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Table 5. Notification rate of diseases by State and Territory in the period 1 April to 30 June 2005. (Rate per 100,000 population)
| Disease* |
State or territory | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 1.2 |
0.7 |
8.0 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 24.7 |
56.7 |
100.0 |
21.2 |
23.7 |
9.1 |
35.9 |
22.8 |
37.1 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 6.2 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
NN |
3.4 |
7.5 |
1.0 |
5.9 |
2.0 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 51.8 |
100.8 |
128.1 |
69.3 |
33.9 |
46.5 |
60.7 |
55.7 |
73.4 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||
| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis† | 103.7 |
NN |
150.1 |
93.6 |
109.8 |
134.4 |
108.8 |
103.9 |
105.2 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 17.3 |
16.0 |
38.0 |
29.2 |
10.4 |
3.3 |
11.5 |
11.3 |
16.5 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 0.0 |
1.1 |
28.0 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
5.0 |
1.7 |
| Hepatitis E | 1.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Listeriosis | 0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis (NEC) | 33.3 |
31.4 |
196.1 |
67.8 |
46.1 |
30.7 |
19.4 |
37.7 |
38.8 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
2.1 |
96.0 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
6.5 |
3.5 |
| SLTEC, VTEC‡ | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
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 |
| 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 infection | 225.9 |
167.0 |
954.4 |
283.0 |
188.5 |
208.2 |
188.3 |
267.2 |
216.0 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection | 1.2 |
22.2 |
1,116.5 |
32.8 |
38.1 |
4.1 |
21.5 |
76.1 |
40.7 |
| Syphilis (all) | 1.9 |
4.4 |
30.4 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
| Syphilis < 2 years duration | 0.6 |
0.5 |
15.9 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
| Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration | 1.2 |
3.8 |
13.9 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
2.3 |
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
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| 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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 4.9 |
13.4 |
34.0 |
22.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
18.4 |
8.7 |
14.8 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Mumps | 0.0 |
1.8 |
4.0 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
| Pertussis | 65.4 |
85.6 |
28.0 |
30.6 |
82.6 |
11.6 |
15.4 |
19.4 |
48.2 |
| Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 8.6 |
9.6 |
42.0 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
8.3 |
7.0 |
5.7 |
8.7 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
| 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 |
8.6 |
38.0 |
25.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
8.6 |
| Dengue | 0.0 |
0.5 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
| Flavivirus infection (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
1.2 |
38.0 |
6.2 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
3.3 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 1.2 |
10.4 |
72.0 |
29.0 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
5.4 |
11.0 |
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 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
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 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
2.1 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
3.4 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2.5 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
4.1 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
7.5 |
3.8 |
4.8 |
* 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 3, September 2005.
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