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 July to 30 September 2011.

Page last updated: 23 March 2012

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Table 2: Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities, 1 July to 30 September 2011, by date of diagnosis

  State or territory Total 3rd quarter 2011 Total 2nd quarter 2011 Total 3rd quarter 2010 Last 5 years mean 3rd quarter Ratio Year to date 2011 Last 5 years YTD mean
Disease
 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
0.2
Hepatitis B (newly acquired)*
0
10
2
9
1
2
15
6
45
42
61
65.4
0.7
136
201.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†
34
642
34
200
129
10
526
166
1,741
1,665
1,840
1,746.4
1.0
5,076
5,088.8
Hepatitis C (newly acquired)*,‡
3
12
0
NN
8
5
0
28
56
72
79
94.4
0.6
234
290.4
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†
50
864
47
670
102
54
552
252
2,591
2,518
2,901
2,884.6
0.9
7,632
8,609.2
Hepatitis D
0
3
0
2
0
0
5
0
10
11
14
9.2
1.1
31
28.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0.0
0.0
2
0.4
Campylobacteriosis§
126
NN
43
1,314
611
177
1,661
513
4,445
4,070
3,995
3,734.8
1.2
13,353
11,633.6
Cryptosporidiosis
1
62
10
71
13
21
76
33
287
479
249
279.0
1.0
1,394
2,352.4
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
1
3
2.2
1.8
9
11.0
Hepatitis A
0
7
3
8
2
1
6
1
28
32
65
61.8
0.5
104
224.6
Hepatitis E
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
6
10
9
7.0
0.9
31
26.4
Listeriosis
1
3
0
1
1
0
2
2
10
19
7
14.4
0.7
48
53.0
STEC, VTEC||
0
3
0
5
18
0
0
1
27
18
18
16.2
1.7
62
66.8
Salmonellosis
18
489
82
405
168
33
540
285
2,020
2,638
2,076
1,532.2
1.3
9,379
7,173.4
Shigellosis
0
19
5
19
7
2
30
13
95
103
132
143.2
0.7
356
483.0
Typhoid
0
9
1
4
2
0
3
3
22
23
19
19.8
1.1
102
74.8
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
3
0.8
1.3
6
2.0
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
2
0
0.0
0.0
2
0.0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection¶,**
295
5,090
705
4,538
1,299
474
4,828
3,012
20,241
20,495
18,415
14,481.4
1.4
61,198
44,548.8
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.6
0.0
0
2.4
Gonococcal infection**
28
721
465
727
65
4
423
438
2,871
3,134
2,507
1,915.0
1.5
8,907
6,388.8
Syphilis < 2 years duration**
3
103
5
49
5
3
93
25
286
304
246
296.2
1.0
950
925.4
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration**
6
75
10
59
-
5
140
22
317
303
336
350.4
0.9
939
1,017.8
Syphilis – congenital**
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1.0
2.0
6
4.6
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0.0
0.0
4
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
5
7
5.8
0.5
11
16.0
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
179
3,738
197
6,852
3,142
241
1,940
1,113
17,402
4,136
8,181
13,706.4
1.3
24,159
17,624.6
Measles
0
24
1
1
3
0
3
2
34
30
30
9.8
3.5
143
68.8
Mumps
1
11
0
9
1
2
3
5
32
39
21
70.2
0.5
109
193.6
Pertussis
174
3,247
97
2,131
533
42
2,195
1,150
9,569
8,135
9,150
4,930.6
1.9
28,249
12,379.0
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
10
194
46
144
49
18
167
97
725
552
616
600.0
1.2
1,497
1,218.0
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
0.0
0
0.3
Rubella
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
7
14
14
13
12.6
1.1
50
33.4
Rubella – congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.4
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0.6
0.0
3
2.4
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)††
2
NN
72
119
121
9
195
139
657
406
550
496.2
1.3
1,436
1,108.8
Varicella zoster (shingles)††
9
NN
46
21
402
40
252
235
1,005
907
678
497.8
2.0
2,914
1,535.4
Varicella zoster (unspecified)††
28
NN
3
1,007
27
25
650
267
2,007
1,797
1,820
1,321.6
1.5
5,562
3,819.2
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
6
6
5
3.6
1.7
16
13.8
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
65
11
163
15
0
12
23
289
399
221
307.6
0.9
1,521
1,399.4
Dengue virus infection
4
21
2
21
4
1
25
36
114
123
314
120.2
0.9
591
554.2
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
0.0
0
0.2
Kunjin virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.2
0.0
1
1.6
Malaria
1
22
1
30
0
2
26
12
94
92
107
145.8
0.6
302
431.2
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection‡‡
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0.0
0.0
15
1.4
Ross River virus infection
0
58
17
162
44
0
38
57
376
1,019
567
647.6
0.6
4,409
4,163.6
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0.6
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
7
0
0
0
0
8
11
7
10.6
0.8
31
28.0
Leptospirosis
1
5
0
10
1
0
2
0
19
53
32
18.2
1.0
195
105.4
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
1
15
0
20
16
9
22.6
0.9
59
71.2
Q fever
0
32
0
33
3
0
9
1
78
74
73
92.8
0.8
232
282.4
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
3
15
1
5
10
2
9
14
59
102
69
66.6
0.9
240
223.4
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2.0
1.0
4
6.8
Meningococcal infection§§
0
21
0
27
6
5
14
4
77
57
72
101.6
0.8
191
214.2
Tuberculosis
2
87
12
60
14
5
120
36
336
267
357
317.0
1.1
891
869.2
Total
979
15,665
1,919
18,889
6,808
1,184
14,587
8,001
68,032
54,200
55,880
182,793

* 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 notifiable in New South Wales.

|| 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 4 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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