Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - NNDSS notifications

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 28 May 2001

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There were 22,741 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 January and 31 March 2001 (Table 2). Figure 9 illustrates, for selected diseases, the first quarter 2001 totals as ratios to the mean of the first quarters for the previous 5 years. A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 3. The crude incidence of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 4.

Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 January to 31 March 2001, by date of notification

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 20011 Total 4th quarter 20001 Total 1st quarter 20001 Last 5 years mean 1st quarter Ratio*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
25
2
6
24
4
29
6
96
87
89
76
1.3
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
5
870
NDR
40
52
13
441
66
1,487
2,292
2,020
1,786
0.8
Hepatitis C (incident)
4
29
0
0
29
1
14
5
82
115
160
74
1.1
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
45
1,610
57
858
191
105
1,323
120
4,309
4,615
5,855
4,662
0.9
Hepatitis D
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
12
4
4
1.3
Gastrointestinal disease
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
94
-
67
866
481
138
1,228
520
3,394
3,843
3,198
3,086
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
5
52
112
101
19
0
NDR
18
255
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
8
5
n/a
n/a
Hepatitis A
2
29
6
24
3
3
22
7
96
133
305
704
0.1
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0.0
Listeriosis
0
6
0
7
1
1
6
0
21
15
26
21
1.0
Salmonellosis
29
514
136
705
177
71
343
205
2,180
1,507
2,087
2,466
1.0
Shigellosis3
1
32
36
37
10
2
24
6
116
128
125
184
0.6
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
1
12
0
3
0
16
6
17
n/a
n/a
Typhoid
0
12
0
3
0
1
7
10
33
14
22
28
1.2
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
n/a
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Sexually transmissible diseases‡
Chlamydial infection5
71
961
304
1,398
628
101
795
438
4,696
4,661
4,283
2,982
1.6
Donovanosis
0
0
1
1
NDR
0
0
0
2
2
5
9
0.2
Gonococcal infection6
6
261
311
281
104
4
227
263
1,457
1,239
1,654
1,335
1.1
Syphilis7
2
185
39
36
0
2
0
14
278
490
430
419
0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
5
9
3
9
0.6
Influenza
2
7
7
0
NDR
0
NDR
3
12
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Measles
0
10
0
4
0
1
54
1
70
26
28
95
0.7
Mumps
1
4
0
0
4
0
17
5
31
35
46
44
0.7
Pertussis
20
638
6
219
164
5
138
22
1,217
1,841
939
1,367
0.9
Invasive pneumococcal disease
0
27
16
57
NDR
0
NDR
13
87
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Rubella8
0
22
0
11
2
0
18
2
55
140
45
276
0.2
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
0.5
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
1
0
2
1
0
0
5
0
9
2
27
27
0.3
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
67
21
198
5
0
9
23
324
172
184
252
1.3
Dengue
1
6
17
7
0
0
1
1
33
10
153
103
0.3
Japanese encephalitis
0
-
-
0
-
0
0
0
0
-
-
n/a
n/a
Kunjin virus infection
0
-
-
0
-
0
0
0
0
-
-
n/a
n/a
Malaria
9
41
14
115
6
1
30
14
230
182
273
260
0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
-
-
1
-
0
0
1
2
-
-
n/a
n/a
Ross River virus infection
5
244
181
707
100
9
262
69
1,577
515
2,044
2,874
0.5
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
NDR
0
0
0
0
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
NDR
0
0
0
0
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
6
8
5
9
0.8
Leptospirosis
0
15
0
44
0
1
10
0
70
63
66
61
1.4
Other lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
NDR
0
0
0
0
NDR
NDR
n/a
n/a
Ornithosis
0
NDR
0
NDR
3
0
24
2
29
37
17
15
1.9
Q fever
0
26
0
133
1
0
6
3
169
123
136
131
1.6
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
9
1
11
2
0
38
4
65
88
85
65
1.0
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
0.3
Meningococcal infection
2
61
2
15
4
1
31
12
128
169
93
71
1.8
Tuberculosis
0
55
2
14
0
0
84
8
163
263
280
272
0.6
Total
307
5,714
1,342
5,963
2,024
467
5,196
1,862
22,741
22,945
24,886
23,858
1.0

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.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
n/a Not calculated as only notifiable under 5 years.
NDR No data received. Only notifiable from January 2001. Data are not yet available.
* Ratio = ratio to current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.
‡ Sexually transmitted infections data is currently under review in Victoria, therefore notifications of chlamydia and syphilis for the 1st quarter of 2001 should be interpreted with caution.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 2, April 2001.

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