Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 6, 10 June 1999 contains tables of surveillance data for notifiable diseases and laboratory data.

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There were 6,590 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 28 April to 25 May 1999 (Tables 3 and 4). The numbers of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 3).

There were 1,266 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 22 April to 19 May 1999 (Tables 5 and 6).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 17 to 20, ending 23 May 1999, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 7).

Table 3. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 28 April to 25 May 1999

Disease1,2
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
15
7
Measles
4
1
1
3
2
0
11
6
28
24
141
137
Mumps
1
3
0
5
1
0
8
4
22
15
55
67
Pertussis
8
62
0
29
13
1
41
2
156
391
1,222
3,216
Rubella3
4
1
0
9
0
0
9
4
27
66
129
266
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
2. 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.
3. Includes congenital rubella.

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Table 4. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 28 April to 25 May 1999

Disease1,2,3,4
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
15
61
35
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
45
0
58
0
0
1
8
112
80
332
287
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
8
17
Campylobacteriosis5
21
-
20
211
157
23
259
102
793
702
4,652
4,031
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6
13
NN
64
347
77
22
255
144
922
965
4,936
3,741
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Dengue
0
2
0
5
1
0
0
3
11
45
144
242
Donovanosis
0
NN
0
0
NN
0
0
1
1
1
6
19
Gonococcal infection7
2
87
81
78
11
1
59
77
396
492
2,054
1,885
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome8
NN
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
3
11
6
Hepatitis A
1
40
2
41
11
0
10
20
125
282
667
1,213
Hepatitis B incident
0
1
0
5
2
0
7
7
22
21
116
105
Hepatitis B unspecified9
8
224
0
61
0
4
173
15
485
545
2,397
2,525
Hepatitis C incident
4
2
0
-
5
4
11
12
34
23
124
94
Hepatitis C unspecified9
25
496
15
253
64
24
645
64
1,586
1,752
7,465
7,992
Hepatitis (NEC)10
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
NN
1
1
3
7
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
2
11
12
Legionellosis
1
5
0
4
2
0
8
5
25
25
125
87
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
35
0
1
1
0
40
16
176
58
Listeriosis
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
17
23
Malaria
2
9
0
18
1
0
4
2
36
42
294
215
Meningococcal infection
0
15
2
1
1
3
7
2
31
27
135
84
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
0
0
10
0
10
4
30
12
Q fever
0
15
0
16
0
0
0
0
31
53
171
196
Ross River virus infection
1
166
5
425
2
21
22
77
719
536
3,136
1,826
Salmonellosis (NEC)
4
125
46
222
46
13
138
80
674
758
4,195
3,645
Shigellosis5
1
-
12
16
9
0
10
10
58
59
256
259
SLTEC, VTEC11
NN
0
0
NN
0
0
NN
NN
0
1
11
5
Syphilis12
0
31
27
67
0
0
0
5
130
101
684
464
TTP13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tuberculosis
0
31
3
13
9
1
30
7
94
84
541
451
Typhoid14
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
3
26
43
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
5
0
0
2
1
8
22
75
110

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 3.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 9 and 10.
3. 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.
4. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. WA: genital only.
7. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia. 8. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
9. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
10. Includes hepatitis D and E.
11. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
12. Includes congenital syphilis.
13. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
14. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Figure 3. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data1

Figure 3. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.

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Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 22 April to 19 May 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
5
17
118
Mumps virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
8
26
Rubella virus
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
2
11
38
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
 
2
 
7
 
 
1
12
22
171
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
 
6
1
88
 
 
4
56
155
898
Barmah Forest virus
 
1
 
21
 
 
1
5
28
83
Dengue not typed
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
8
9
30
Adenoviruses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adenovirus type 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
18
Adenovirus type 40
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
5
6
26
Adenovirus not typed/pending
 
16
 
8
 
 
21
17
62
503
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
3
Cytomegalovirus
 
12
 
15
 
 
35
7
69
490
Varicella-zoster virus
 
9
3
20
 
 
31
35
98
713
Epstein-Barr virus
 
14
1
50
 
 
6
26
97
1,072
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
4
5
Molluscum contagiosum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
3
6
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
3
8
Parvovirus
 
 
1
3
 
 
13
8
25
161
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 6
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
13
Echovirus type 9
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
23
Echovirus type 11
 
5
 
 
 
 
1
 
6
36
Echovirus type 19
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
Rhinovirus (all types)
 
11
 
1
 
 
 
11
23
151
Enterovirus not typed/pending
 
1
2
2
 
 
6
51
62
326
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
 
4
1
5
 
 
14
12
36
263
Influenza A virus H1N1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Influenza B virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
7
10
48
Parainfluenza virus type 1
 
1
 
1
 
 
1
 
3
19
Parainfluenza virus type 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
9
25
Parainfluenza virus type 3
 
5
 
1
 
 
13
 
19
297
Respiratory syncytial virus
 
64
 
18
 
1
12
20
115
448
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
 
12
 
1
 
 
17
15
45
356
Astrovirus
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Norwalk agent
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
34
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
 
15
15
63
 
2
15
82
192
1,140
Chlamydia psittaci
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
2
32
Chlamydia species
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
6
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 
14
1
17
 
 
23
6
61
513
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
 
 
 
8
 
 
2
 
10
65
Salmonella species
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
2
Bordetella pertussis
 
5
 
23
 
 
12
1
41
250
Total
 
202
27
362
 
3
261
411
1,266
8,419

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.

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Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 22 April to 19 May 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
52
13
123
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital
361
25
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston 3
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
30
144
86
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth 429
Total   1,266

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Table 7. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 17 to 20, 1999

Week number
17 18 19 20
Week ending on
2 May 1999
9 May 1999
16 May 1999
23 May 1999
Doctors reporting
53
53
54
47
Total encounters
6,109
6,717
7,271
5,938
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
22
3.6
26
3.9
30
4.1
40
6.7
Rubella
0
0.0
0
0.0
2
0.3
0
0.0
Measles
1
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
6
1.0
7
1.0
15
2.1
9
1.5
New diagnosis of asthma
5
0.8
12
1.8
8
1.1
10
1.7
Post operative wound sepsis
7
1.1
8
1.2
3
0.4
3
0.5
Gastroenteritis
53
8.7
62
9.2
82
11.3
55
9.3


The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:55-56.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 6, 10 June 1999.

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