Communicable Diseases Surveillance - NNDSS Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 1, January 2001 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 5,585 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in December 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 December 2000, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 3). Figure 1 illustrates, for selected diseases, the December 2000 totals as ratios to the mean of their November to January levels for the previous 5 years.

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

Figure 1. Selected<sup>1</sup> diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 31 December 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 November to January data for the previous five years

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

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total December 20001 Total November 20001 Total December
19991 		Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
3
0
6
0
0
10
4
23
35
31
23
413
276
1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
2
200
0
66
12
1
162
40
483
791
537
525
8,631
6,833
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
5
0
-
12
0
4
4
26
27
30
20
494
205
1.3
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
11
455
13
216
46
14
390
88
1,233
1,641
1,453
1,332
20,672
15,841
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
10
1
1
27
20
1.8
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
25
-
21
262
133
58
275
111
885
1,299
983
1,188
13,480
12,220
0.7
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
1
1
14
n/a
-
Hepatitis A
0
8
1
11
1
0
11
4
36
44
102
168
811
2,165
0.2
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
1
4
0.0
Listeriosis
0
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
7
3
5
6
66
64
1.2
Salmonellosis
4
135
29
143
37
13
97
55
513
532
534
622
6,081
6,714
0.8
Shigellosis3
1
-
6
8
3
0
22
4
44
38
36
55
488
669
0.8
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
1
0
0
NN
1
1
6
3
33
n/a
-
Typhoid
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
5
3
7
7
65
74
0.7
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
4
0
0
2
0
6
3
7
20
73
232
0.3
Quarantinable diseases
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
236
55
291
151
8
151
148
1,056
1,656
1,009
864
17,718
9,897
1.2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
12
45
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
3
55
73
67
11
0
47
42
298
415
416
408
6,047
4,649
0.7
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Syphilis7
1
38
7
36
2
0
0
5
89
187
107
120
1,932
1,666
0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
4
6
3
4
32
51
1.0
Measles
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
10
4
39
109
610
0.1
Mumps
0
2
1
0
2
0
3
1
9
12
14
13
208
168
0.7
Pertussis
6
224
4
54
52
1
50
6
397
622
424
665
5,772
5,942
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Rubella8
0
14
0
2
1
0
4
1
22
51
17
193
314
1,931
0.1
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
8
5
-
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
64
56
0.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
10
2
27
2
0
5
5
51
66
43
48
622
698
1.1
Dengue
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
26
31
210
195
0.0
Malaria
2
11
2
9
5
0
8
4
41
47
65
59
951
724
0.7
Ross River virus infection
1
9
17
62
51
0
12
7
159
164
290
337
4,137
4,946
0.5
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
4
26
40
0.5
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
3
4
3
27
45
0.9
Leptospirosis
0
5
3
7
1
0
2
0
18
22
20
18
244
204
1.0
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
8
0
8
14
7
10
98
91
0.8
Q fever
0
6
0
22
1
0
2
0
31
50
45
43
519
537
0.7
Other
Legionellosis
0
0
0
1
2
0
12
2
17
34
16
18
469
207
0.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
8
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
15
2
8
4
2
15
2
48
52
46
32
601
461
1.5
Tuberculosis
1
24
0
1
0
0
29
2
57
68
92
90
960
1,058
0.6
Total
74
1,471
238
1,308
533
97
1,325
539
5,585
7,915
6,385
6,755
92,436
79,558
 

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.

