Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. Data are published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains notifications for the period 1 July to 30 Septemebr 2005.

Page last updated: 31 December 2005

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities for the period 1 July to 30 September 2005, by date of onset*

Disease
State or territory Total 3rd quarter 2005† Total second quarter 2005 Total 3rd quarter 2004 Last 5 years mean 3rd quarter Year to date 2005 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
6
2
12
1
1
16
5
44
61
78
102.4
179
291.6
0.4
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
20
704
35
285
52
9
417
85
1,607
1,902
1,504
1,811.4
5,390
5,185.2
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
9
3
NN
7
1
10
20
50
87
128
132.0
211
388.8
0.4
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
47
1,420
59
739
87
45
721
202
3,320
3,754
3,079
4,046.8
10,647
12,437.8
0.8
Hepatitis D
0
7
0
5
0
0
0
0
12
4
10
8.2
20
21.2
1.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0.0
3
0.3
0.0
Campylobacterosis§
68
NN
36
1,124
392
170
1,183
463
3,436
3,521
3,766
3,603.2
11,112
10,776.8
1.0
Cryptosporidiosis||
1
87
5
64
26
4
87
37
311
826
245
227.3
2,384
1,591.5
1.4
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
2.4
11
7.4
1.3
Hepatitis A
0
19
23
8
4
0
15
5
74
86
71
108.4
241
389.2
0.7
Hepatitis E
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
7
5
3.8
28
13.2
1.1
Listeriosis
2
3
0
0
1
0
1
1
8
14
16
12.6
35
50.0
0.6
SLTEC, VTEC
0
2
0
2
4
0
3
2
13
30
11
10.4
56
37.4
1.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
17
277
69
352
96
19
203
142
1,175
1,960
1,171
1,089.4
5,829
5,415.4
1.1
Shigellosis
3
24
36
11
10
1
21
31
137
182
88
103.4
547
388.0
1.3
Typhoid
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
2
9
10
15
14.2
41
51.8
0.6
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1.4
4
3.0
0.7
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**
172
2,372
284
2,226
528
191
1,853
1,377
9,003
10,895
8,889
6,469.6
30,203
19,173.6
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4.0
9
15.0
0.5
Gonococcal infection
13
333
314
316
63
10
277
347
1,673
2,060
1,685
1,582.0
5,776
4,975.2
1.1
Syphilis (all)
2
224
30
71
1
10
107
58
503
629
589
510.2
1,708
350.2
1.0
Syphilis < 2 years duration
1
29
16
30
1
2
22
4
105
153
166
N/A
405
356.0
N/A
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
1
195
14
41
0
8
85
54
398
476
423
N/A
1,303
962.0
N/A
Syphilis - congenital
0
1
0
1
3
0
2
0
7
6
7
3.8
20
10.4
1.8
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.2
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
6
6.4
11
19.2
0.5
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)||
27
603
37
1,253
209
12
318
355
2,814
794
1,095
1,931.5
3,989
2,299.3
1.5
Measles
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
10
18.0
9
64.4
0.1
Mumps
0
21
1
34
2
0
5
10
73
74
21
29.0
195
90.2
2.5
Pertussis
68
1,749
15
537
350
3
266
68
3,056
2,522
3,034
2,144.4
7,812
4,576.2
1.4
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)||
4
213
24
131
44
18
90
51
575
455
961
852.8
1,292
1,701.3
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
1
6
15
5
48.0
27
124.6
0.1
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0.2
1
0.8
5.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
3.4
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah forest virus infection
0
72
6
105
4
0
5
5
197
435
193
143.2
992
846.2
1.4
Dengue
1
7
1
8
1
0
9
4
31
43
30
30.8
170
289.8
1.0
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
5
0
0
1
0
6
8
6
10.0
23
52.0
0.6
Japanese encephalitis virus||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
1
8.0
0.0
Malaria
2
26
10
60
10
6
23
18
155
167
137
149.8
670
515.6
1.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
2
2.3
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1
71
20
117
9
0
6
19
243
556
152
170.8
1,715
3,036.0
1.4
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
1
0
7
0
0
0
0
8
4
11
7.8
24
20.4
1.0
Leptospirosis
0
4
1
11
0
0
2
2
20
33
29
31.0
93
155.6
0.6
Lyssavirus unspecified||
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
21
0
2
0
0
4
1
28
50
54
52.6
115
133.4
0.5
Q fever
0
24
0
16
1
0
9
2
52
113
123
139.4
244
463.0
0.4
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
21
1
24
13
0
8
13
81
74
59
64.8
240
260.8
1.3
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1.4
5
5.2
0.0
Meningococcal infection††
3
39
3
20
12
3
36
19
135
77
114
208.0
285
451.2
0.6
Tuberculosis
0
22
1
35
5
4
98
13
178
248
256
252.8
659
720.6
0.7
Total
453
8,392
1,018
7,590
1,935
507
5,800
3,360
29,055
31,714
27,665
26,193.0
93,028
78,731.6
1.1

* Date of notification = the true onset date. If this is not available the 'date of onset' is equivalent to the earliest of two dates: (i) specimen date of collection, or (ii) the date of notification to the public health unit. Hepatitis B and C unspecified were analysed by the date of notification.

† 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.

‡ Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter.

§ Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.

|| Notifiable from January 2001 only. Ratio and mean calculations are based the last two years.

¶ Infections with shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

** Includes Chlamydia trachomatis identified from cervical, rectal, urine, urethral, throat and eye samples, except for South Australia which reports only genital tract specimens, Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens, and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

†† Only invasive meningococcal disease is nationally notifiable. However, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia also report conjunctival cases.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

 

This report was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 4, December 2005.

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