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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2009, by date of diagnosis*
Disease |
State or territory | Total 3rd quarter 2009† | Total 2nd quarter 2009 | Total 3rd quarter 2008 | Last 5 years mean 3rd 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
Hepatitis B (newly acquired) | 1 |
20 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
58 |
56 |
73 |
68.4 |
154 |
209.8 |
0.8 |
Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 28 |
906 |
31 |
262 |
86 |
20 |
473 |
199 |
2,005 |
1,904 |
1,751 |
1,655.2 |
5,925 |
4,782.4 |
1.2 |
Hepatitis C (newly acquired) | 1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
37 |
0 |
62 |
63 |
99 |
98.0 |
192 |
285.8 |
0.6 |
Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 45 |
1,461 |
32 |
644 |
128 |
62 |
626 |
276 |
3,274 |
3,211 |
2,710 |
2,973.2 |
9,705 |
8,971.8 |
1.1 |
Hepatitis D | 0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
11.2 |
25 |
27.8 |
0.4 |
Gastrointestinal diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Botulism | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
1 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Campylobacteriosis§ | 50 |
0 |
42 |
1,116 |
412 |
177 |
1,359 |
657 |
3,813 |
3,798 |
3,383 |
3,679.0 |
11,641 |
11,464.4 |
1.0 |
Cryptosporidiosis | 3 |
62 |
10 |
43 |
17 |
17 |
74 |
28 |
254 |
1,135 |
315 |
293.6 |
4,250 |
1,989.2 |
0.9 |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
3.2 |
7 |
11.8 |
0.0 |
Hepatitis A | 3 |
22 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
34 |
4 |
85 |
166 |
57 |
62.8 |
320 |
219.8 |
1.4 |
Hepatitis E | 0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
5.4 |
33 |
23.6 |
1.3 |
Listeriosis | 0 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
19 |
17 |
13.4 |
70 |
45.8 |
1.6 |
STEC, VTEC|| | 0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
27 |
17 |
14.8 |
103 |
55.8 |
1.6 |
Salmonellosis | 25 |
329 |
86 |
290 |
130 |
26 |
363 |
261 |
1,510 |
2,225 |
1,327 |
1,310.2 |
7,124 |
6,307.0 |
1.2 |
Shigellosis | 0 |
24 |
16 |
36 |
13 |
0 |
22 |
14 |
125 |
168 |
199 |
141.0 |
510 |
487.8 |
0.9 |
Typhoid | 0 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
25 |
19 |
19 |
16.0 |
81 |
63.4 |
1.6 |
Quarantinable diseases |
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Cholera | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.4 |
4 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
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¶ | 225 |
3,692 |
420 |
3,987 |
885 |
372 |
3,352 |
2,084 |
15,017 |
16,751 |
14,659 |
11,596.8 |
47,383 |
35,517.0 |
1.3 |
Donovanosis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.6 |
1 |
5.2 |
0.0 |
Gonococcal infection | 20 |
358 |
292 |
305 |
61 |
12 |
354 |
280 |
1,682 |
2,229 |
1,751 |
1,802.0 |
6,159 |
5,973.0 |
0.9 |
Syphilis (all) | 17 |
360 |
28 |
128 |
16 |
12 |
213 |
41 |
815 |
819 |
835 |
703.2 |
2,437 |
2,034.6 |
1.2 |
Syphilis < two years duration | 4 |
97 |
11 |
59 |
16 |
5 |
85 |
18 |
295 |
312 |
326 |
247.2 |
932 |
733 |
1.2 |
Syphilis >two years or unspecified duration | 13 |
263 |
17 |
69 |
0 |
7 |
128 |
23 |
520 |
507 |
509 |
456 |
1,505 |
1,301.6 |
1.1 |
Syphilis - congenital | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1.4 |
5 |
8.6 |
1.4 |
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 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
6.0 |
18 |
14.2 |
0.3 |
Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 902 |
442 |
1,397 |
15,218 |
9,093 |
1,068 |
1,029 |
4,694 |
33,843 |
9,906 |
6,433 |
4,313.8 |
44,221 |
5,132.6 |
7.8 |
Measles | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
4.4 |
95 |
45.2 |
