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There were 24,064 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 July and 30 September 2001 (Table 2). Figure 1 illustrates, for selected diseases, the third quarter 2001 totals as ratios to the mean of the third quarters for the previous 5 years. A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 3.

The following table displays reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 1. 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 except Qld
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D	All jurisdictions
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	All jurisdictions
Campylobacteriosis	All jurisdictions except NSW
Cryptosporidiosis	All jurisdictions except Tas
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis A	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis E	All jurisdictions
Listeriosis	All jurisdictions
Salmonellosis	All jurisdictions
Shigellosis	All jurisdictions
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 infections
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 Tas
Measles	All jurisdictions
Mumps	All jurisdictions
Pertussis	All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease - invasive	All jurisdictions except SA and Tas
Poliomyelitis	All jurisdictions
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
Kunjin	All jurisdictions except ACT†
Malaria	All jurisdictions
Murray Valley encephalitis	All jurisdictions except ACT†
Ross River virus infection	All jurisdictions
Zoonoses
Anthrax	All jurisdictions except SA
Australian Bat lyssavirus	All jurisdictions
Brucellosis	All jurisdictions
Leptospirosis	All jurisdictions
Ornithosis	All jurisdictions
Other lyssaviruses (NEC)	All jurisdictions
Q fever	All jurisdictions
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	All jurisdictions
Leprosy	All jurisdictions
Meningococcal infection	All jurisdictions
Tuberculosis	All jurisdictions

Top of pageThe following table displays notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2001, by date of notification. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2001, by date of notification*

Disease	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Total 3rd quarter 20011	Total 2nd quarter 20011	Total 3rd quarter 20001	Last 5 years mean 3rd quarter	Year to date 2001	Last 5 years YTD mean	Ratio†
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	0	9	1	12	3	9	39	10	83	94	143	79	273	228	1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	16	893	NN	188	62	6	557	116	1,838	1,497	2,438	1,919	4,822	5,551	1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)	3	27	0	NN	12	0	20	4	66	63	141	75	211	216	0.9
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	62	1,489	52	743	154	97	1,478	347	4,422	3,889	4,998	4,559	12,620	13,666	1.0
Hepatitis D	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	5	5	13	11	0.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0.0
Campylobacterosis2	103	-	73	1,065	675	155	1,336	708	4,115	3,629	3,433	3,111	11,138	8,988	1.3
Cryptosporidiosis	3	23	20	59	10	NDR	88	15	218	385	0	N/A	858	N/A	N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	9	0.6
Hepatitis A	4	56	11	30	5	0	22	14	142	115	155	425	353	1,625	0.3
Hepatitis E	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	4	2.5
Listeriosis	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	10	8	9	16	39	50	0.6
Salmonellosis	16	257	68	267	131	10	199	162	1,110	1,550	905	1,028	4,840	5,093	1.1
Shigellosis	0	24	23	18	5	2	26	28	126	122	95	127	364	471	1.0
SLTEC,VTEC3	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	7	6	10	4	29	19	1.8
Typhoid	0	9	0	1	2	0	3	4	19	10	16	16	62	58	1.2
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	3.3
Plague	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
Viral haemorrhagic fever	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
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection	93	1,048	336	1,334	319	114	992	607	4,843	4,294	4,561	3,060	13,833	9,078	1.6
Donovanosis	0	0	7	1	NN	0	0	3	11	8	1	8	21	24	1.3
Gonococcal infection4	9	264	394	272	26	6	247	265	1,483	1,392	1,484	1,244	4,332	3,991	1.2
Syphilis5	2	141	110	8	4	5	5	33	308	264	534	455	850	1,296	0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	14	12	11	23	32	0.4
Influenza‡	7	127	38	355	84	NDR	160	162	933	24	NDR	N/A	969	N/A	N/A
Measles	0	9	0	3	1	0	2	1	16	12	21	102	98	277	0.2
Mumps	0	4	1	0	4	1	3	5	18	30	66	52	79	142	0.3
Pertussis	20	1,190	36	402	577	41	202	28	2,496	1,284	2,070	1,647	4,997	4,034	1.5
Pneumococcal disease‡	6	168	32	170	NDR	NDR	132	62	570	326	NDR	N/A	983	N/A	N/A
Poliomyelitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Rubella6	0	9	0	49	1	0	6	1	66	40	82	274	161	756	0.2
Tetanus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	7	14	3	4	30	45	1.6
Barmah Forest virus infection	0	50	10	71	0	0	2	5	138	446	113	98	908	550	1.4
Dengue	7	13	8	4	1	1	0	3	37	50	10	20	120	160	1.8
Japanese encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Kunjin virus infection	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Malaria	5	34	12	61	14	0	14	8	148	148	238	188	526	646	0.8
Murray Valley encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	2	N/A	N/A
Ross River virus infection	0	30	13	86	3	1	9	12	154	1,130	222	235	2,861	4,717	0.7
Zoonoses
Anthrax‡	0	0	0	0	NN	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Australian bat lyssavirus‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Brucellosis	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	10	14	11	27	0.2
Leptospirosis	0	19	0	15	0	0	4	0	38	60	37	37	168	163	1.0
Other lyssavirus (NEC)‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NDR	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Ornithosis	0	11	1	0	3	0	11	0	26	23	22	13	78	46	2.1
Q fever	1	33	0	81	3	1	13	3	135	150	137	138	454	413	1.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	1	14	0	9	5	3	12	10	54	76	65	44	195	202	1.2
Leprosy	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	0.5
Meningococcal infection	3	79	3	48	10	12	48	40	243	143	213	193	514	376	1.3
Tuberculosis	1	45	13	7	20	2	67	15	170	125	262	261	458	770	0.7
Total	363	6,083	1,263	5,370	2,143	467	5,704	2,671	24,064	21,432	22,512	19,464	68,237	63,915	1.2

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. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of notification = a composite of three dates: (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.
† Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001 only.
NA Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NDR No data received.
NN Not Notifiable
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 50 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 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 4, November 2001.