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Table 3. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction
Disease |
Data received from:* |
|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
|
| Hepatitis B (incident) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | All jurisdictions except NT |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis D | All jurisdictions |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|
| Botulism | All jurisdictions |
| Campylobacteriosis | All jurisdictions except NSW |
| Cryptosporidiosis | All jurisdictions except NSW and Victoria |
| Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis A | All jurisdictions |
| Hepatitis E | All jurisdictions |
| Listeriosis | All jurisdictions |
| Salmonellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Shigellosis | All jurisdictions except NSW |
| SLTEC, VTEC | All jurisdictions |
| Typhoid | All jurisdictions |
Quarantinable diseases |
|
| Cholera | All jurisdictions |
| Plague | All jurisdictions |
| Rabies | All jurisdictions |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | All jurisdictions |
| Yellow fever | All jurisdictions |
Sexually transmissible diseases |
|
| Chlamydial infection | All jurisdictions |
| Donovanosis | All jurisdictions except SA |
| Gonococcal infection | All jurisdictions |
| Syphilis | All jurisdictions |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|
| Diphtheria | All jurisdictions |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | All jurisdictions |
| Influenza | All jurisdictions except NSW, SA and Vic |
| Measles | All jurisdictions |
| Mumps | All jurisdictions |
| Pertussis | All jurisdictions |
| Pneumococcal disease | All jurisdictions except NSW, SA and Vic |
| Rubella | All jurisdictions |
| Tetanus | All jurisdictions |
Vectorborne diseases |
|
| Arbovirus infection NEC | All jurisdictions |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | All jurisdictions |
| Dengue | All jurisdictions |
| Japanese encephalitis | All jurisdictions except NSW, NT, SA |
| Kunjin | All jurisdictions except NSW, NT, SA |
| Malaria | All jurisdictions |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | All jurisdictions except NSW, NT, SA |
| Ross River virus infection | All jurisdictions |
Zoonoses |
|
| Anthrax | All jurisdictions except SA |
| Australian Bat lyssavirus | All jurisdictions except SA |
| Brucellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Leptospirosis | All jurisdictions |
| Ornithosis | All jurisdictions except NSW and Qld |
| Other lyssaviruses (NEC) | All jurisdictions except SA |
| Q fever | All jurisdictions |
Other bacterial infections |
|
| Legionellosis | All jurisdictions |
| Leprosy | All jurisdictions |
| Meningococcal infection | All jurisdictions |
| Tuberculosis | All jurisdictions |
Table 4. Crude incidence of diseases by State or Territory, 1 January to 31 March 2001. (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 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
0.7 |
6.4 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)2 | 6.4 |
53.8 |
NDR |
4.5 |
13.9 |
11.1 |
37.0 |
14.0 |
31.0 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 5.1 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
7.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified)2 | 57.3 |
99.6 |
116.6 |
96.2 |
51.0 |
89.3 |
111.0 |
25.5 |
90.0 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||
| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis3 | 119.7 |
- |
137.1 |
97.1 |
128.5 |
117.4 |
103.1 |
110.4 |
107.0 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 6.4 |
NDR |
229.2 |
11.3 |
5.1 |
0.0 |
NDR |
3.8 |
13.2 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis A | 2.5 |
1.8 |
12.3 |
2.7 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| Salmonellosis | 36.9 |
31.8 |
278.3 |
79.1 |
47.3 |
60.4 |
28.8 |
43.5 |
45.5 |
| Shigellosis3 | 1.3 |
- |
73.7 |
4.1 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
| SLTEC,VTEC4 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n/a |
| Plague | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n/a |
| Rabies | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n/a |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n/a |
| Yellow fever | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n/a |
Sexually transmissible diseases |
|||||||||
| Chlamydial infection5 | 90.4 |
59.5 |
622.1 |
156.8 |
167.7 |
85.9 |
66.7 |
93.0 |
98.1 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
NDR |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection6 | 7.6 |
16.2 |
636.4 |
31.5 |
27.8 |
3.4 |
19.1 |
55.8 |
30.4 |
| Syphilis7 | 2.5 |
11.4 |
79.8 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
5.8 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Influenza | 2.5 |
NDR |
14.3 |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.6 |
0.6 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
| Mumps | 1.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
| Pertussis | 25.5 |
39.5 |
12.3 |
24.6 |
43.8 |
4.3 |
11.6 |
4.7 |
25.3 |
| Invasive pneumococcal disease | 0.0 |
NDR |
32.7 |
6.4 |
NDR |
0.0 |
NDR |
2.8 |
4.4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella8 | 0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
| Tetanus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 1.3 |
0.0 |
4.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 1.3 |
4.1 |
43.0 |
22.2 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
4.9 |
6.8 |
| Dengue | 1.3 |
0.4 |
34.8 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus infection | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 11.5 |
2.5 |
28.6 |
12.9 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
4.8 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 6.4 |
15.1 |
370.4 |
79.3 |
26.7 |
7.7 |
22.0 |
14.7 |
32.9 |
Zoonoses |
|||||||||
| Anthrax | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Brucellosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
| Other lyssavirus (NEC)* | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
NDR |
0.0 |
NDR |
0.8 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
14.9 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
3.5 |
Other |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
3.2 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2.5 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.0 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
1.7 |
3.4 |
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.
NDR No data received (Table 3).
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 60 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia 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 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.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001.
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