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Table 1. Notifications of communicable diseases by State or Territory health authorities in 1999, by date of notification*
Disease |
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 3 |
68 |
19 |
55 |
19 |
5 |
93 |
45 |
307 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)1 | 67 |
4,327 |
NN |
839 |
257 |
34 |
2,174 |
393 |
8,091 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 20 |
77 |
0 |
- |
87 |
18 |
70 |
113 |
385 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified)1 | 280 |
9,215 |
232 |
3,104 |
924 |
306 |
6,162 |
1,021 |
21,244 |
| Hepatitis D | 0 |
16 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
21 |
| Hepatitis (NEC) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
0 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||
| Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
0 |
| Campylobacterosis2 | 290 |
- |
237 |
3,200 |
2,405 |
411 |
4,686 |
1,414 |
12,643 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
24 |
| Hepatitis A | 8 |
413 |
89 |
360 |
121 |
5 |
269 |
292 |
1,557 |
| Hepatitis E | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
NN |
2 |
| Listeriosis | 0 |
22 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
12 |
63 |
| Salmonellosis | 65 |
1,467 |
356 |
2,231 |
963 |
145 |
1,214 |
713 |
7,154 |
| Shigellosis2 | 5 |
- |
111 |
129 |
72 |
1 |
117 |
112 |
547 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
39 |
0 |
4 |
NN |
43 |
| Typhoid | 0 |
38 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
9 |
72 |
| Yersiniosis2 | 1 |
- |
0 |
101 |
18 |
0 |
17 |
6 |
143 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||
| Cholera | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Plague | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rabies | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow fever | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sexually transmissible |
|||||||||
| Chancroid | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chlamydial infection | 177 |
2,477 |
856 |
4,472 |
1,012 |
251 |
2,940 |
1,897 |
14,082 |
| Donovanosis | 0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
NN |
0 |
0 |
7 |
16 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 20 |
1,306 |
1,138 |
1,186 |
235 |
19 |
785 |
987 |
5,676 |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NN |
0 |
| Syphilis5 | 10 |
668 |
328 |
829 |
19 |
9 |
6 |
110 |
1,979 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 1 |
13 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
40 |
| Measles | 5 |
32 |
10 |
33 |
5 |
11 |
111 |
23 |
230 |
| Mumps | 8 |
33 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
73 |
39 |
184 |
| Pertussis | 83 |
1,426 |
2 |
963 |
218 |
611 |
997 |
96 |
4,396 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rubella6 | 17 |
46 |
3 |
157 |
4 |
7 |
121 |
21 |
376 |
| Tetanus | 0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
3 |
62 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0 |
249 |
18 |
310 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
47 |
639 |
| Dengue | 1 |
13 |
31 |
62 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
131 |
| Malaria | 22 |
180 |
67 |
304 |
29 |
9 |
81 |
32 |
724 |
| Ross River virus infection | 8 |
963 |
157 |
2,308 |
41 |
67 |
247 |
625 |
4,416 |
Zoonoses |
|||||||||
| Brucellosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
52 |
| Hydatid infection | 0 |
NN |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
17 |
3 |
29 |
| Leptospirosis | 0 |
57 |
1 |
218 |
3 |
1 |
29 |
9 |
318 |
| Ornithosis | 0 |
NN |
0 |
NN |
9 |
2 |
66 |
7 |
84 |
| Q fever | 0 |
165 |
0 |
297 |
10 |
0 |
26 |
20 |
518 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 2 |
40 |
4 |
34 |
63 |
2 |
61 |
43 |
249 |
| Leprosy | 0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
| Meningococcal infection | 5 |
220 |
8 |
85 |
27 |
13 |
138 |
72 |
568 |
| Tuberculosis | 12 |
469 |
100 |
105 |
69 |
9 |
298 |
91 |
1,153 |
| Total | 1,111 |
24,015 |
3,781 |
21,497 |
6,685 |
1,945 |
20,908 |
8,287 |
88,229 |
1. Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in whom the duration of illness can not be determined.
2. Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (Verotoxigenic E. coli) (SLTEC/VTEC)
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia
5. Includes congenital syphilis
6. Includes congenital rubella
* Date of notification is 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 NNDSS
NN Not notifiable
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
- Elsewhere classified
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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