Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2005: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Results summary/Tables 2 and 3

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2005 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2005. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the Results summary and Tables 2 and 3. 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 31 No 1 March 2007 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

Results

Summary of 2005 data

There were 125,461 communicable disease notifications received by NNDSS in 2005 (Table 2). Notification rates per 100,000 population for each disease by state or territory are shown in Table 3. Trends in notifications and rates per 100,000 population for the period 2001 to 2005 are shown in Table 4.

Table 2. Notifications of communicable diseases, Australia, 2005, by state or territory

Disease
State or territory  
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
5
56
5
59
8
3
78
31
245
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*
88
2,711
199
945
325
54
1,679
395
6,396
Hepatitis C (incident)
11
41
3
NN
50
26
122
104
357
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*,†
163
4,424
254
2,790
559
215
2,861
984
12,250
Hepatitis D
0
15
0
11
0
0
2
2
30
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
Campylobacteriosis
402
NN
248
4,416
2,089
760
6,109
2,444
16,468
Cryptosporidiosis
27
851
82
1,360
167
22
518
182
3,209
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
11
0
2
1
2
3
1
20
Hepatitis A
3
83
64
50
10
2
59
54
325
Hepatitis E
2
7
0
8
0
0
12
2
31
Listeriosis
3
25
0
7
6
0
9
4
54
Salmonellosis (NEC)
95
2,179
393
2,613
577
302
1,481
801
8,441
Shigellosis
7
135
196
80
48
5
105
156
732
SLTEC, VTEC§
0
16
0
9
40
2
8
12
87
Typhoid
0
28
0
3
2
0
11
8
52
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Smallpox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tularaemia
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmitted infections
Chlamydial infection (NEC)||
700
11,283
1,583
9,721
2,706
871
9,004
5,443
41,311
Donovanosis
0
0
4
8
0
0
0
1
13
Gonococcal infection
33
1,577
1,738
1,444
399
35
1,208
1,581
8,015
Syphilis (all)
14
845
229
380
18
30
496
191
2,203
   Syphilis < 2 years duration
4
244
93
128
7
6
120
19
621
  Syphilis > 2 years or unknown duration
10
601
136
252
11
24
376
172
1,582
Syphilis – congenital
0
8
5
2
0
0
0
0
15
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
7
1
4
0
0
3
2
17
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)**
39
1,414
61
1,698
275
19
595
466
4,567
Measles
0
5
0
1
0
1
2
1
10
Mumps
1
111
7
71
8
0
20
23
241
Pertussis
315
5,802
92
1,775
1,507
33
1,163
513
11,200
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
30
641
71
325
134
44
300
139
1,684
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
0
Rubella
0
10
0
9
0
0
6
6
31
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
448
51
680
40
1
16
83
1,319
Dengue
2
48
14
115
5
0
16
18
218
Flavivirus infection (NEC)††
NN
6
0
20
0
0
3
0
29
Japanese encephalitis virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kunjin virus‡‡
NN
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Malaria
12
204
47
297
43
24
110
85
822
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
NN
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Ross River virus infection
6
585
209
1,179
153
5
96
311
2,544
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brucellosis
0
3
0
37
0
0
1
0
41
Leptospirosis
0
35
5
72
3
0
10
5
130
Ornithosis§§
0
121
0
2
1
0
34
3
161
Lyssavirus unspecified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q fever
0
142
3
157
17
0
30
6
355
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
89
3
49
58
3
63
70
335
Leprosy
0
1
3
3
0
0
0
3
10
Meningococcal infection||||
8
140
11
62
26
10
90
47
394
Tuberculosis
0
453
27
114
46
13
367
67
1,087
Total
1,966
34,561
5,609
30,582
9,321
2,483
26,694
14,245
125,461
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* Unspecified hepatitis includes cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

† In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga-like toxin-/verotoxin-producing Escherchia 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; the Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens; and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

¶ Does not include congenital syphilis.

** Laboratory-confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

†† Flavivirus (NEC) replaced Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

‡‡ In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin virus are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus.

§§ In the Australian Capital Territory, ornithosis is reported as chlamydia not elsewhere classified.

|||| 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.

