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 the notifications for the period 1 April to 30 June 2008.

Page last updated: 30 September 2008

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 April to 30 June 2008, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 2nd quarter 2008† Total 1st quarter 2008 Total 2nd quarter 2007 Last 5 years mean 2nd quarter Year to date 2008 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
0.2
0.0
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
12
0
10
2
3
19
13
59
59
79
76.6
122
155.0
0.8
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
17
786
17
194
85
13
450
148
1,710
1,735
1,747
1528.8
3,499
3,095.2
1.1
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
4
0
NN
11
6
32
24
79
82
82
89.0
165
182.2
0.9
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
40
1,189
59
656
121
85
629
320
3,099
3,316
2,898
3011.4
6,469
6,289.2
1.0
Hepatitis D
0
5
1
2
0
0
2
4
14
12
7
6.0
27
13.2
2.3
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
1.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
88
NN
66
932
506
105
1,398
332
3,427
4,675
3,893
3465.2
8,112
7,768.8
1.0
Cryptosporidiosis
2
111
21
173
10
8
120
33
478
761
617
625.4
1,243
1,613.4
0.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
8
3
2.4
14
7.2
2.5
Hepatitis A
2
9
2
27
4
0
35
7
86
85
39
77.0
172
169.4
1.1
Hepatitis E
0
2
3
2
0
0
2
2
11
14
7
5.0
25
13.8
2.2
Listeriosis
0
6
0
1
0
0
5
2
14
26
8
13.8
40
32.0
1.0
Salmonellosis
28
530
131
457
170
32
433
173
1,954
2,903
2,360
1948.8
4,876
4,897.0
1.1
STEC, VTEC||
0
3
0
4
10
0
2
0
19
32
14
16.8
51
37.2
1.0
Shigellosis
0
17
33
25
39
1
18
49
182
243
135
139.8
427
313.2
1.3
Typhoid
0
11
1
5
0
0
7
1
25
35
19
14.2
60
40.2
1.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1.0
0
1.8
0.0
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans
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
Chlamydial infection¶
236
3,535
744
3,847
971
335
3,211
2,274
15,153
14,549
13,219
10475.0
29,804
21,033.4
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2.0
1
5.2
0.5
Gonococcal infection
4
303
515
402
204
6
234
676
2,344
2,081
2,320
2084.0
4,441
4,118.6
1.1
Syphilis (all)
3
344
61
76
15
3
210
80
792
828
796
615.8
1,629
1,226.6
1.3
Syphilis < two years duration
2
61
28
32
0
0
101
62
286
356
395
226.8
664
350.8
1.3
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
1
283
33
44
15
3
109
18
506
472
401
429.4
965
875.8
1.2
Syphilis - congenital
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
5.0
3
8.2
0.4
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
6
1
3
0
0
1
0
11
5
4
3.6
16
7.0
3.1
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
27
161
4
299
11
16
77
82
677
436
569
411.4
1,147
634.6
1.6
Measles
0
23
0
1
0
0
0
2
26
33
3
27.0
59
39.0
1.0
Mumps
0
8
9
5
0
1
2
27
52
144
93
58.8
199
95.6
0.9
Pertussis
24
881
129
337
168
8
321
67
1,935
1,515
1,271
1724.2
3,524
3,274.8
1.1
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
11
156
12
81
35
9
89
36
429
208
381
486.8
642
754.4
0.9
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
5
0
0
0
0
4
0
9
4
15
13.4
13
25.8
0.7
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.6
0
0.8
0.0
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0.6
4
1.6
1.7
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
8
NN
18
64
98
8
2
76
274
260
295
154.7
537
500.0
1.8
Varicella zoster (shingles)
3
NN
18
80
170
33
0
129
433
533
370
108.8
974
298.5
4.0
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
27
NN
0
731
104
8
2
188
1,060
976
934
360.6
2,031
751.4
2.9
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
7
6
7.8
10
25.0
0.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
142
20
270
9
0
8
41
491
836
574
549.2
1,329
979.4
0.9
Dengue virus infection
0
30
4
21
10
1
2
25
93
151
82
102.4
244
267.4
0.9
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.4
1
6.0
0.0
Malaria
3
32
4
37
3
2
27
20
128
125
161
165.8
255
367.0
0.8
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0.2
2
0.8
5.0
Ross River virus infection
3
236
56
535
31
8
47
242
1,158
2,797
1,290
1341.0
3,962
3,040.0
0.9
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.4
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
13
0
0
0
0
14
10
7
6.2
24
16.4
2.3
Leptospirosis
0
5
0
25
0
0
1
0
31
42
28
40.8
73
91.8
0.8
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
14
0
1
0
0
14
3
32
23
24
43.2
56
84.8
0.7
Q fever
1
23
2
29
6
0
2
2
65
109
115
110.0
177
234.4
0.6
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
3
22
0
9
2
0
22
15
73
63
86
83.6
138
170.4
0.9
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
4
2.4
5
5.4
0.8
Meningococcal infection**
1
20
2
15
5
0
18
5
66
43
59
84.8
107
160.2
0.8
Tuberculosis
6
96
5
38
9
2
86
26
268
293
246
244.0
579
497.2
1.1
Total
540
8,735
1,940
9,412
2,809
693
7,533
5,125
36,787
40,066
34,866
  
72,649
  
0.5

* Date of diagnosis = true onset date, or where not available, the earliest of (i) specimen date, (ii) notification date, or (iii) notification receive date. 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. Note: Ratios for syphilis <2 years; syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration based on 2 years data
§ Not reported for New South Wales where it is only notifiable as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’.
|| Infections with Shiga-like 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 and Queensland, which exclude 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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