NNDSS Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 12, December 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 22 January 2001

A print friendly PDF version is available from this Communicable Diseases Intelligence issue's table of contents.




There were 6,054 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in November 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 2000 issue of Commun Dis Intell. Data by date of report for November 2000, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 3). Figure 10 illustrates, for selected diseases, the November 2000 totals for selected diseases as ratios to the mean of their October to December levels for the previous 5 years.

Figure 10. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 30 November 2000 with historical data2

Figure 10. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 30 November 2000 with historical data

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



Top of pageTable 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 November 2000, by date of notification#

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total November 20001 Total October 20001 Total November
19991 		Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
3
1
4
2
3
2
2
17
23
21
22
368
255
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
3
156
0
79
14
1
207
49
509
651
745
535
7, 540
6,388
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
2
0
-
1
1
1
3
8
22
51
20
433
189
0.4
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
13
350
15
273
41
20
363
114
1,189
1521
1,768
1,303
18,810
14,641
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
25
19
0.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
35
-
14
292
150
67
484
149
1,191
1319
1,294
1,218
12,419
1,1061
1.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
1
9
n/a
-
Hepatitis A
1
11
2
8
2
0
3
8
35
50
123
151
764
2,013
0.2
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
0
0
1
3
0.0
Listeriosis
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
3
5
59
59
0.6
Salmonellosis
9
77
31
145
25
21
78
40
426
429
452
539
5, 517
6,140
0.8
Shigellosis3
0
-
11
5
1
0
8
1
26
39
32
52
432
624
0.5
SLTEC, VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
1
0
0
NN
1
2
12
2
32
n/a
-
Typhoid
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
59
66
0.2
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
5
9
18
67
215
0.2
Quarantinable
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
-
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
16
278
69
444
144
23
169
154
1,297
1,600
1,215
837
16,274
9,151
1.6
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
12
42
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
0
49
66
57
3
0
73
59
307
413
550
381
5,623
4,277
0.8
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Syphilis7
2
40
9
82
0
0
0
4
137
179
137
124
1768
1555
1.1
Vaccine preventable
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
6
1
3
4
28
46
1.6
Measles
0
7
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
11
4
54
102
577
0.2
Mumps
0
4
1
0
2
0
2
3
12
12
11
13
200
157
1.0
Pertussis
7
240
0
65
50
7
45
6
420
561
572
709
5,099
5,268
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Rubella8
1
27
0
6
0
0
4
3
41
61
30
248
282
1,738
0.2
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
7
5
-
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
64
53
0.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
12
1
40
1
0
3
0
57
43
44
37
561
660
1.5
Dengue
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
8
23
209
161
0.1
Malaria
0
6
4
11
2
1
8
1
33
69
50
45
889
678
0.7
Ross River virus infection
1
12
3
71
32
0
6
4
129
124
155
163
3,937
4,716
0.8
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
3
9
4
24
37
0.9
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
2
0
5
25
40
0.6
Leptospirosis
0
5
2
3
3
0
1
0
14
18
17
19
213
186
0.7
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
1
0
4
0
5
11
10
13
78
78
0.4
Q fever
0
5
0
38
0
0
1
0
44
40
41
45
481
497
1.0
Other
Legionellosis
1
2
1
3
4
0
11
1
23
32
20
19
442
187
1.2
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
7
2.2
Meningococcal infection
0
18
0
4
0
2
19
4
47
63
38
38
549
428
1.2
Tuberculosis
0
15
0
2
3
0
26
7
53
71
113
93
854
975
0.6
Total
89
1,325
231
1,641
484
146
1,525
613
6,054
7,393
7, 547
6,755
84,263
73,197

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.
n/a Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.



