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There were 24,064 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 July and 30 September 2001 (Table 2). Figure 1 illustrates, for selected diseases, the third quarter 2001 totals as ratios to the mean of the third quarters for the previous 5 years. A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 3.
The following table displays notification rates of diseases by State or Territory, 1 July to 30 September 2001. (Rate per 100,000 population). If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.
Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by State or Territory, 1 July to 30 September 2001. (Rate per 100,000 population)
Disease1 |
State or Territory | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | NSW | NT | Qld | SA | Tas | Vic | WA | ||
Bloodborne diseases |
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| Hepatitis B (incident) | 0.0 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
7.7 |
3.3 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified) | 20.5 |
54.9 |
NN |
20.9 |
16.5 |
5.1 |
46.4 |
24.5 |
38.5 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 3.8 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
NN |
3.2 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 79.4 |
91.6 |
106.0 |
82.6 |
41.1 |
82.5 |
123.2 |
73.2 |
91.8 |
| Hepatitis D | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Gastrointestinal disease |
|||||||||
| Botulism | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Campylobacterosis2 | 131.9 |
- |
148.8 |
118.4 |
179.9 |
131.9 |
111.4 |
149.3 |
128.9 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 3.8 |
1.4 |
40.8 |
6.6 |
2.7 |
NDR |
7.3 |
3.2 |
4.6 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Hepatitis A | 5.1 |
3.4 |
22.4 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 1.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Salmonellosis | 20.5 |
15.8 |
138.6 |
29.7 |
34.9 |
8.5 |
16.6 |
34.2 |
23.0 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
1.5 |
46.9 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
5.9 |
2.6 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
Quarantinable diseases |
|||||||||
| Cholera | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
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 |
| 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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Sexually transmissible infections |
|||||||||
| Chlamydial infection | 119.1 |
64.5 |
684.7 |
148.3 |
85.0 |
97.0 |
82.7 |
128.0 |
100.5 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
14.3 |
0.1 |
NN |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 11.5 |
16.2 |
802.9 |
30.2 |
6.9 |
5.1 |
20.6 |
55.9 |
30.8 |
| Syphilis5 | 2.6 |
8.7 |
224.1 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
4.3 |
0.4 |
7.0 |
6.4 |
Vaccine preventable diseases |
|||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Influenza | 9.0 |
7.8 |
77.4 |
39.5 |
22.4 |
NDR |
13.3 |
34.2 |
19.8 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Mumps | 0.0 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
| Pertussis | 25.6 |
73.2 |
73.4 |
44.7 |
153.8 |
34.9 |
16.8 |
5.9 |
51.8 |
| Pneumococcal disease | 7.7 |
10.3 |
65.2 |
18.9 |
NDR |
NDR |
11.0 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella6 | 0.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
5.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
| Tetanus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Vectorborne diseases |
|||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0.0 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0 |
3.1 |
20.4 |
7.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
2.9 |
| Dengue | 9.0 |
0.8 |
16.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
| Japanese encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Kunjin virus infection | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 6.4 |
2.1 |
24.5 |
6.8 |
3.7 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
3.1 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 0.0 |
1.8 |
26.5 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
Zoonoses |
|||||||||
| Anthrax | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NN |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Brucellosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
| Other lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Q fever | 1.3 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
9.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 1.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 3.8 |
4.9 |
6.1 |
5.3 |
2.7 |
10.2 |
4.0 |
8.4 |
5.0 |
| Tuberculosis | 1.3 |
2.8 |
26.5 |
0.8 |
5.3 |
1.7 |
5.6 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
1. Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
2. Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Qld, South Australia, Vic and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
NDR No data received.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 50 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia and the National Public Health Partnership. Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6-7.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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