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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by State or Territory, 1 October to 31 December 2002. (Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease1 |
State or Territory | Aust | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases |
|||||||||
| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0.0 |
0.2 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 5.6 |
11.7 |
NN |
5.4 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
8.3 |
5.3 |
8.0 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 0.3 |
0.2 |
NN |
NN |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 16.4 |
22.4 |
31.0 |
17.7 |
7.0 |
18.6 |
18.3 |
16.3 |
18.6 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||
| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis2 | 30.3 |
NN |
22.0 |
31.1 |
49.1 |
42.2 |
30.5 |
33.7 |
22.2 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 1.2 |
0.6 |
26.0 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
3.4 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis A | 0.0 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Salmonellosis | 8.3 |
7.9 |
33.5 |
16.1 |
7.9 |
10.3 |
5.2 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
0.3 |
14.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Plague | 0.0 |
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 |
0.0 |
| Viral haemorrhagic fever | 0.0 |
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 |
0.0 |
Sexually transmissible diseases |
|||||||||
| Chlamydial infection | 28.7 |
19.1 |
217.9 |
43.6 |
25.6 |
25.5 |
§ |
40.0 |
23.9 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
NN |
0.0 |
§ |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 2.2 |
4.5 |
172.9 |
6.4 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
§ |
17.1 |
6.4 |
| Syphilis5 | 0.0 |
2.9 |
51.0 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
§ |
0.9 |
1.8 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
| Laboratory-confirmed influenza | 0.0 |
1.2 |
5.0 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Mumps | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Pertussis | 4.0 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
14.0 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
1.9 |
6.4 |
| Pneumococcal disease - invasive | 3.4 |
2.8 |
7.5 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella6 | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
| Tetanus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
| Dengue | 0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus infection | - |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 1.2 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 0.0 |
0.2 |
4.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
Zoonoses |
|||||||||
| Anthrax | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NN |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Brucellosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Lyssavirus (unspecified) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Invasive meningococcal infection | 0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.9 |
1.1 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1. Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
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.
§ The notifications rates for Victoria this quarter were not reported due to technical difficulties in data transmission.
NN Not notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.
The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. The system provides 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 2002;26:57.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 1, March 2003.
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