Top of pageTable 2. Crude incidence of diseases by State or Territory, 1 to 30 November 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
0.6
6.2
1.4
1.6
7.7
0.5
1.3
1.1
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
11.5
29.2
0.0
27.0
11.3
2.6
52.7
31.6
32.2
Hepatitis C (incident)
0.0
0.4
0.0
-
0.8
2.6
0.3
1.9
0.6
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
49.8
65.5
93.3
93.3
33.0
51.0
92.4
73.5
75.2
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
134.0
-
87.1
99.8
120.6
171.0
123.3
96.1
113.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Hepatitis A
3.8
2.1
12.4
2.7
1.6
0.0
0.8
5.2
2.2
Hepatitis E
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
0.0
Listeriosis
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Salmonellosis
34.5
14.4
192.9
49.5
20.1
53.6
19.9
25.8
27.0
Shigellosis3
0.0
-
68.4
1.7
0.8
0.0
2.0
0.6
2.5
SLTEC, VTEC4
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
0.8
0.0
0.0
NN
0.1
Typhoid
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Yersiniosis3
0.0
-
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Quarantinable 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
61.3
52.0
429.3
151.7
115.7
58.7
43.0
99.3
82.1
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
0.0
9.2
410.6
19.5
2.4
0.0
18.6
38.0
19.4
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Syphilis7
7.7
7.5
56.0
28.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
8.7
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
0.4
6.2
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.4
Measles
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
Mumps
0.0
0.7
6.2
0.0
1.6
0.0
0.5
1.9
0.8
Pertussis
26.8
44.9
0.0
22.2
40.2
17.9
11.5
3.9
26.6
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella8
3.8
5.1
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.9
2.6
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
0.0
0.0
0.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
2.2
6.2
13.7
0.8
0.0
0.8
0.0
3.6
Dengue
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.2
Malaria
0.0
1.1
24.9
3.8
1.6
2.6
2.0
0.6
2.1
Ross River virus infection
3.8
2.2
18.7
24.3
25.7
0.0
1.5
2.6
8.2
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Hydatid infection
0.0
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.3
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.9
12.4
1.0
2.4
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.9
Ornithosis
0.0
NN
0.0
NN
0.8
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.7
Q fever
0.0
0.9
0.0
13.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.8
Other
Legionellosis
3.8
0.4
6.2
1.0
3.2
0.0
2.8
0.6
1.5
Leprosy
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Meningococcal infection
0.0
3.4
0.0
1.4
0.0
5.1
4.8
2.6
3.0
Tuberculosis
0.0
2.8
0.0
0.7
2.4
0.0
6.6
4.5
3.4
Total
340.8
248.0
1,437.1
560.6
389.0
372.6
388.6
395.3
383.1

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.



Top of pageTable 3. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 November 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
5
1
3
3
5
6
3
26
380
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
4
352
0
79
35
2
211
64
747
7,791
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
3
0
-
3
1
1
3
12
449
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
15
594
25
274
91
32
364
128
1,523
19,174
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
25
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Campylobacterosis3
43
-
23
285
181
72
563
186
1,353
12,541
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
9
Hepatitis A
1
15
1
14
3
0
4
11
49
798
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
NN
1
1
Listeriosis
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
60
Salmonellosis
9
96
25
144
28
15
86
65
468
5,664
Shigellosis3
0
-
15
3
1
0
9
2
30
436
SLTEC, VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
1
0
0
NN
1
34
Typhoid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
63
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
3
0
0
0
1
4
68
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
19
337
92
454
166
25
248
198
1,539
16,370
Donovanosis
0
0
1
0
NN
0
0
0
1
13
Gonococcal infection6
1
58
94
75
10
0
67
77
382
5,726
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
3
61
14
93
0
1
0
7
179
1833
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
5
28
Measles
0
7
0
2
0
0
1
0
10
103
Mumps
0
5
1
0
2
0
2
3
13
204
Pertussis
7
454
0
62
73
6
65
15
682
5,289
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
1
47
0
5
0
0
2
2
57
283
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
8
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
65
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
12
0
37
7
0
3
1
60
570
Dengue
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
3
230
Malaria
0
11
6
17
2
1
11
0
48
920
Ross River virus infection
0
13
3
70
37
0
6
12
141
4,129
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
22
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
3
1
4
26
Leptospirosis
0
10
3
5
3
0
9
0
30
227
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
2
0
10
0
12
87
Q fever
0
8
0
35
0
0
1
1
45
501
Other
Legionellosis
1
4
0
3
10
0
10
6
34
443
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Meningococcal infection
0
15
1
5
0
1
21
4
47
554
Tuberculosis
2
37
8
11
3
1
29
14
105
961
Total
107
2,149
314
1,685
663
163
1,738
805
7,624
86,093

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.



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 Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand and 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 legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6-7.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 12, December 2000.

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