Table 3. Notification rate for communicable diseases, Australia, 2005, by state and territory (per 100,000 population)

Disease
State or territory Aust
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1.5
0.8
2.5
1.5
0.5
0.6
1.6
1.5
1.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)*
2.5
40.0
98.1
23.8
21.1
11.1
33.4
19.7
31.5
Hepatitis C (incident)
3.4
0.6
1.5
NN
3.2
5.4
2.4
5.2
1.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)*,†
50.1
65.3
125.3
70.4
36.3
44.3
57.0
49.0
60.3
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis
123.6
NN
122.3
111.4
135.5
156.6
121.6
121.6
121.5
Cryptosporidiosis
8.3
12.6
40.4
34.3
10.8
4.5
10.3
9.1
15.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.9
1.2
31.6
1.3
0.6
0.4
1.2
2.7
1.6
Hepatitis E
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.2
Listeriosis
0.9
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
29.2
32.2
193.8
65.9
37.4
62.2
29.5
39.8
41.5
Shigellosis
2.2
2.0
96.7
2.0
3.1
1.0
2.1
7.8
3.6
SLTEC,VTEC§
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
2.6
0.4
0.2
0.6
0.4
Typhoid
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.4
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
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
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
Tularaemia
NN
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 transmitted infections
Chlamydial infections (NEC)||
215.3
166.6
780.6
245.2
156.0
179.5
179.3
270.8
203.2
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Gonococcal infection
10.1
23.3
857.0
36.4
25.9
82.2
24.1
78.7
39.4
Syphilis (all)
4.3
12.5
112.9
9.6
1.2
6.2
9.9
9.5
10.8
   Syphilis < 2 years duration
1.2
3.6
45.9
3.2
0.5
1.2
2.4
0.9
3.1
  Syphilis > 2 years or unknown duration
3.1
8.9
67.1
6.4
0.7
4.9
7.5
8.6
7.8
Syphilis – congenital
0.0
0.1
2.5
0.1
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
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)**
12.0
20.9
30.1
42.8
17.8
3.9
11.8
23.2
22.5
Measles
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mumps
0.3
1.6
3.5
1.8
0.5
0.0
0.4
1.1
1.2
Pertussis
96.9
85.6
45.4
44.8
97.7
6.8
23.2
25.5
55.1
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
9.2
9.5
35.0
8.2
8.7
9.1
6.0
6.9
8.3
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.2
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
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
6.6
25.1
17.2
2.6
0.2
0.3
4.1
6.5
Dengue
0.6
0.7
6.9
2.9
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.9
1.1
Flavivirus infection (NEC)††
NN
0.1
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
Japanese encephalitis virus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Kunjin virus‡‡
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Malaria
3.7
3.0
23.2
7.5
2.8
4.9
2.2
4.2
4.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
NN
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1.8
8.6
103.1
29.7
9.9
1.0
1.9
15.5
12.5
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
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.5
2.5
1.8
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.6
Lyssavirus unspecified
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis§§
0.0
1.8
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.1
0.8
Q fever
0.0
2.1
1.5
4.0
1.1
0.0
0.6
0.3
1.7
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.0
1.3
1.5
1.2
3.8
0.6
1.3
3.5
1.6
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
1.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Meningococcal infection||||
2.5
2.1
5.4
1.6
1.7
2.1
1.8
2.3
1.9
Tuberculosis
0.0
6.7
13.3
2.9
3.0
2.7
7.3
3.3
5.3
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* Unspecified hepatitis includes cases in whom the duration of infection could not be determined.

† In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

‡ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

§ Infection with Shiga-like toxin-/verotoxin-producing Escherchia 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; the Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens; and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

¶ Does not include congenital syphilis.

** Laboratory-confirmed influenza is not a notifiable disease in South Australia but reports are forwarded to NNDSS.

†† Flavivirus (NEC) replaced Arbovirus (NEC) from 1 January 2004.

‡‡ In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin virus are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis virus.

§§ In the Australian Capital Territory, ornithosis is reported as chlamydia not elsewhere classified.

|||| 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.

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