Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 5, 13 May 1999 contains tables of notifiable diseases data.

Page last updated: 18 May 1999

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There were 5,560 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 31 March to 27 April 1999 (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 3).

There were 1,403 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 25 March to 21 April 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 13 to 16, ending 25 April 1999, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Figure 3. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports and historical data1

Figure 3. 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.

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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 31 March to 27 April 1999

Disease1,2
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
13
7
Measles
3
0
0
2
1
0
32
7
45
24
141
124
Mumps
0
1
0
3
0
0
7
3
14
14
42
62
Pertussis
6
43
0
17
8
1
64
2
141
350
1,112
3,014
Rubella3
3
1
0
7
2
2
7
2
24
44
109
223
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2

NN. Not Notifiable
1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
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.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 31 March to 27 April 1999

Disease1,2,3,4
 ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 1999 Year to date 19985
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
4
11
62
28
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
21
0
46
0
0
2
4
73
67
248
247
Brucellosis
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
2
8
16
Campylobacteriosis6
22
-
14
207
144
21
208
83
699
675
4,137
3,724
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection (NEC)7
2
NN
46
271
61
16
225
127
748
765
4,155
3,195
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Dengue
0
1
0
11
1
0
0
1
14
42
138
227
Donovanosis
0
NN
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
2
5
19
Gonococcal infection8
1
60
60
66
17
0
58
67
329
400
1,757
1,594
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome9
NN
1
NN
0
0
0
NN
0
1
3
10
5
Hepatitis A
0
23
2
33
7
2
4
8
79
204
575
1,046
Hepatitis B incident
0
0
1
4
1
0
6
5
17
30
98
98
Hepatitis B unspecified10
7
140
0
69
0
3
63
10
292
453
1,886
2,250
Hepatitis C incident
3
2
0
-
2
0
1
3
11
16
95
80
Hepatitis C unspecified5,10
22
321
15
206
58
24
493
52
1,191
1,533
6,312
7,109
Hepatitis (NEC)11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
2
7
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
2
9
11
Legionellosis
1
3
0
1
1
0
9
4
19
18
111
73
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Leptospirosis
0
3
0
47
0
0
1
0
51
8
149
46
Listeriosis
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
15
23
Malaria
1
9
1
22
0
1
9
2
45
30
268
192
Meningococcal infection
0
10
1
2
0
2
6
2
23
25
115
72
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
0
1
1
11
0
13
3
29
9
Q fever
0
6
0
14
0
0
2
0
22
42
149
167
Ross River virus infection
1
135
3
517
4
20
27
58
765
438
2,696
1,542
Salmonellosis (NEC)
3
132
38
236
59
24
129
80
701
689
3,772
3,280
Shigellosis6
1
-
13
12
7
0
8
4
45
41
225
221
SLTEC, VTEC12
NN
0
NN
NN
1
0
NN
NN
1
1
11
5
Syphilis13
0
29
26
41
0
0
0
1
97
89
569
410
TTP14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tuberculosis
0
26
1
5
1
4
35
3
75
86
450
406
Typhoid15
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
7
21
42
Yersiniosis (NEC)6
0
-
0
7
1
0
3
0
11
16
68
100

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 2.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 7 and 8.
3. 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.
4. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
5. Data from Victoria for 1998 are incomplete.
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. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
10. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
11. Includes hepatitis D and E.
12. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
13. Includes congenital syphilis.
14. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
15. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.


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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 25 March to 21 April 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in CDI in 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
 
 
 
 
3
 
46
4
53
101
Mumps virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
18
Rubella virus
 
1
 
 
3
 
2
 
6
27
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
 
 
7
8
10
 
 
13
38
149
Hepatitis D virus
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
1
2
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
 
5
4
99
10
 
8
48
174
743
Barmah Forest virus
 
2
1
14
 
 
1
3
21
55
Dengue not typed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
4
21
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
1
Kunjin virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
2
Flavivirus (unspecified)
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
2
13
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 1
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
 
2
12
Adenovirus type 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
7
Adenovirus type 3
 
 
 
 
2
 
2
 
4
17
Adenovirus type 5
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
2
3
Adenovirus type 37
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
8
Adenovirus type 40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
20
Adenovirus not typed/pending
 
3
 
3
58
 
4
12
80
441
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
 
 
 
10
81
 
8
11
110
421
Varicella-zoster virus
 
2
2
10
44
1
21
15
95
615
Epstein-Barr virus
 
2
3
28
174
 
7
32
246
975
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Parvovirus
 
 
 
2
4
 
12
4
22
136
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 2
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
1
2
Echovirus type 6
 
2
 
 
1
 
 
 
3
12
Echovirus type 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Echovirus type 9
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
20
Echovirus type 11
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
30
Echovirus type 22
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
12
Echovirus type 30
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
19
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
1
10
Rhinovirus (all types)
 
 
 
 
10
 
2
3
15
128
Enterovirus not typed/pending
 
 
3
1
 
 
3
30
37
264
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
 
1
 
1
25
 
2
4
33
227
Influenza A virus H3N2
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
2
3
Influenza B virus
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
1
10
38
Parainfluenza virus type 1
 
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
7
16
Parainfluenza virus type 2
 
1
 
 
6
 
 
1
8
16
Parainfluenza virus type 3
 
 
 
 
23
 
2
5
30
278
Respiratory syncytial virus
 
1
 
12
25
 
1
21
60
333
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
6
Rotavirus
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
24
25
311
Calicivirus
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
1
Norwalk agent
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
30
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
 
4
5
29
76
2
 
34
150
948
Chlamydia psittaci
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
10
30
Chlamydia species
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
2
5
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 
 
3
9
24
 
33
1
70
452
Mycoplasma hominis
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
2
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
 
 
 
4
 
 
2
1
7
55
Bordetella pertussis
 
1
 
5
 
 
32
 
38
209
Legionella pneumophila
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
1
6
Legionella longbeachae
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
1
3
23
Cryptococcus species
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
3
Total
 
39
28
239
604
3
210
280
1,403
7,278

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 25 March to 21 April 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 		18
10
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital 		243
18
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 604
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston 3
Victoria Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield 		68
141
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
Western Diagnostic Pathology 		209
33
56
Total   1,403

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 13 to 16, 1999

Week number
13 14 15 16
Week ending on
4 April 1999
11 April 1999
18 April 1999
25 April 1999
Doctors reporting
50
49
51
49
Total encounters
5411
5993
6817
6563
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
11
2.0
16
2.7
14
2.1
13
2.0
Rubella
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
0
0.0
1
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
8
1.5
15
2.5
11
1.6
6
0.9
New diagnosis of asthma
8
1.5
17
2.8
8
1.2
5
0.8
Post operative wound sepsis
10
1.8
3
0.5
8
1.2
5
0.8
Gastroenteritis
30
5.5
62
10.3
68
10.0
46
7.0


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 1999;23:58.

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 1999;23:58.

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 in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:55-56.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 5, 13 May 1999.

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