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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by state and territory, 1 January to 31 March 2005. (Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease*  | 
    ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | Aust | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodborne diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Hepatitis B (incident) | 2.5  | 
    1.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.4  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.0  | 
    2.0  | 
    1.8  | 
    1.4  | 
  
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 21.0  | 
    51.1  | 
    52.0  | 
    24.6  | 
    14.1  | 
    10.8  | 
    33.9  | 
    24.2  | 
    34.8  | 
  
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 1.2  | 
    0.1  | 
    2.0  | 
    NN  | 
    2.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    4.6  | 
    0.8  | 
  
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 49.4  | 
    87.2  | 
    142.1  | 
    73.2  | 
    23.2  | 
    51.4  | 
    57.7  | 
    53.7  | 
    68.1  | 
  
| Hepatitis D | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
Gastrointestinal diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Botulism | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Campylobacteriosis† | 145.7  | 
    NN  | 
    116.1  | 
    105.7  | 
    114.7  | 
    161.0  | 
    133.8  | 
    123.1  | 
    81.8  | 
  
| Cryptosporidiosis | 4.9  | 
    8.0  | 
    78.0  | 
    74.1  | 
    15.1  | 
    0.8  | 
    11.3  | 
    12.1  | 
    23.0  | 
  
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Hepatitis A | 3.7  | 
    1.2  | 
    4.0  | 
    1.2  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.8  | 
    1.9  | 
    3.4  | 
    1.6  | 
  
| Hepatitis E | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.6  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.3  | 
  
| Listeriosis | 0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.3  | 
  
| Salmonellosis (NEC) | 38.3  | 
    40.6  | 
    234.1  | 
    90.4  | 
    39.4  | 
    34.0  | 
    47.8  | 
    42.0  | 
    53.8  | 
  
| Shigellosis | 3.7  | 
    2.4  | 
    114.0  | 
    2.8  | 
    2.9  | 
    0.8  | 
    2.7  | 
    10.3  | 
    4.4  | 
  
| SlTEC, VTEC‡ | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    1.6  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.3  | 
  
| Typhoid | 0.0  | 
    1.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.5  | 
  
Quarantinable diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    <0.1  | 
  
| 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  | 
  
| Smallpox | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Tularemia | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Viral haemorrhagic fever (NEC) | 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 infections  | 
  |||||||||
| Chlamydial (NEC) | 212.3  | 
    166.4  | 
    724.3  | 
    241.1  | 
    145.0  | 
    185.8  | 
    172.8  | 
    253.5  | 
    196.1  | 
  
| Donovanosis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    4.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Gonococcal infection | 8.6  | 
    20.7  | 
    834.4  | 
    38.8  | 
    17.5  | 
    7.5  | 
    21.0  | 
    94.4  | 
    38.9  | 
  
| Syphilis | 4.9  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Syphilis < 2 years | 2.5  | 
    2.3  | 
    44.0  | 
    2.2  | 
    1.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    1.5  | 
    0.8  | 
    2.2  | 
  
| Syphilis > 2 years | 0.0  | 
    12.8  | 
    46.0  | 
    4.6  | 
    0.0  | 
    4.1  | 
    7.3  | 
    5.2  | 
    8.1  | 
  
| Syphilis congenital | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
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  | 
    0.1  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 3.7  | 
    16.4  | 
    2.0  | 
    3.0  | 
    3.1  | 
    2.5  | 
    2.3  | 
    5.0  | 
    7.5  | 
  
| Measles | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Mumps | 0.0  | 
    1.9  | 
    6.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    1.2  | 
    1.0  | 
  
| Pertussis | 55.6  | 
    45.8  | 
    62.0  | 
    33.5  | 
    70.9  | 
    5.8  | 
    23.4  | 
    38.7  | 
    38.5  | 
  
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 12.3  | 
    4.4  | 
    20.0  | 
    4.2  | 
    4.4  | 
    6.6  | 
    4.3  | 
    5.2  | 
    4.8  | 
  
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Rubella | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Rubella congenital | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Tetanus | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
Vectorborne diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Barmah forest virus infection | 0.0  | 
    6.4  | 
    26.0  | 
    18.3  | 
    2.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    3.2  | 
    6.5  | 
  
| Dengue | 1.2  | 
    0.6  | 
    18.0  | 
    6.7  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    1.0  | 
    1.9  | 
  
| Flavivirus infection NEC | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
  
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Kunjin virus | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Malaria | 6.2  | 
    7.0  | 
    30.0  | 
    14.3  | 
    5.7  | 
    8.3  | 
    2.2  | 
    4.6  | 
    7.1  | 
  
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Ross River virus infection | 3.7  | 
    6.8  | 
    214.1  | 
    55.8  | 
    3.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.9  | 
    8.5  | 
    16.6  | 
  
Zoonoses  | 
  |||||||||
| Anthrax | 0.0  | 
    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  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Brucellosis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
  
| Leptospirosis | 0.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    2.0  | 
    2.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.7  | 
  
| Lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Ornithosis | 0.0  | 
    1.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.7  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.6  | 
  
| Q fever | 0.0  | 
    1.4  | 
    0.0  | 
    3.8  | 
    1.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.4  | 
  
Other bacterial infections   | 
  |||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0  | 
    1.6  | 
    2.0  | 
    1.2  | 
    4.4  | 
    1.7  | 
    1.9  | 
    2.2  | 
    1.8  | 
  
| Leprosy | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Meningococcal infection | 2.5  | 
    2.0  | 
    4.0  | 
    1.5  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.0  | 
    1.4  | 
    1.5  | 
  
| Tuberculosis | 0.0  | 
    4.0  | 
    10.0  | 
    2.6  | 
    2.6  | 
    1.7  | 
    6.5  | 
    3.2  | 
    4.1  | 
  
* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
† Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
‡ Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
NN Not notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 2, June 2005.
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