1.8 |
Mumps | 0 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
34 |
43 |
55 |
79.0 |
133 |
207.2 |
0.4 |
Pertussis | 98 |
1,820 |
45 |
1,578 |
1,332 |
143 |
1,004 |
162 |
6,182 |
7,460 |
3,526 |
3,249.4 |
22,154 |
6,889.4 |
1.9 |
Pneumococcal disease (invasive) | 9 |
168 |
34 |
113 |
60 |
18 |
147 |
61 |
610 |
402 |
642 |
679.2 |
1,217 |
1,382.8 |
0.9 |
Poliomyelitis | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
Rubella | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
13 |
11.2 |
23 |
30.6 |
0.7 |
Rubella - congenital | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
Tetanus | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
3 |
2.4 |
0.0 |
Varicella zoster (chickenpox) | 0 |
0 |
24 |
43 |
138 |
2 |
28 |
83 |
318 |
348 |
468 |
365.5 |
985 |
1,005.3 |
0.9 |
Varicella zoster (shingles) | 1 |
0 |
35 |
58 |
244 |
19 |
126 |
89 |
572 |
842 |
503 |
233.4 |
2,079 |
683.4 |
2.5 |
Varicella zoster (unspecified) | 15 |
0 |
0 |
939 |
97 |
31 |
439 |
202 |
1,723 |
1,516 |
1,119 |
642.8 |
4,975 |
1,779.2 |
2.7 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||||||||
Arbovirus infection (NEC) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5.2 |
24 |
28.0 |
1.0 |
Barmah Forest virus infection | 2 |
66 |
15 |
157 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
18 |
266 |
360 |
373 |
295.0 |
1,195 |
1,327.4 |
0.9 |
Dengue virus infection | 2 |
30 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
19 |
84 |
192 |
96 |
53.2 |
1,289 |
248.8 |
1.6 |
Japanese encephalitis virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
Kunjin virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
2 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
Malaria | 1 |
25 |
4 |
45 |
10 |
0 |
44 |
24 |
153 |
151 |
153 |
154.0 |
439 |
505.0 |
1.0 |
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
Ross River virus infection | 0 |
159 |
58 |
411 |
90 |
1 |
14 |
91 |
824 |
1,522 |
779 |
457.0 |
3,988 |
3,698.4 |
1.8 |
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 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
14 |
11.0 |
22 |
29.4 |
0.4 |
Leptospirosis | 0 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
48 |
15 |
19.8 |
130 |
111.2 |
0.8 |
Lyssavirus (NEC) | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Ornithosis | 0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
14 |
27 |
36.6 |
46 |
118.8 |
0.4 |
Q fever | 0 |
25 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
57 |
81 |
92 |
104.0 |
236 |
307.6 |
0.5 |
Tularaemia | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||||||||
Legionellosis | 0 |
22 |
2 |
10 |
11 |
0 |
9 |
17 |
71 |
102 |
59 |
65.8 |
237 |
229.0 |
1.1 |
Leprosy | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
2 |
7.6 |
0.0 |
Meningococcal infection** | 0 |
34 |
3 |
21 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
11 |
88 |
63 |
115 |
120.8 |
198 |
262.6 |
0.7 |
Tuberculosis | 3 |
96 |
5 |
78 |
13 |
1 |
105 |
25 |
326 |
271 |
292 |
288.2 |
906 |
812.6 |
1.1 |
Total | 1,451 |
10,175 |
2,593 |
25,588 |
12,881 |
1,986 |
9,959 |
9,361 |
73,994 |
55,980 |
42,033 |
36,219.3 |
181,694 |
104,192.0 |
2.1 |
* 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 are based on 5 years of 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; the Northern Territory and Queensland, which exclude ocular specimens; and Western Australia, which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.
** Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter. Note: Ratios for varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 2 years of data
†† 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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