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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2007, by date of onset*
Disease | State or territory | Total 4th quarter 2007† | Total 3rd quarter 2007 | Total 4th quarter 2006 | Last 5 years mean 4th quarter | Year to date 2007 | Last 5 years YTD mean | Ratio‡ | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||||||||
Bloodborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Hepatitis (NEC) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Hepatitis B (incident) | 2 |
15 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
25 |
11 |
71 |
62 |
79 |
68.2 |
290 |
313.8 |
1.0 |
Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 13 |
691 |
57 |
227 |
110 |
19 |
465 |
147 |
1,729 |
2,221 |
1,629 |
1,515.8 |
7,550 |
6,173.0 |
1.1 |
Hepatitis C (incident) | 4 |
4 |
0 |
NN |
6 |
4 |
33 |
19 |
70 |
109 |
95 |
105.4 |
353 |
447.0 |
0.7 |
Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 32 |
1,369 |
45 |
659 |
129 |
73 |
680 |
350 |
3,337 |
3,596 |
3,039 |
3,207.2 |
13,132 |
13,217.0 |
1.0 |
Hepatitis D | 0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
4.8 |
34 |
27.8 |
1.5 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
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Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
1 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
Campylobacteriosis§ | 133 |
NN |
45 |
1,447 |
554 |
151 |
1,796 |
569 |
4,695 |
3,840 |
4,453 |
4,471.2 |
17,671 |
15,526.4 |
1.1 |
Cryptosporidiosis | 7 |
300 |
18 |
207 |
5 |
11 |
207 |
50 |
805 |
275 |
444 |
443.2 |
2,877 |
2,521.2 |
1.8 |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
6.0 |
20 |
15.4 |
1.2 |
Hepatitis A | 0 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
34 |
43 |
54 |
76.0 |
164 |
349.6 |
0.4 |
Hepatitis E | 0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
3.4 |
18 |
21.2 |
0.9 |
Listeriosis | 0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
10 |
14 |
15.8 |
50 |
62.6 |
1.0 |
Salmonellosis | 22 |
531 |
131 |
511 |
194 |
39 |
517 |
211 |
2,156 |
1,554 |
2,108 |
1,999.6 |
9,685 |
7,885.4 |
1.1 |
Shigellosis | 0 |
14 |
50 |
26 |
31 |
1 |
14 |
22 |
158 |
172 |
117 |
124.4 |
615 |
548.8 |
1.3 |
STEC, VTEC|| | 0 |
16 |
1 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
41 |
13 |
20 |
16.6 |
112 |
63.4 |
2.5 |
Typhoid | 0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
20 |
21 |
14.8 |
92 |
65.0 |
1.0 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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Cholera | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0.8 |
3 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
Highly pathogenic avian influenza | 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 |
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 infections |
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Chlamydial infection¶ | 196 |
3,063 |
483 |
3,293 |
787 |
304 |
2,777 |
1,906 |
12,809 |
12,376 |
11,615 |
8,922.0 |
51,458 |
35,946.4 |
1.4 |
Donovanosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3.0 |
3 |
12.4 |
0.0 |
Gonococcal infection | 17 |
333 |
329 |
345 |
95 |
8 |
228 |
430 |
1,785 |
1,708 |
1,870 |
1,772.2 |
7,619 |
7,418.2 |
1.0 |
Syphilis (all) | 9 |
344 |
58 |
97 |
10 |
7 |
191 |
46 |
762 |
843 |
730 |
570.2 |
3,127 |
2,257.6 |
1.3 |
Syphilis <2 years duration | 6 |
88 |
17 |
53 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
23 |
264 |
339 |
267 |
196.0 |
1,274 |
696.3 |
1.3 |
Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration | 3 |
256 |
41 |
44 |
10 |
7 |
114 |
23 |
498 |
504 |
463 |
452.6 |
1,853 |
1,839.8 |
1.1 |
Syphilis - congenital | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2.4 |
9 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
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 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
4.0 |
17 |
20.8 |
1.5 |
Influenza - laboratory confirmed | 17 |
128 |
8 |
366 |
NDP |
12 |
130 |
94 |
755 |
9,070 |
421 |
407.4 |
10,745 |
3,421.6 |
1.9 |
