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Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by State or Territory, 1 July to 30 September 2003. Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease1  | 
    State or territory | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0.0  | 
    0.7  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.2  | 
    1.1  | 
    1.7  | 
    1.1  | 
    3.1  | 
    1.2  | 
  
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 17.4  | 
    45.9  | 
    NN  | 
    23.0  | 
    13.9  | 
    16.9  | 
    32.7  | 
    25.1  | 
    32.5  | 
  
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 5.0  | 
    1.8  | 
    NN  | 
    NN  | 
    3.7  | 
    2.5  | 
    2.1  | 
    6.0  | 
    2.7  | 
  
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 88.2  | 
    110.7  | 
    141.4  | 
    69.1  | 
    38.2  | 
    79.5  | 
    77.2  | 
    59.6  | 
    83.1  | 
  
| Hepatitis D | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
  
| 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  | 
  
| Campylobacteriosis2 | 100.7  | 
    NN  | 
    103.0  | 
    88.5  | 
    143.7  | 
    121.8  | 
    96.3  | 
    94.2  | 
    100.4  | 
  
| Cryptosporidiosis | 0.0  | 
    1.6  | 
    2.0  | 
    3.8  | 
    4.7  | 
    9.3  | 
    5.7  | 
    5.4  | 
    3.8  | 
  
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Hepatitis A | 1.2  | 
    1.0  | 
    14.1  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.8  | 
    1.7  | 
    1.8  | 
    6.0  | 
    1.7  | 
  
| Hepatitis E | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Listeriosis | 0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.2  | 
  
| Salmonellosis | 16.2  | 
    14.0  | 
    161.6  | 
    32.4  | 
    17.9  | 
    21.2  | 
    13.9  | 
    20.5  | 
    20.1  | 
  
| Shigellosis | 0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    46.5  | 
    1.4  | 
    2.1  | 
    1.7  | 
    0.7  | 
    5.6  | 
    1.8  | 
  
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    1.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.2  | 
  
| Typhoid | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.3  | 
  
Quarantinable diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    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 | 161.6  | 
    114.3  | 
    761.6  | 
    204.4  | 
    119.2  | 
    143.8  | 
    135.2  | 
    189.7  | 
    152.2  | 
  
| Donovanosis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Gonococcal infection4 | 14.9  | 
    15.7  | 
    658.5  | 
    25.7  | 
    12.9  | 
    0.8  | 
    23.5  | 
    77.0  | 
    31.4  | 
  
| Syphilis | 2.5  | 
    12.1  | 
    155.5  | 
    7.4  | 
    1.1  | 
    2.5  | 
    7.2  | 
    2.5  | 
    9.3  | 
  
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    6.1  | 
    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  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Influenza(laboratory confirmed) | 5.0  | 
    41.7  | 
    222.2  | 
    81.9  | 
    69.2  | 
    5.9  | 
    51.2  | 
    109.0  | 
    60.7  | 
  
| Measles | 0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    2.6  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
  
| Mumps | 1.2  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    1.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.6  | 
    0.3  | 
  
| Pertussis | 223.7  | 
    43.4  | 
    0.0  | 
    16.1  | 
    13.7  | 
    24.5  | 
    12.2  | 
    7.1  | 
    26.7  | 
  
| Pneumococcal disease | 13.7  | 
    17.0  | 
    46.5  | 
    24.3  | 
    11.8  | 
    9.3  | 
    10.5  | 
    10.0  | 
    15.7  | 
  
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Rubella | 0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.8  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.2  | 
    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  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
Vectorborne diseases  | 
  |||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.7  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
  
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0  | 
    3.4  | 
    2.0  | 
    11.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    3.3  | 
  
| Dengue | 1.2  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.8  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.7  | 
  
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Kunjin virus | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Malaria | 6.2  | 
    1.4  | 
    10.1  | 
    5.9  | 
    1.6  | 
    3.4  | 
    1.3  | 
    2.3  | 
    2.6  | 
  
| 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  | 
    2.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    17.3  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    3.3  | 
    4.3  | 
  
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  | 
    0.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
  
| Leptospirosis | 0.0  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.1  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.4  | 
    0.4  | 
  
| Other lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Ornithosis | 0.0  | 
    1.4  | 
    4.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    2.3  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.1  | 
  
| Q fever | 0.0  | 
    3.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    2.5  | 
    0.5  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.1  | 
    0.6  | 
    1.6  | 
  
Other bacterial infections  | 
  |||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0  | 
    0.6  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.4  | 
    4.7  | 
    0.0  | 
    1.0  | 
    2.9  | 
    1.4  | 
  
| Leprosy | 0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
    0.0  | 
  
| Meningococcal infection | 3.7  | 
    4.7  | 
    8.1  | 
    4.6  | 
    2.6  | 
    2.5  | 
    3.6  | 
    3.7  | 
    4.1  | 
  
| Tuberculosis | 1.2  | 
    3.6  | 
    14.1  | 
    1.3  | 
    3.2  | 
    0.8  | 
    6.6  | 
    3.3  | 
    3.8  | 
  
 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.
 NN Not Notifiable.
 NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
 - Elsewhere Classified. 
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27 No 4, December 2003.
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