.0
0.7
0.0
1.4
6.4
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.1
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection
3.8
4.9
0.0
2.4
4.8
7.7
5.3
6.4
4.7
Tuberculosis
3.8
1.5
6.2
1.0
0.0
0.0
5.1
3.9
2.5
Total
386.8
309.0
1549.1
533.3
416.3
326.6
378.2
519.7
411.2

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 August 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
6
0
4
6
1
13
8
38
267
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
5
263
0
102
25
6
203
68
672
5,568
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
37
0
-
16
1
3
7
64
366
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
22
563
27
293
62
36
519
170
1,692
14,328
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
13
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
22
-
14
337
173
43
452
220
1,261
8,925
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
6
Hepatitis A
0
14
1
7
6
0
3
8
39
649
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Listeriosis
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
48
Salmonellosis
6
59
16
89
18
2
78
57
325
4,503
Shigellosis3
0
-
6
9
1
0
8
8
32
337
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
24
Typhoid
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
56
Yersiniosis3
0
-
1
8
0
0
1
0
10
57
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
17
349
106
475
152
29
0
216
1,344
9,242
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
12
Gonococcal infection6
1
65
125
89
31
1
79
118
509
4,327
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
3
76
27
83
1
1
0
8
199
1,301
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
5
17
Measles
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
1
6
79
Mumps
0
13
0
0
1
0
4
3
21
156
Pertussis
53
596
0
45
75
3
83
8
863
3,316
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
1
15
0
1
0
0
4
2
23
143
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
64
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
15
1
28
0
0
0
0
44
429
Dengue
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
4
218
Malaria
1
17
21
38
7
0
10
1
95
737
Ross River virus infection
0
18
6
28
2
1
4
10
69
3,789
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
12
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
17
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
11
0
0
0
0
14
165
Ornithosis
0
NN
1
NN
2
0
3
1
7
60
Q fever
0
15
0
42
5
0
1
3
66
358
Other
Legionellosis
0
5
0
3
8
0
4
2
22
363
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Meningococcal infection
0
25
1
5
6
3
20
12
72
351
Tuberculosis
1
25
5
12
0
0
24
13
80
666
Total
132
2,190
361
1,716
600
127
1,525
945
7,596
60,980

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 contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 31 August 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
221
249
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
-
-
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
-
-
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
29
34
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
-
-
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
138
-
Townsville General Hospital
-
-
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
-
-
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
26
29
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
-
-
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
-
-
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
182
167
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
56
87
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
-
-
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
225
154
Western Diagnostic Pathology
22
19
Total  
899
739

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 outstending reports to date.
- Nil reports

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 31 August 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
-
1
-
-
-
-
3
-
4
2
33
135
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
2
61
110
357
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
2
149
1,091
1,368
Barmah Forest virus
-
-
1
6
-
-
1
-
8
13
117
164
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus not typed/pending
-
12
-
-
-
-
10
8
30
112
655
733
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
2
11
-
3
-
2
15
8
41
162
732
885
Varicella-zoster virus
-
5
-
9
-
1
6
3
24
292
867
1,408
Epstein-Barr virus
-
1
1
16
-
-
5
15
38
402
1,351
2,066
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
5
80
207
407
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 7
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
30
1
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
5
6
Rhinovirus (all types)
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
45
251
276
Enterovirus not typed/pending
-
-
-
-
1
-
3
-
4
99
581
557
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
5
41
-
2
-
-
20
14
82
568
557
1,822
Influenza B virus
-
10
-
1
-
-
12
2
25
75
177
201
Parainfluenza virus type 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
4
212
34
Parainfluenza virus type 2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
4
27
98
Parainfluenza virus type 3
1
2
-
-
-
-
2
12
17
127
146
451
Respiratory syncytial virus
1
22
-
8
-
17
44
140
232
724
2,299
2,711
Rotavirus
-
92
-
-
1
3
24
34
154
494
698
1,338
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
2
28
4
27
-
5
3
2
71
725
2,031
3,123
Chlamydia psittaci
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
2
4
59
58
Chlamydia species
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
14
8
31
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
-
6
1
14
-
-
13
2
36
226
391
992
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
43
45
234
Streptococcus group A
-
1
-
1
-
-
14
-
16
132
235
413
Brucella species
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
3
5
9
Bordetella pertussis
-
8
-
2
-
-
47
-
57
209
374
914
Legionella pneumophila
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
29
15
Leptospira species
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
8
36
70
Treponema pallidum
-
1
9
13
-
-
-
-
23
305
485
814
Total
11
253
17
110
2
28
232
246
899
5,083
13,844
21,691

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. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 31 to 34, 2000

Week number
31 32 33 34
Week ending on
6 August 2000 13 August 2000 20 August 2000 27 August 2000
Doctors reporting
63
62
64
60
Total encounters
7,882
7,574
7,813
7,774
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
68
8.6
67
8.8
86
11.0
144
18.5
Chickenpox
9
1.1
9
1.2
10
1.3
12
1.5
Gastroenteritis
66
8.4
65
8.6
72
9.2
68
8.7
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
17
2.2
16
2.1
8
1.0
10
1.3
ADT immunisations
34
4.3
28
3.7
31
4.0
23
3.0


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 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;24:6-7.

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 Commun Dis Intell 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. Commun Dis Intell 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 9, September 2000.

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