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Table 2. Crude incidence of diseases by State or Territory, 1 to 31 December 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 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2 7.6 37.1 0.0 22.2 9.6 2.6 40.8 25.5 30.3
Hepatitis C (incident) 3.8 0.9 0.0 - 9.6 0.0 1.0 2.5 2.0
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2 42.0 84.5 79.8 72.7 36.9 35.7 98.2 56.1 77.2
Hepatitis D 0.0 0.2 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 95.5 - 128.9 88.2 106.6 148.0 69.2 70.7 83.7
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3
Hepatitis A 0.0 1.5 6.1 3.7 0.8 0.0 2.8 2.5 2.3
Hepatitis E 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NN 0.0
Listeriosis 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Salmonellosis 15.3 25.1 178.0 48.1 29.6 33.2 24.4 35.0 32.1
Shigellosis3 3.8 - 36.8 2.7 2.4 0.0 5.5 2.5 4.2
SLTEC,VTEC4 0.0 0.0 0.0 NN 0.8 0.0 0.0 NN 0.1
Typhoid 0.0 0.2 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.3
Yersiniosis3 0.0 - 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6
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 61.1 43.8 337.7 97.9 121.0 20.4 38.0 94.3 66.1
Donovanosis 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gonococcal infection6 11.5 10.2 448.2 22.5 8.8 0.0 11.8 26.8 18.7
Lymphogranuloma venereum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Syphilis7 3.8 7.1 43.0 12.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.6
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 6.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3
Measles 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Mumps 0.0 0.4 6.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.8 0.6 0.6
Pertussis 22.9 41.6 24.6 18.2 41.7 2.6 12.6 3.8 24.9
Poliomyelitis 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rubella8 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.6 1.4
Tetanus 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
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 1.9 12.3 9.1 1.6 0.0 1.3 3.2 3.2
Dengue 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Malaria 7.6 2.0 12.3 3.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 2.5 2.6
Ross River virus infection 3.8 1.7 104.4 20.9 40.9 0.0 3.0 4.5 10.0
Zoonoses
Brucellosis 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Hydatid infection 0.0 NN 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.3
Leptospirosis 0.0 0.9 18.4 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.1
Ornithosis 0.0 NN 0.0 NN 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.1
Q fever 0.0 1.1 0.0 7.4 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.9
Other
Legionellosis 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.6 0.0 3.0 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 0.0 2.8 12.3 2.7 3.2 5.1 3.8 1.3 3.0
Tuberculosis 3.8 4.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 7.3 1.3 3.6
Total 282.8 273.1 1,461.1 440.1 427.1 247.5 333.6 343.3 349.8

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 December 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
1
1
6
2
0
11
5
26
418
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
2
260
0
74
16
1
163
48
564
8,831
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
7
0
-
10
0
1
5
24
503
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
9
622
15
245
48
19
387
128
1,473
20,929
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
27
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Campylobacterosis3
22
-
12
230
141
49
293
148
895
13,518
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
11
Hepatitis A
0
6
2
9
1
0
14
6
38
838
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
Listeriosis
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
65
Salmonellosis
4
146
34
108
28
16
97
76
509
6,130
Shigellosis3
1
-
8
7
3
0
27
7
53
488
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
2
0
0
NN
2
36
Typhoid
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
7
68
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
4
0
0
2
0
6
74
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
16
303
64
340
157
13
205
199
1,297
17,765
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
13
Gonococcal infection6
3
67
59
59
18
0
48
65
319
6,088
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
1
45
5
58
1
0
1
7
118
1,990
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
4
32
Measles
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
110
Mumps
0
1
1
0
2
0
4
1
9
211
Pertussis
5
350
3
47
101
1
57
17
581
5,876
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
0
16
0
4
2
0
5
2
29
315
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
12
1
35
2
0
4
8
62
633
Dengue
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
231
Malaria
0
10
3
15
4
0
10
6
48
974
Ross River virus infection
1
11
6
53
59
0
12
16
158
4,288
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
26
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
28
Leptospirosis
0
2
2
3
2
0
6
0
15
245
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
1
16
0
17
104
Q fever
0
6
0
21
0
0
6
0
33
536
Other
Legionellosis
0
4
1
2
3
0
22
2
34
474
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Meningococcal infection
0
20
2
5
4
3
13
4
51
603
Tuberculosis
3
37
2
3
0
0
30
7
82
1,051
Total
68
1,939
223
1,334
609
103
1,441
761
6,478
93,613

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 25, No 1, January 2001.

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