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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