Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 13, 23 December 1999 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 11 January 2000

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There were 5,062 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 10 November to 7 December 1999 (Tables 1 and 2). The number of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 4).

There were 5,531 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 4 November to 1 December 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 45 to 48, ending 5 December 1999, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 10 November to 7 December 1999

Disease1
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19992 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
2
1
0
0
0
3
6
39
35
Measles
0
1
2
1
1
2
4
1
12
18
233
298
Mumps
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
2
10
20
169
171
Pertussis
9
88
0
76
16
90
178
12
469
432
4,005
6,153
Rubella3
0
2
0
11
0
1
8
0
22
40
363
749
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
7

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 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 10 November to 7 December 1999

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19994 Year to date 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
71
67
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
3
1
19
0
0
0
5
28
36
596
526
Brucellosis
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
4
50
43
Campylobacteriosis5
25
-
14
221
194
45
270
135
904
1,617
11,817
12,414
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6,7
28
95
61
273
98
20
246
129
950
1,080
12,969
10,686
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
Dengue
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
1
7
70
176
502
Donovanosis7
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
1
17
31
Gonococcal infection8
1
82
104
87
11
3
87
60
435
493
5,273
5,028
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome9
NN
0
0
0
1
0
NN
0
1
1
16
13
Hepatitis A
0
10
15
9
9
0
37
18
98
122
1,515
2,445
Hepatitis B incident
0
2
8
1
3
0
3
6
23
23
277
251
Hepatitis B unspecified10
5
101
0
68
0
0
2
15
191
603
6,546
6,240
Hepatitis C incident
1
1
0
-
8
0
6
13
29
39
309
319
Hepatitis C unspecified10
14
329
11
255
88
21
288
58
1,064
1,612
19,115
18,096
Hepatitis (NEC)11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
2
20
17
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
29
42
Legionellosis
0
0
0
6
4
0
3
2
15
27
234
252
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
Leptospirosis
0
7
0
3
0
0
9
3
22
22
323
180
Listeriosis
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
5
59
53
Malaria
3
3
7
11
3
1
5
5
38
43
670
670
Meningococcal infection
0
7
0
6
2
0
11
7
33
31
524
425
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
8
0
8
16
78
49
Q fever
0
10
0
25
0
0
1
1
37
53
479
540
Ross River virus infection
0
5
1
38
0
0
8
39
91
237
4,273
2,771
Salmonellosis (NEC)
5
48
15
142
20
7
83
38
358
580
6,832
7,294
Shigellosis5
0
-
5
5
3
0
8
4
25
47
527
580
SLTEC, VTEC12
NN
0
0
NN
11
0
NN
NN
11
0
34
9
Syphilis13
1
30
33
52
1
2
0
0
119
135
1,819
1,512
TTP14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Tuberculosis
1
21
4
4
0
1
0
8
39
82
773
911
Typhoid15
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
63
64
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
6
2
0
0
0
8
9
141
195

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 8, 9, 10 and 11.
3. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. 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.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. WA: genital only.
7. Notifications from NSW have been received since September 1998, and were first reported in CDI in Issue 23(9).
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
10. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
11. Includes hepatitis D and E.
12. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
13. Includes congenital syphilis.
14. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
15. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Figure 4. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

Figure 4. 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 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 4 November to 1 December 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in 19992,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
 
 
 
 
1
 
2
1
4
181
Mumps virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
3
4
55
Rubella virus
 
4
 
67
1
1
 
 
73
144
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
 
 
25
31
13
 
1
4
74
381
Hepatitis D virus
 
 
 
1
1
 
 
 
2
6
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
 
11
13
148
 
1
1
11
185
1,354
Barmah Forest virus
 
2
 
36
 
 
 
1
39
165
Dengue not typed
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
2
3
55
Flavivirus (unspecified)
 
 
1
1
 
 
 
 
2
23
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
 
2
32
Adenovirus type 5
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
2
6
Adenovirus type 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
4
Adenovirus type 19
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
3
Adenovirus type 40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
9
76
Adenovirus not typed/pending
 
21
 
12
32
 
19
42
126
1,195
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
12
Cytomegalovirus
 
37
 
106
49
 
29
14
235
1,177
Varicella-zoster virus
 
18
15
248
12
 
63
32
388
1,665
Epstein-Barr virus
 
29
14
550
106
1
13
17
730
2,339
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
 
1
 
33
8
 
18
8
68
443
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
 
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
2
10
Coxsackievirus B1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Coxsackievirus B2
 
1
 
 
 
1
 
 
2
4
Coxsackievirus B4
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
3
Coxsackievirus B5
 
2
 
 
 
 
1
 
3
8
Echovirus type 3
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
Echovirus type 9
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
 
2
49
Echovirus type 11
 
20
 
 
 
 
1
 
21
172
Echovirus type 30
 
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
2
29
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
 
5
 
 
1
 
 
 
6
28
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
23
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
10
Rhinovirus (all types)
 
54
 
 
6
 
4
6
70
487
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
3
20
Enterovirus not typed/pending
 
5
2
14
 
 
12
16
49
768
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
 
9
1
142
25
 
14
15
206
1,835
Influenza B virus
 
1
 
13
8
 
7
1
30
267
Parainfluenza virus type 1
 
2
 
1
 
 
1
 
4
45
Parainfluenza virus type 2
 
 
 
2
4
 
1
 
7
110
Parainfluenza virus type 3
 
23
2
40
12
 
18
49
144
888
Respiratory syncytial virus
 
38
2
182
26
1
26
35
310
3,078
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
14
Rotavirus
 
61
 
 
75
 
52
50
238
2,204
Norwalk agent
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
2
70
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
 
62
116
653
56
 
6
44
937
3,149
Chlamydia pneumoniae
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
2
Chlamydia psittaci
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 
6
84
Chlamydia species
 
3
 
4
 
 
 
 
7
19
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 
11
1
232
18
 
43
3
308
1,176
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
 
9
1
72
 
 
 
 
82
208
Streptococcus group A
 
9
47
193
 
 
 
 
249
315
Yersinia enterocolitica
 
1
 
1
 
 
 
 
2
11
Brucella species
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
5
8
Bordetella pertussis
 
5
 
258
 
1
42
2
308
763
Legionella longbeachae
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
2
3
43
Cryptococcus species
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
8
Leptospira species
 
2
 
20
 
 
 
3
25
49
Treponema pallidum
 
13
306
212
 
 
 
 
531
673
Entamoeba histolytica
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
1
3
5
Total
0
473
548
3,279
457
6
393
375
5,531
25,954

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. In 1999, data from the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Research, Westmead were under reported up to September.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. 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.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 4 November to 1 December 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
90
162
40
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital
4,019
9
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 454
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
34
158
190
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
284
91
Total   5,531
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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 45 to 48, 1999

Week number
45 46 47 48
Week ending on
14 November 1999
21 November 1999
28 November 1999
5 December 1999
Doctors reporting
60
58
58
51
Total encounters
7,243
6,631
6,913
5,941
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
31
4.3
23
3.5
20
2.9
17
2.9
Rubella
0
0.0
1
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
0
0.0
1
0.2
1
0.1
1
0.2
Chickenpox
11
1.5
9
1.4
14
2.0
13
2.2
New diagnosis of asthma
13
1.8
18
2.7
13
1.9
3
0.5
Post operative wound sepsis
10
1.4
3
0.5
7
1.0
2
0.3
Gastroenteritis
76
10.5
86
13.0
85
12.3
84
14.1


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 legislation. 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 13, 23 December 1999.

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