Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 5, May 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 15 June 2000

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There were 5,500 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in April 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for weeks 13 to 17 ending 30 April 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 2). The number of reports for selected diseases1 have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using March to May data for the previous 5 years* (Figure 7).

There were 1,138 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 30 April 2000 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 13 to 17, ending 30 April 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Figure 7. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 30 April 2000 with historical data2

Figure 7. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases

1. Selected diseases are chosen each calendar month according to current activity
2. Ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years as defined above

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 April 2000, by date of notification

Disease ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total April 20001 Total March 20001 Total April 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
6
1
1
1
0
0
3
13
27
24
24
91
99
0.5
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
1
75
0
53
0
4
163
46
342
661
607
607
2,304
2,305
0.6
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
3
0
-
0
1
3
6
15
32
37
18
112
63
0.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
10
372
6
230
42
16
440
102
1,218
1,983
1,745
1,315
7,082
5,161
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
3
2
2
6
6
1.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
14
-
8
269
121
20
336
133
901
1,025
861
901
4,098
3,814
1.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
1
0
0
0
0
NN
0
1
3
1
2
6
3
0.5
Hepatitis A
0
11
3
8
8
0
15
20
65
82
112
186
376
910
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0.0
Listeriosis
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
2
7
8
3
5
32
26
1.4
Salmonellosis
4
55
19
154
37
12
82
81
444
711
741
715
2,503
3,149
0.6
Shigellosis3
1
-
13
14
1
1
4
10
44
41
63
62
172
273
0.7
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0
0
NN
3
0
0
NN
3
4
3
2
16
5
1.5
Typhoid
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
7
3
6
26
36
0.7
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
3
0
0
1
0
4
12
10
19
33
102
0.2
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0.0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.0
Chlamydial infection5
28
127
67
298
53
19
250
142
984
1,412
1,242
851
4,864
3,300
1.2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
NN
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
7
17
0.3
Gonococcal infection6
1
38
93
79
12
1
69
92
385
536
517
423
1,905
1,613
0.9
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
Syphilis7
0
24
6
65
0
0
0
3
98
169
169
149
531
577
0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
4
5
17
0.5
Measles
0
4
0
1
6
1
6
2
20
11
25
49
53
218
0.4
Mumps
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
3
8
18
23
14
57
53
0.6
Pertussis
5
54
0
21
8
12
24
0
124
208
205
331
1,019
1,698
0.4
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rubella8
0
1
0
7
0
0
7
0
15
11
26
102
61
495
0.1
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
2
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
4
1
0
0
6
2
13
15
4
6
40
34
2.2
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
9
2
28
0
0
2
2
43
66
109
101
222
366
0.4
Dengue
0
1
10
2
0
0
0
1
14
33
7
13
167
85
1.1
Malaria
2
2
2
40
4
1
3
5
59
93
50
61
318
307
1.0
Ross River virus infection
1
85
15
139
38
2
52
90
422
748
804
854
2,378
3,512
0.5
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
5
10
0.0
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
5
2
3
14
10
0.7
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
10
0
0
0
0
11
37
56
22
78
77
0.5
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
1
0
1
0
2
8
12
7
21
27
0.3
Q fever
0
4
0
32
0
0
3
0
39
60
37
46
182
165
0.8
Other
Legionellosis
0
6
0
2
3
2
108
3
124
28
22
20
207
78
6.2
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
15
0
2
3
0
11
7
38
25
33
27
130
94
1.4
Tuberculosis
0
5
1
1
0
0
22
3
32
76
57
82
264
331
0.4
Total
70
908
250
1466
343
92
1,612
759
5,500
7,186
7,868
7,043
29,389
29,045

1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
# Date of notification = a composite of three components: (i) the true onset date from a clinician, if available, (ii) the date the laboratory test was ordered, or (iii) the date reported to the public health unit.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
na Not applicable.
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities for weeks 13 to 17, by date of report,* April 2000

