Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2002: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Appendices

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2002 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2002. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the section the Appendices. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 1 March 2005 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.


Appendices

Appendix 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate of Australian mid-year population data, 2002, used in the calculation of rates

Australian population by state or territory and sex
Sex
 State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Male
158,723
3,296,998
103,693
1,843,078
751,753
232,788
2,401,089
964,313
9,753,818
Female
163,096
3,343,357
94,320
1,864,097
768,489
239,937
2,471,449
963,009
9,908,963
Total
321,819
6,640,355
198,013
3,707,175
1,520,242
472,725
4,872,538
1,927,322
19,662,781

Australian population by state or territory and age group

Age group
 State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
0–4
20,611
431,333
17,647
247,496
90,639
30,671
306,526
125,291
1,270,421
5–9
21,716
450,700
17,094
264,380
98,264
33,048
325,682
134,253
1,345,413
10–14
22,570
455,835
16,182
267,738
100,719
34,079
328,883
139,884
1,366,161
15–19
24,657
454,306
14,840
267,003
104,218
34,019
333,521
142,747
1,375,472
20–24
27,515
445,075
15,885
256,985
97,525
28,688
339,049
135,958
1,346,811
25–29
25,614
470,636
17,727
258,640
97,063
27,479
347,997
133,644
1,378,959
30–34
25,818
505,495
18,521
277,369
109,128
31,795
383,901
147,186
1,499,403
35–39
24,529
498,109
16,907
273,907
111,363
32,946
369,042
146,965
1,474,007
40–44
25,015
508,912
15,723
283,110
117,102
36,670
371,643
150,898
1,509,294
45–49
23,550
459,189
13,598
257,826
108,260
34,155
337,899
140,424
1,375,138
50–54
22,737
432,313
12,225
247,911
104,384
32,442
316,976
130,790
1,299,961
55–59
17,447
366,056
8,362
208,887
88,484
27,948
264,243
103,716
1,085,254
60–64
11,802
287,815
5,548
159,740
68,784
22,647
210,025
80,023
846,486
65–69
8,584
242,566
3,060
125,906
58,970
18,583
176,848
63,530
698,101
70–74
7,113
223,812
2,140
111,299
56,098
16,856
162,277
55,287
634,905
75–79
5,975
185,912
1,267
90,626
49,337
13,897
136,186
44,129
527,337
80–84
3,825
124,301
709
60,770
33,157
9,259
88,804
28,437
349,273
85+
2,741
97,990
578
47,582
26,747
7,543
73,036
24,160
280,385
Total
321,819
6,640,355
198,013
3,707,175
1,520,242
472,725
4,872,538
1,927,322
19,662,781

Appendix 2. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data, received from states and territories, 2002

Total notifications
 State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Number of notifications
1,433
26,280
4,873
25,991
7,244
2,073
21,705
10,690
100,291
Sex
Number missing
9
86
4
28
2
3
312
24
468
% complete
99.4
99.7
99.9
99.9
100.0
99.9
98.6
99.78
99.54
Age
Number missing
3
71
20
0
2,922
9
225
18
3,268
% complete
99.8
99.7
99.6
100.0
59.7
99.6
99.0
99.83
96.74
Indigenous status
Number missing
1,340
13,080
488
19,486
1,214
1,799
11,965
4,871
54,243
% complete
6.5
50.2
90.0
25.0
83.2
13.2
44.9
54.43
45.91


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