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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 21,494 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 October and 31 December 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 (4th quarter 2002)

Diseases	Data received from:*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	All jurisdictions except NT
Hepatitis C (incident)	All jurisdictions except Qld and NT
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis (NEC)	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 except SA
Gonococcal infection	All jurisdictions
Syphilis	All jurisdictions
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	All jurisdictions
Haemophilus influenzae type b	All jurisdictions
Laboratory-confirmed influenza	All jurisdictions
Measles	All jurisdictions
Mumps	All jurisdictions
Pertussis	All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease - invasive	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 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
Lyssaviruses (unspecified)	All jurisdictions
Ornithosis	All jurisdictions
Q fever	All jurisdictions
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	All jurisdictions
Leprosy	All jurisdictions
Invasive 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.

Top of pageTable 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2002, by date of notification*

Diseases	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Total 4th quarter 20021	Total 3rd quarter 20021	Total 4th quarter 20011	Last 5 years mean 4th quarter	Year to date 2002	Last 5 years YTD mean	Ratio†
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	0	13	8	9	1	6	24	8	69	60	88	77	230	331	0.9
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	18	782	NN	202	48	12	404	102	1,568	1,903	1,902	1,766	7,288	7,283	0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)	1	14	NN	NN	8	2	23	33	81	71	144	106	328	388	0.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	53	1,493	62	658	107	88	896	315	3,672	4,297	4,344	4,456	16,737	18,533	0.8
Hepatitis D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7	4	7	18	19	0.3
Hepatitis (NEC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Campylobacterosis2	98	NN	44	1,155	748	200	1,488	650	4,383	3,386	4,745	3,971	14,089	13,514	1.1
Cryptosporidiosis	4	43	52	56	10	16	57	55	293	241	442	N/A	3,235	N/A	N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	10	12	0.4
Hepatitis A	0	32	9	11	4	2	8	7	73	82	151	330	375	1,688	0.2
Hepatitis E	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	12	8	1.0
Listeriosis	0	5	0	4	1	1	1	4	16	11	16	15	57	64	1.1
Salmonellosis	27	529	67	597	121	49	256	176	1,822	1,171	1,761	1,706	7,744	7,006	1.1
Shigellosis	0	17	28	27	0	1	7	29	109	108	113	140	490	599	0.8
SLTEC, VTEC3	0	0	0	2	8	0	2	0	12	14	13	10	51	36	1.2
Typhoid	0	8	0	1	2	0	1	1	13	15	17	16	70	69	0.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	6	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 diseases
Chlamydial infection	93	1,274	436	1,618	389	121	§	771	4,702	5,094	4,895	3,666	21,469	14,374	1.3
Donovanosis	0	0	1	2	NN	0	§	0	3	4	10	8	20	34	0.4
Gonococcal infection4	7	300	346	238	39	6	§	330	1,266	1,402	1,421	1,305	5,879	5,539	1.0
Syphilis5	0	195	102	22	1	10	§	18	348	459	344	394	1,624	1,623	0.9
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	3	8	30	36	0.6
Laboratory-confirmed influenza	0	79	10	58	13	0	11	29	200	2,681	191	N/A	3,774	N/A	N/A
Measles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	13	36	99	17	322	0.0
Mumps	0	6	0	2	1	0	1	2	12	20	14	33	66	177	0.4
Pertussis	13	401	1	520	51	14	218	37	1,255	1,155	3,320	2,515	5,358	7,258	0.5
Pneumococcal disease-invasive	11	187	15	94	44	11	104	44	510	890	419	N/A	2,257	N/A	N/A
Poliomyelitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Rubella6	0	12	0	49	3	0	0	1	65	80	77	154	236	620	0.4
Tetanus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC	0	4	0	1	0	0	7	0	12	3	2	9	21	51	1.3
Barmah Forest virus infection	0	45	1	85	0	0	0	7	138	106	160	136	901	728	1.0
Dengue	0	10	2	10	0	0	0	2	24	38	27	70	215	256	0.3
Japanese encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	1	N/A
Kunjin virus infection	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	3	N/A
Malaria	4	12	6	59	1	4	18	4	108	83	139	147	463	762	0.7
Murray Valley encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	2	4	N/A
Ross River virus infection	0	16	9	54	0	0	0	25	104	98	181	492	1,438	4,319	0.2
Zoonoses
Anthrax	0	0	0	0	NN	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	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	11	8	4	12	40	36	0.9
Leptospirosis	0	10	1	2	0	1	3	1	18	16	44	55	146	226	0.3
Lyssavirus (unspecified)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Ornithosis	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	2	17	89	41	29	193	85	0.6
Q fever	0	92	0	63	6	0	2	4	167	179	165	145	738	578	1.2
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	1	5	0	0	16	0	23	20	65	69	85	73	268	290	0.9
Leprosy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	6	0.0
Invasive meningococcal infection	1	45	2	22	3	5	61	15	154	238	151	141	666	573	1.1
Tuberculosis	3	73	10	17	8	3	63	14	191	235	249	267	961	1,031	0.7
Total	334	5,715	1,214	5,650	1,635	553	3,685	2,708	21,494	24,338	25,725	22,369	97,527	88,493	1.0

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.
† The number of notifications received from Victoria this quarter were fewer than expected due to technical difficulties in data transmission.
‡ Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to mean of the same reporting period over the last 5 years calculated as described above.
§ The number of notifications received from Victoria were not reported due to difficulties in data transmission.
NA Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NN Not notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 1, March 2003.