Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. Data are published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains notifications for the period 1 October to 31 December 2003.

Page last updated: 04 March 2004

Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2003, by date of notification*

Disease State or territory Total 4th quarter 20031 Total 3rd quarter 2003 Total 4th quarter 2002 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Year to date 2003 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio†
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
14
5
9
2
0
26
8
64
91
75
81
350
361
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
13
625
NN
227
62
46
427
88
1,488
1,644
1,644
1,865
6,468
7,393
0.8
Hepatitis C (incident)
4
6
NN
NN
23
2
21
29
85
131
95
119
461
452
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
62
1,726
59
670
138
128
862
311
3,956
4,181
3,739
4,392
15,907
18,378
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
10
2
6
27
19
1.0
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
1
2
0.0
Campylobacteriosis2
124
NN
26
870
487
352
1,550
519
3,928
3,482
4,256
4,102
15,723
14,064
1.0
Cryptosporidiosis‡
1
58
11
20
12
18
38
34
192
201
302
341
1,226
2,406
0.6
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
3
3
5
16
14
1.3
Hepatitis A
2
41
6
4
3
2
4
25
87
93
84
218
416
1,155
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
1
8
9
0.0
Listeriosis
1
6
0
2
0
0
4
3
16
13
14
14
70
61
1.1
Salmonellosis
13
405
60
551
101
52
257
112
1,551
1,060
1,775
1,675
7,087
7,129
0.9
Shigellosis
0
13
20
6
6
2
8
26
81
97
108
123
437
538
0.7
SLTEC,VTEC3
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
7
9
11
11
47
42
0.6
Typhoid
0
7
0
2
0
0
2
1
12
13
14
14
51
68
0.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
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
Chlamydial (NEC)
140
1,964
334
1,809
425
280
1,427
918
7,297
7,875
5,958
4,345
30,232
17,307
1.7
Donovanosis
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
14
22
0.3
Gonococcal infection4
4
255
250
244
58
18
188
375
1,392
1,614
1,494
1,385
6,480
5,860
1.0
Syphilis
3
264
47
78
5
8
74
31
510
512
471
419
2,061
1,757
1.2
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
11
9
0.9
Vaccine preventable disease
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
7
4
7
22
31
0.6
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)‡
0
57
31
72
19
0
14
62
255
3,123
197
194
3,610
2,480
1.3
Measles
0
2
0
2
11
0
2
0
17
25
3
31
91
161
0.5
Mumps
1
12
0
2
3
0
2
7
27
16
13
29
76
153
0.9
Pertussis
108
871
1
164
42
144
197
102
1,629
1,556
1,412
1,863
4,970
6,177
0.9
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)‡
6
180
15
110
39
26
106
38
520
830
524
460
2,219
1,980
1.1
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Rubella
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
66
99
56
393
0.0
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
2
0
23
0
0
2
0
27
20
5
9
85
52
2.9
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
55
1
89
1
0
1
5
152
167
139
136
1,358
767
1.1
Dengue
2
8
5
180
3
2
3
0
203
34
33
64
844
266
3.2
Japanese encephalitis‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Kunjin virus‡
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
19
4
0.0
Malaria
0
28
3
59
8
28
11
16
153
136
106
144
635
703
1.1
Murray Valley encephalitis‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1
39
5
87
8
4
7
327
478
217
118
444
3,632
3,289
1.1
Zoonoses
Anthrax‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Brucellosis
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
4
11
11
17
37
0.2
Leptospirosis
0
3
2
9
1
0
4
2
21
27
23
51
122
232
0.4
Other lyssavirus (NEC)‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
24
0
0
1
0
33
2
60
66
22
33
198
120
1.8
Q fever
0
46
0
45
3
0
1
7
102
86
186
154
516
617
0.7
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
11
1
7
25
0
16
29
89
61
86
79
322
322
1.1
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
0.0
Meningococcal infection
8
48
1
24
12
8
32
11
144
206
154
144
545
610
1.0
Tuberculosis
2
73
3
14
2
2
94
12
202
243
203
248
852
1,014
0.8
Total
495
6,853
889
5,384
1,508
1,122
5,417
3,101
25,857
27,869
23,357
12,673
107,291
93,526
2.1

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 Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
* 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 quarter total to the mean of last 5 years.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001 only. Ratio and mean calculations are based the last two years.
NN Not notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Volume 28 No 1, March 2004.

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