Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables NNDSS

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 3, September 2002 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 03 October 2002

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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 22,982 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 April to 30 June 2002 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 3.

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction

Disease
Data received from:*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident) All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified) All jurisdiction, except NT
Hepatitis C (incident) All jurisdictions except Qld and NT
Hepatitis C (unspecified) All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D All jurisdictions
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism All jurisdictions
Campylobacteriosis All jurisdictions except NSW
Cryptosporidiosis All jurisdictions
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 diseases
Chlamydial infection All jurisdictions
Donovanosis All jurisdictions
Gonococcal infection All jurisdictions
Syphilis All jurisdictions
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria All jurisdictions
Haemophilus influenzae type b All jurisdictions
Influenza All jurisdictions
Measles All jurisdictions
Mumps All jurisdictions
Pertussis All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease All jurisdictions
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
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

* Jurisdictions not yet reporting on diseases either because legislation has not yet made some diseases notifiable in that jurisdiction or data are not yet being reported to the Commonwealth
† In the Australian Capital Territory, infections with Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis.


Editorial note: The figures for Table 2 were incorrectly calculated in the orginal publication. The corrected table is reproduced below. Since the data was re-analysed nearly one year later, the totals do not agree with the numbers discussed in the 'Highlights' section for this quarter.

Top of pageTable 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 April to 30 June 2002, by date of notification*

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 2nd quarter 20021 Total 1st quarter 20021 Total 2nd quarter 20011 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Year to date 2002 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
21
9
21
2
4
51
12
120
83
94
76
203
148
1.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
19
886
NN
187
67
1
501
92
1,753
1,444
1,497
1,906
3,197
3,633
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
3
39
NN
NN
13
5
24
33
117
79
63
79
196
141
1.5
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
51
1,629
43
651
157
88
1,016
270
3,905
3,400
3,889
4,970
7,305
9,107
0.8
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
6
2
6
4
8
7
1.6
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis2
96
NN
55
874
455
100
1,137
485
3,202
3,696
3,629
2,825
6,898
5,877
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
9
86
40
283
42
9
89
60
618
2,094
385
n/a
2,712
N/A
N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
2
5
7
1.9
Hepatitis A
1
37
9
19
5
0
5
6
82
137
115
489
219
1,201
0.2
Hepatitis E
0
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
6
1
2
9
7
3
0.7
Listeriosis
0
2
0
9
0
1
6
2
20
14
8
15
34
34
1.4
Salmonellosis
19
507
91
655
162
35
360
175
2,004
2,765
1,550
1,640
4,769
4,065
1.2
Shigellosis
0
18
22
25
8
0
21
34
128
136
122
160
264
344
0.8
SLTEC,VTEC3
0
0
0
1
8
0
2
1
12
16
6
5
28
15
2.3
Typhoid
1
2
0
3
0
0
3
1
10
29
10
15
39
42
0.7
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
3
0.0
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
124
1,388
383
1,601
504
125
1,295
737
6,157
5,410
4,294
3,268
11,567
6,018
1.9
Donovanosis
0
0
3
1
NN
0
0
0
4
8
8
5
12
16
0.8
Gonococcal infection4
0
391
400
214
68
0
230
369
1,672
1,479
1,392
1,482
3,151
2,747
1.1
Syphilis5
5
161
112
103
11
1
114
57
564
257
264
437
821
841
1.3
Vaccine preventable infections
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
5
1
1
0
0
1
3
11
10
14
11
21
21
1.0
Influenza
7
211
1
124
136
1
183
72
735
107
24
N/A
842
N/A
N/A
Measles
0
2
0
1
0
0
4
0
7
6
12
77
13
174
0.1
Mumps
0
9
1
2
3
0
1
3
19
16
30
54
35
90
0.4
Pertussis
13
449
6
330
105
3
225
47
1,178
1,625
1,284
1,120
2,803
2,388
1.1
Pneumococcal disease
9
229
15
102
61
26
101
44
587
242
326
N/A
829
N/A
N/A
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Rubella6
2
4
0
41
0
0
4
0
51
53
40
151
104
482
0.3
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
7
14
14
14
41
0.5
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
203
5
130
0
0
11
11
360
251
446
189
611
451
1.9
Dengue
0
20
8
25
3
0
1
8
65
73
50
46
138
140
1.4
Japanese encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Malaria
2
20
6
56
7
5
12
8
116
142
148
196
258
459
0.6
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
N/A
3
N/A
N/A
Ross River virus infection
0
96
12
337
11
63
15
32
566
623
1,130
1,546
1,189
4,482
0.4
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Brucellosis
0
1
0
5
0
0
1
1
8
13
2
5
21
13
1.7
Leptospirosis
0
9
1
30
1
0
3
0
44
62
60
68
106
127
0.6
Other lyssavirus (NEC)
0
55
0
0
0
1
11
0
67
13
23
17
80
34
3.9
Ornithosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Q fever
0
63
0
96
7
0
44
4
214
158
150
142
372
275
1.5
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
13
0
17
17
0
38
10
96
54
76
105
150
158
0.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
4
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
61
4
27
9
11
44
14
170
114
143
120
284
183
1.4
Tuberculosis
2
107
11
31
17
2
66
9
245
175
125
232
420
508
1.1
Total
364
6,739
1,238
6,004
1,879
481
5,624
2,600
24,929
24,802
21,432
21,481
49,731
46,234
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 New South Wales 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, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: 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 authority.
† Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to mean of the same reporting period over the last 5 years calculated as described above.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 3, September 2002

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