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 January to 31 March 2008.

Page last updated: 18 September 2009

Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 January to 31 March 2009, by date of diagnosis*

Disease
 State or territory Total 1st quarter 2009† Total 4th  quarter 2008 Total 1st  quarter 2008 Last 5 years mean 1st  quarter Year to date 2009 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
1
0
0.4
0
0.4
0
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
8
2
10
2
2
16
0
40
50
56
70.2
40
70.2
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
37
848
44
263
94
16
515
192
2,009
1,742
1,550
1,576.60
2,009
1,576.60
1.3
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
8
1
NN
4
10
40
2
67
111
84
94
67
94
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
46
1,273
46
760
130
68
608
294
3,225
2,846
2,727
3,084.00
3,225
3,084.00
1
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
6
0
0
1
0
10
6
12
8.6
10
8.6
1.2
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.6
1
0.6
1.7
Campylobacteriosis§
96
NN
69
1,276
411
136
1,453
586
4,027
4,081
4,647
4,336.00
4,027
4,336.00
0.9
Cryptosporidiosis
71
937
69
1,048
39
8
567
121
2,860
452
756
1,036.00
2,860
1,036.00
2.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
11
8
5.4
3
5.4
0.6
Hepatitis A
1
22
0
9
4
0
26
7
69
48
85
85.2
69
85.2
0.8
Hepatitis E
0
8
0
3
0
0
4
1
16
9
15
11.4
16
11.4
1.4
Listeriosis
1
7
0
5
4
2
8
2
29
9
28
19.6
29
19.6
1.5
Salmonellosis
0
9
0
12
24
0
5
3
53
40
31
22.8
53
22.8
2.3
Shigellosis
105
1,124
125
1,040
168
56
491
282
3,391
2,132
2,889
2,975.60
3,391
2,975.60
1.1
STEC, VTEC||
3
56
30
27
18
1
35
48
218
206
240
190.8
218
190.8
1.1
Typhoid
1
14
0
5
0
1
14
2
37
24
35
29.2
37
29.2
1.3
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0.8
2
0.8
2.5
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans
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
Rabies
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
Smallpox
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
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
231
3,737
567
4,196
894
337
3,437
2,200
15,599
14,256
14,474
11,947.20
15,599
11,947.20
1.3
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
Gonococcal infection
14
432
377
448
128
4
429
385
2,217
1,834
1,951
2,045.00
2,217
2,045.00
1.1
Syphilis (all)
13
379
39
84
6
4
218
50
793
780
810
671.8
793
671.8
1.2
Syphilis < two years duration
2
136
10
37
6
0
101
25
317
291
347
231.4
317
231.4
1.4
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration
11
243
29
47
NDP
4
117
25
476
489
463
440.4
476
440.4
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
2.6
2
2.6
0.8
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
4
0
2
0
0
1
1
8
5
5
4
8
4
2
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
12
239
16
97
15
2
33
57
471
1,562
433
290
471
290
1.6
Measles
1
7
1
31
1
2
33
2
78
1
33
14.2
78
14.2
5.5
Mumps
0
8
2
7
5
1
27
6
56
36
141
61
56
61
0.9
Pertussis
118
5,376
79
1,231
681
136
688
184
8,493
7,425
1,542
1,675.00
8,493
1,675.00
5.1
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
7
60
12
31
18
2
54
21
205
353
206
243.2
205
243.2
0.8
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella
0
1
0
2
1
0
3
1
8
10
5
6.4
8
6.4
1.3
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0
Tetanus
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
3
1.2
3
1.2
2.5
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
0
NN
20
34
85
8
79
84
310
767
271
269
310
269
1.5
Varicella zoster (shingles)
3
NN
21
68
246
29
148
135
650
754
552
401
650
401
2.7
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
16
NN
0
990
76
24
409
244
1,759
1,383
957
970
1,759
970
3
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC) 
0
0
0
13
0
0
1
0
14
12
7
16.2
14
16.2
0.9
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
117
51
304
12
1
8
75
568
424
823
538.8
568
538.8
1.1
Dengue virus infection
7
58
12
881
8
1
10
36
1,013
211
159
127.8
1,013
127.8
7.9
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0
0.2
0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1.2
2
1.2
1.7
Malaria
1
26
2
57
3
3
22
19
133
129
124
191.4
133
191.4
0.7
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0.8
2
0.8
2.5
Ross River virus infection
0
168
197
720
68
10
31
445
1,639
937
2,780
2,138.00
1,639
2,138.00
0.8
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
0
0.4
0
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brucellosis
0
1
0
6
1
0
0
1
9
12
8
11
9
11
0.8
Leptospirosis
1
4
3
57
0
0
0
1
66
23
43
50
66
50
1.3
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ornithosis
0
5
0
0
1
0
10
0
16
19
23
40.6
16
40.6
0.4
Q fever
0
48
1
46
2
0
1
0
98
99
111
103.6
98
103.6
0.9
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
19
2
14
7
0
9
12
64
76
62
82
64
82
0.8
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
3.2
1
3.2
0.3
Meningococcal infection**
0
16
2
11
4
1
9
4
47
64
42
65.8
47
65.8
0.7
Tuberculosis
3
94
5
49
18
2
104
33
308
362
289
266.4
308
266.4
1.2
Total
791
15,124
1,799
14,028
3,180
876
9,549
5,631
50,978
43,792
39,255
35,279.00
50,978
35,279.00
1.4

* 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 notification receive date.

† 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 5 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; the 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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