Week number
13 14 15 16 17 Year to
Week ending on
2 April 2000 9 April 2000 16 April 2000 23 April 2000 30 April 2000 date total
Disease1
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
3
4
7
6
1
103
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
137
131
134
108
80
2,533
Hepatitis C (incident)
13
8
6
6
2
128
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
524
419
517
313
222
7,484
Hepatitis D
0
1
1
0
1
5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
227
231
257
187
214
4,166
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
1
0
5
Hepatitis A
22
17
14
18
20
396
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
Listeriosis
3
4
1
1
2
31
Salmonellosis
169
144
149
103
88
2,587
Shigellosis3
16
4
5
11
13
164
SLTEC,VTEC4
1
0
1
0
0
17
Typhoid
3
0
1
1
1
30
Yersiniosis3
3
4
0
1
0
33
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
1
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
338
267
350
270
218
5,027
Donovanosis
0
0
0
1
0
8
Gonococcal infection6
153
102
133
90
101
1,947
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
38
31
37
25
18
579
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
1
0
0
1
0
5
Measles
2
4
9
3
4
52
Mumps
3
7
4
4
0
61
Pertussis
53
45
44
55
19
1,228
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
4
4
5
1
5
63
Tetanus
1
0
0
0
0
4
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
6
0
5
3
4
34
Barmah Forest virus infection
17
8
12
21
6
231
Dengue
7
1
9
4
8
173
Malaria
23
28
9
17
9
314
Ross River virus infection
172
164
157
145
93
2,444
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
1
1
0
6
Hydatid infection
2
0
1
1
0
14
Leptospirosis
9
6
7
9
4
86
Ornithosis
3
2
3
1
1
31
Q fever
19
13
11
14
4
195
Other
Legionellosis
5
7
7
8
49
154
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
Meningococcal infection
7
6
14
3
14
137
Tuberculosis
25
20
15
13
17
342
Total
2,009
1,683
1,926
1446
1218
30,818

1. 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.
2. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC)
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 30 April 20001

State or Territory
Laboratory
This period Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
0
0
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
69
200
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
62
67
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
0
0
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
22
11
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
0
0
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
366
333
Townsville General Hospital
0
0
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
351
365
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
7
12
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
0
0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
0
3
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
51
101
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
161
238
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
0
0
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
49
0
Western Diagnostic Pathology
0
0
Total  
1,138
1,330

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2000, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 30 April 2000, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 2000 This period 1999 Year to date 20003 Year to date 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
32
15
117
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
6
22
21
Rubella virus
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
9
16
29
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
6
30
55
146
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
4
5
43
62
1
1
0
116
201
642
793
Barmah Forest virus
0
0
1
17
0
0
0
0
18
31
79
75
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
 
34
16
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
10
12
Adenovirus type 37
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
3
8
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
8
0
0
28
1
11
5
53
106
312
355
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
1
11
0
13
25
2
16
1
69
95
383
411
Varicella-zoster virus
1
4
0
25
17
1
9
0
57
126
458
559
Epstein-Barr virus
0
5
0
63
71
0
4
0
143
125
679
798
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
36
87
131
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 
3
1
Echovirus type 11
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
12
6
48
Echovirus type 30
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
 
66
6
Poliovirus type 3 (uncharacterised)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
17
0
0
1
0
1
0
19
23
104
107
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
3
0
6
0
0
115
0
124
62
406
258
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
2
1
0
1
28
0
1
0
33
44
213
160
Influenza B virus
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
6
15
31
43
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
15
0
2
12
0
3
21
53
4
100
13
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
4
24
10
36
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
0
10
22
77
151
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
38
0
9
10
1
19
16
93
116
316
328
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
0
7
0
0
8
0
1
0
16
58
139
214
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
2
17
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
6
39
14
54
42
2
12
5
174
242
1,001
996
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
15
26
28
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
0
1
14
11
0
1
0
27
84
175
368
Mycoplasma hominis
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 
1
4
Rickettsia australis
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
 
1
1
Streptococcus group A
0
2
5
20
0
0
0
0
27
2
136
2
Brucella species
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 
4
2
Bordetella pertussis
0
2
0
3
5
0
3
0
13
26
178
197
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
 
3
12
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
17
14
Legionella species
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
 
1
 
Cryptococcus species
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
6
Leptospira species
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
 
14
 
Treponema pallidum
0
1
15
21
0
0
0
0
37
2
166
8
Toxoplasma gondii
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
4
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
 
5
 
Total
10
165
41
304
351
11
208
48
1,138
1,564
6,006
6,500

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. 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.
- No data received this period.

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 13 to 17, 2000

Week number
13 14 15
Week ending on
2 April 2000 9 April 2000 16 April 2000
Doctors reporting
72
73
77
Total encounters
9,119
9,272
9,691
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
34
3.7
34
3.7
42
4.3
Chickenpox
5
0.5
14
1.5
9
0.9
Gastroenteritis
68
7.5
92
9.9
92
9.5
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
12
1.3
17
1.8
17
1.8
ADT immunisations
66
7.2
50
5.4
51
5.3


Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 13 to 17, 2000, (continued)

Week number
16 17
Week ending on
23 April 2000 30 April 2000
Doctors reporting
70
64
Total encounters
7,617
5,834
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
31
4.1
33
5.7
Chickenpox
9
1.2
14
2.4
Gastroenteritis
76
10.0
56
9.6
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
13
1.7
12
2.1
ADT immunisations
51
6.7
19
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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 2000;24:6.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. 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 2000;24:10.

ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2000. CDI reports the consultation rates for five of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 5, May 2000.

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