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 October to 31 December 2010.

Page last updated: 11 April 2011

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 October to 31 December 2010, by date of diagnosis

Disease
 State or territory Total 4th quarter 2010† Total 3rd quarter 2010 Total 4th quarter 2009 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Ratio Year to date 2010 Last 5 years YTD mean
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
0.4
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
0
5
0
8
5
0
16
6
40
65
63
64.6
0.6
251
267.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
22
629
37
238
90
13
462
268
1,759
2,045
1,804
1,626.4
1.1
7,821
6,594.6
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
2
6
0
NN
6
5
30
24
73
72
111
97.2
0.8
334
388.2
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
51
946
73
665
107
59
594
253
2,748
3,036
2,638
2,818.0
1.0
11,851
11,551.4
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
8
0
0
1
0
9
13
7
6.2
1.5
33
34.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
1.2
Campylobacteriosis§
157
NN
43
1,249
687
189
2,264
740
5,329
4,198
4,210
4,473.8
1.2
16,991
16,086.4
Cryptosporidiosis
3
76
28
48
11
19
83
39
307
248
346
567.4
0.5
1,480
3,169.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
7.6
0.1
8
19.4
Hepatitis A
2
19
0
11
0
0
8
11
51
63
241
89.8
0.6
262
322.6
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
5
10
1
4.0
1.3
37
29.8
Listeriosis
1
7
0
3
0
2
3
1
17
8
20
15.4
1.1
72
64.8
STEC, VTEC||
0
1
0
4
6
0
4
3
18
17
52
35.4
0.5
81
104.6
Salmonellosis
82
891
129
679
175
62
559
333
2,910
2,064
2,411
2,254.6
1.3
11,916
8,806.6
Shigellosis
4
35
17
10
15
2
16
29
128
133
118
153.4
0.8
548
665.2
Typhoid
0
5
0
2
2
0
6
1
16
18
34
20.2
0.8
95
88.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1.8
0.0
3
3.6
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§,**
296
4,454
628
4,611
1,026
447
3,691
3,684
18,837
19,486
15,344
12,827.0
1.5
78,302
52,392.6
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.8
0.0
1
5.0
Gonococcal infection**
18
534
493
651
122
3
413
475
2,709
2,615
1,925
1,894.8
1.4
10,512
8,004.4
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
2
82
11
40
2
2
60
36
235
242
285
267.6
0.9
1,060
1,114.8
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
5
32
22
30
NDP
0
139
17
245
320
333
329.6
0.7
1,192
1,343.2
Syphilis – congenital**
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2.2
0.0
3
9.2
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
1
2
0
0
3
2
8
8
1
4.8
1.7
25
20.0
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
17
500
229
1,377
1,085
27
348
651
4,234
7,947
827
790.2
5.4
13,414
17,297.6
Measles
0
0
0
5
1
0
3
1
10
30
10
4.8
2.1
69
63.4
Mumps
0
9
1
8
0
0
3
8
29
17
30
89.4
0.3
89
310.2
Pertussis
482
4,935
98
2,810
2,659
93
2,867
624
14,568
9,026
7,031
3,964.0
3.7
34,407
13,971.0
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
5
114
20
66
39
14
84
55
397
616
336
329.0
1.2
1,653
1,575.4
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.3
Rubella
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
12
3
6.2
0.5
42
37.0
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.6
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.8
0.0
2
3.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
0
NN
29
101
110
5
124
135
504
500
421
605.8
0.8
1,588
1,692.0
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
12
NN
34
14
301
56
144
232
793
626
632
543.5
1.5
2,868
1,919.3
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
20
NN
0
1,019
80
17
549
247
1,932
1,824
1,820
1,324.8
1.5
7,182
4,788.5
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
1
7
7
0
0
5
0
20
4
3
4.6
4.3
30
27.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
70
15
227
24
0
48
17
402
222
293
351.6
1.1
1,461
1,745.4
Dengue virus infection
2
73
9
99
11
3
47
206
450
313
108
96.0
4.7
1,171
538.4
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.2
Kunjin virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
2
1.6
Malaria
0
31
2
47
0
3
8
17
108
105
94
130.2
0.8
409
642.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
1.8
Ross River virus infection
2
141
71
344
192
3
64
179
996
570
794
839.8
1.2
5,089
4,539.8
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1
0.4
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
5
0
0
0
0
5
7
9
12.2
0.4
22
41.6
Leptospirosis
0
2
0
20
1
1
6
2
32
30
14
20.6
1.6
125
128.0
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
4
0
0
0
0
21
1
26
8
13
25.8
1.0
53
117.8
Q fever
0
23
1
38
1
0
2
1
66
71
70
92.6
0.7
306
379.6
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
20
1
7
11
4
9
28
80
66
63
82.4
1.0
288
312.0
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2.0
1.0
9
9.0
Meningococcal infection§§
0
20
1
11
6
2
11
5
56
72
63
75.2
0.7
229
312.0
Tuberculosis
3
101
11
55
18
2
148
30
368
338
443
355.8
1.0
1,283
1,195.2
Total
1,189
13,769
2,011
14,521
6,793
1,033
12,848
8,362
60,526
57,076
43,027
214,670

* Newly acquired hepatitis includes cases where the infection was determined to be acquired within 24 months prior to diagnosis.

† Unspecified hepatitis and syphilis includes cases where the duration of infection could not be determined.

‡ In Queensland, includes incident hepatitis cases.

§ 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 Western Australia, exclude ocular infections.

** In the national case definitions for chlamydial, gonococcal and syphilis infections the mode of transmission cannot be inferred from the site of infection. Transmission (especially in children) may be by a non-sexual mode (e.g. perinatal infections, epidemic gonococcal conjunctivitis).

†† Ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last 5 years for the same quarter. Ratios for varicella zoster (chickenpox), varicella zoster (shingles) and varicella zoster (unspecified) are based on 3 years of data.

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

§§ 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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