Measles | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
9.8 |
11 |
61.0 |
0.0 |
Mumps | 3 |
155 |
32 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
86 |
290 |
151 |
44 |
32.0 |
584 |
152.6 |
9.0 |
Pertussis | 19 |
708 |
5 |
387 |
88 |
3 |
227 |
33 |
1,470 |
1,610 |
1,305 |
2,145.4 |
5,472 |
8,326.8 |
0.7 |
Pneumococcal disease - invasive | 7 |
99 |
13 |
50 |
22 |
9 |
69 |
20 |
289 |
612 |
277 |
435.0 |
1,494 |
2,051.8 |
0.7 |
Poliomyelitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Rubella | 0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
19.2 |
35 |
85.8 |
0.3 |
Rubella - congenital | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
1 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
Tetanus | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
3 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
Varicella zoster (chickenpox) | NDP |
NN |
67 |
110 |
189 |
3 |
NN |
117 |
486 |
595 |
719 |
NA |
1,837 |
NA |
NA |
Varicella zoster (shingles) | NDP |
NN |
21 |
99 |
99 |
32 |
NN |
106 |
357 |
385 |
415 |
NA |
1,671 |
NA |
NA |
Varicella zoster (unspecified) | NDP |
NN |
0 |
839 |
163 |
12 |
NN |
164 |
1,178 |
1,134 |
918 |
NA |
4,309 |
NA |
NA |
Vectorborne diseases |
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Arbovirus infection (NEC) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
8.0 |
23 |
50.6 |
0.4 |
Barmah Forest virus infection | 1 |
107 |
12 |
213 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
375 |
315 |
367 |
249.8 |
1,699 |
1,365.8 |
1.5 |
Dengue virus infection | 2 |
16 |
4 |
18 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
19 |
74 |
71 |
37 |
70.6 |
324 |
358.4 |
1.0 |
Japanese encephalitis virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
Kunjin virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0 |
6.8 |
0.0 |
Malaria | 3 |
23 |
12 |
52 |
6 |
4 |
20 |
23 |
143 |
118 |
149 |
137.0 |
580 |
641.2 |
1.0 |
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
Ross River virus infection | 3 |
238 |
62 |
505 |
59 |
2 |
29 |
220 |
1,118 |
647 |
544 |
475.8 |
4,177 |
3,512.4 |
2.3 |
Zoonoses |
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Anthrax | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.2 |
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 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
12.6 |
40 |
37.8 |
0.6 |
Leptospirosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
16 |
10 |
20 |
24.0 |
106 |
148.0 |
0.7 |
Lyssavirus (unspecified) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Ornithosis | 0 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
2 |
30 |
14 |
42 |
43.2 |
100 |
197.4 |
0.7 |
Q fever | 0 |
58 |
0 |
35 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
104 |
115 |
100 |
124.8 |
458 |
514.6 |
0.8 |
Tularaemia | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||||||||
Legionellosis | 0 |
28 |
1 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
36 |
95 |
50 |
96 |
88.0 |
311 |
328.6 |
1.1 |
Leprosy | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.6 |
12 |
6.8 |
3.3 |
Meningococcal infection - invasive** | 1 |
31 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
79 |
126 |
65 |
111.2 |
311 |
472.2 |
0.7 |
Tuberculosis | 5 |
78 |
19 |
52 |
21 |
3 |
103 |
23 |
304 |
282 |
331 |
318.4 |
1,096 |
1,120.8 |
1.0 |
Total | 496 |
8,398 |
1,477 |
9,637 |
2,618 |
706 |
7,611 |
4,747 |
35,690 |
42,195 |
32,212 |
28,061.8 |
150,301 |
115,780.1 |
1.3 |
* Date of onset = the true onset. 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 and tuberculosis 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 five years for the same quarter. Note: Ratios for syphilis <2 years; syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration based on four years data
§ Not reported for New South Wales where it is only notifiable as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’.
|| Infections with Shiga toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (STEC/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.
NDP No data provided.
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