Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. These data have been published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains data on notifiable diseases reported from each state or territory for the reporting period 24 June to 21 July 1998.

Page last updated: 13 September 1998

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There were 3,831 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for this four week period, 24 June to 21 July 1998 (Tables 1 and 2). The numbers of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 4).

There were 2,207 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) this four week period, 18 June to 15 July (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 25 to 27 ending 12 July 1998 are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 24 June 1998 to 21 July 1998

Disease1,2
ACT NSW* NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1998* This period 1997 Year to date 1998* Year to date 1997
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
5
20
28
Measles
3
10
0
0
1
6
8
2
30
66
271
309
Mumps
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
6
17
90
116
Pertussis
0
58
8
72
39
4
59
12
252
519
4,084
4,067
Rubella3
5
2
0
20
0
3
6
6
42
72
412
783
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
6

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1986.
2. 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.
3. Includes congenital rubella.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 24 June 1998 to 21 July 1998 (diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1)

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW* NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1998* This period 1997 Year to date 19984, * Year to date 1997
Arbovirus infection (NEC)5
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
4
62
103
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
2
0
15
0
0
0
1
18
24
376
489
Brucellosis
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
4
1
23
17
Campylobacteriosis4,6
21
-
13
354
143
25
41
82
679
773
4,616
6,333
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)7
13
NN
70
307
70
20
8
130
618
646
5,818
5,203
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
Dengue
1
2
0
53
0
0
0
0
56
2
346
192
Donovanosis
0
NN
1
0
NN
0
0
0
1
1
21
17
Gonococcal infection8
1
40
96
103
15
2
38
52
347
353
2,970
2,588
Hepatitis A
2
47
1
116
9
3
7
15
200
187
1,801
1,953
Hepatitis B incident4
0
4
0
3
1
1
9
0
18
15
112
140
Hepatitis C incident9
1
0
0
-
0
0
-
-
1
8
65
45
Hepatitis C unspecified4
23
NN
19
207
NN
17
37
76
379
653
3,094
5,300
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
4
13
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
4
5
22
24
Legionellosis
0
4
2
4
9
0
4
2
25
8
153
98
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
10
0
0
1
0
14
9
96
75
Listeriosis
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
3
34
48
Malaria
2
5
2
71
0
1
4
1
86
76
477
484
Meningococcal infection
1
16
0
12
3
1
1
5
39
57
184
222
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
20
35
Q fever
0
8
0
21
3
0
1
2
35
51
301
348
Ross River virus infection
0
4
2
50
1
1
1
4
63
207
2,311
6,175
Salmonellosis (NEC)
6
28
26
363
41
8
30
25
527
293
4,886
4,518
Shigellosis6
0
-
9
8
5
0
5
3
30
41
373
502
Syphilis10
1
26
18
62
1
1
0
1
110
89
742
721
Tuberculosis
2
9
5
6
4
1
18
2
47
73
524
576
Typhoid11
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
48
49
Yersiniosis (NEC)6
0
-
0
5
0
0
1
0
6
11
151
159

1. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 6 and 7.
2. 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.
3. No notifications have been received during 1998 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
5. NT: includes Barmah Forest virus.
6. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
7. WA: genital only
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Qld, Vic and WA incident cases of Hepatitis C are not separately reported.
10. Includes congenital syphilis
11. NSW, Qld, Vic: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Figure 4. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, * and historical data1

Figure 4. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, * and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.
2. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
* Data from NSW are incomplete for the period 8 July to 21 July 1998, as three Public Health Units were unable to provide data.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 18 June 1998 to 15 July 1998, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1998
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
1
1
1
3
39
Mumps virus
1
1
3
5
22
Rubella virus
1
1
63
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
6
3
2
9
20
252
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
3
5
8
529
Barmah Forest virus
1
1
22
Dengue not typed
2
1
3
23
Kunjin virus
1
1
5
Flavivirus (unspecified)
2
2
44
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
1
1
2
15
Adenovirus type 2
4
4
15
Adenovirus type 3
1
1
21
Adenovirus type 7
1
1
14
Adenovirus type 11
1
1
1
Adenovirus not typed/pending
1
22
1
1
29
1
10
65
420
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
14
11
13
7
45
429
Varicella-zoster virus
13
15
29
24
81
715
Epstein-Barr virus
34
1
37
8
20
100
990
Other DNA viruses
Contagious pustular dermatitis
(Orf virus)
1
1
7
Parvovirus
1
6
18
2
27
114
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
2
2
5
Coxsackievirus B2
1
1
3
Coxsackievirus B3
1
1
7
Coxsackievirus B5
1
1
2
Echovirus type 5
1
1
1
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
2
2
4
Rhinovirus (all types)
27
4
2
22
55
273
Enterovirus not typed/pending
6
1
1
1
32
41
280
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
178
1
246
44
98
567
1,075
Influenza A virus H3N2
2
2
2
Influenza B virus
19
1
20
109
Influenza virus - typing pending
1
1
1

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 18 June 1998 to 15 July 1998

State or Territory
Laboratory Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
247
  New Children's Hospital, Westmead
379
  Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
1
  South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
251
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
562
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
17
Victoria Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
30
  Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
180
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
498
  Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
42
Total  
2,207

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 25 to 27, 1998

Week number
25 26 27
Week ending on
28 June 1998 5 July 1998 12 July 1998
Doctors reporting 50 54 55
Total encounters 6,934 7,137 7,155
Condition Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
128
18.5
164
23.0
127
17.7
Rubella
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
16
2.3
9
1.3
10
1.4
Pertussis
2
0.3
2
0.3
0
0.0
HIV testing (patient initiated)
10
1.4
13
1.8
8
1.1
HIV testing (doctor initiated)
6
0.9
1
0.1
8
1.1
Td (ADT) vaccine
23
3.3
27
3.8
31
4.3
Pertussis vaccination
19
2.7
44
6.2
41
5.7
Reaction to pertussis vaccine
0
0.0
2
0.3
1
0.1
Ross River virus infection
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Gastroenteritis
74
10.7
70
9.8
65
9.1

The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:4-5.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:8.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance. CDI reports the consultation rates for all of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:5-6.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 22 No 8, 6 August 1998.

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