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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 24,853 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 October and 31 December 2001 (Table 2).

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction, 1 October to 31 December 2001

Disease	Data received from:*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	All jurisdiction, except NT
Hepatitis C (incident)	All jurisdictions except Queensland
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D	All jurisdictions
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	All jurisdictions
Campylobacteriosis	All jurisdictions except NSW
Cryptosporidiosis	All jurisdictions
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis A	All jurisdictions
Hepatitis E	All jurisdictions
Listeriosis	All jurisdictions
Salmonellosis	All jurisdictions
Shigellosis	All jurisdictions
SLTEC,VTEC	All jurisdictions
Typhoid	All jurisdictions
Quarantinable
Cholera	All jurisdictions
Plague	All jurisdictions
Rabies	All jurisdictions
Viral haemorrhagic fever	All jurisdictions
Yellow fever	All jurisdictions
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chlamydial infection	All jurisdictions
Donovanosis	All jurisdictions except SA
Gonococcal infection	All jurisdictions
Syphilis	All jurisdictions
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	All jurisdictions
Haemophilus influenzae type b	All jurisdictions
Influenza	All jurisdictions
Measles	All jurisdictions
Mumps	All jurisdictions
Pertussis	All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease	All jurisdictions
Poliomyelitis	All jurisdictions
Rubella	All jurisdictions
Tetanus	All jurisdictions
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC	All jurisdictions
Barmah Forest virus infection	All jurisdictions
Dengue	All jurisdictions
Japanese encephalitis	All jurisdictions
Kunjin	All jurisdictions except ACT†
Malaria	All jurisdictions
Murray Valley encephalitis	All jurisdictions†
Ross River virus infection	All jurisdictions
Zoonoses
Anthrax	All jurisdictions except SA
Australian bat lyssavirus	All jurisdictions
Brucellosis	All jurisdictions
Leptospirosis	All jurisdictions
Ornithosis	All jurisdictions
Other lyssaviruses (NEC)	All jurisdictions
Q fever	All jurisdictions
Other diseases
Legionellosis	All jurisdictions
Leprosy	All jurisdictions
Meningococcal infection	All jurisdictions
Tuberculosis	All jurisdictions

* Jurisdictions not yet reporting on diseases either because legislation has not yet made some diseases notifiable in that jurisdiction or data are not yet being reported to the Commonwealth
† In the Australian Capital Territory, infections with Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis

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

Disease	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA	Total 4th quarter 20011	Total 3rd quarter 20011	Total 4th quarter 20001	Last five years mean 4th quarter	Year to date 2001	Last 5 years YTD mean	Ratio†
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	0	25	1	7	6	2	23	8	72	116	83	67	402	289	1.1
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	12	1,021	NN	170	60	2	484	86	1,835	2,333	2,003	1,696	8,141	7,137	1.1
Hepatitis C (incident)	2	28	0	NN	15	0	5	41	91	137	99	77	536	266	1.2
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	57	1,177	55	713	139	89	1,297	200	3,727	4,129	4,491	4,267	15,898	17,813	0.9
Hepatitis D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	12	7	21	18	0.6
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0.0
Campylobacteriosis2	116	-	63	1,016	928	231	1,532	807	4,693	4,214	3,748	3,693	16,062	12,675	1.3
Cryptosporidiosis‡	0	54	42	151	12	61	76	49	445	243	232	N/A	1,612	N/A	N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	4	5	11	0.2
Hepatitis A	6	79	5	24	6	1	25	9	155	150	131	372	530	1,999	0.4
Hepatitis E	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	10	5	0.7
Listeriosis	0	3	0	5	1	0	2	3	14	15	16	15	62	65	0.9
Salmonellosis	22	435	95	628	158	33	275	179	1,825	1,189	1,543	1,632	7,075	6,732	1.1
Shigellosis	1	18	21	25	8	0	17	27	117	132	122	149	564	620	0.8
SLTEC,VTEC3	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	2	11	7	6	7	46	23	1.5
Typhoid	0	7	0	3	1	0	3	1	15	20	12	15	79	71	1.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	0.0
Plague	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
Viral haemorrhagic fever	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
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chlamydial infection	80	1,024	314	1,324	347	88	1,053	680	4,910	5,066	4,413	3,042	20,052	11,991	1.6
Donovanosis	0	0	2	2	NN	0	0	2	6	10	2	6	29	31	1.0
Gonococcal infection4	3	320	374	226	27	6	207	376	1,539	1,583	1,137	1,191	6,371	5,123	1.3
Syphilis5	6	135	120	14	6	7	1	35	324	352	439	384	1,320	1,655	0.8
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	7	8	25	41	0.2
Influenza‡	3	40	32	34	34	0	10	47	200	1,005	55	N/A	1,317	N/A	N/A
Measles	1	2	0	1	1	0	22	10	37	16	26	116	139	393	0.3
Mumps	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	19	35	37	112	179	0.4
Pertussis	15	1,336	70	695	570	45	351	128	3,210	3,028	1,846	2,250	9,339	6,281	1.4
Pneumococcal disease‡	3	105	20	79	25	19	94	43	388	651	164	N/A	1,622	N/A	N/A
Rubella6	1	13	0	44	3	0	13	1	75	70	142	321	258	1,078	0.2
Tetanus	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	3	5	1.3
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	9	37	54	0.0
Barmah Forest virus infection	0	51	0	91	0	0	3	14	159	140	172	124	1,138	674	1.3
Dengue	1	13	3	3	0	0	2	4	26	47	11	70	180	231	0.4
Japanese encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Kunjin virus infection	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	2	N/A	N/A
Malaria	0	40	11	52	4	1	14	8	130	160	176	146	698	789	0.9
Murray Valley encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	3	N/A	N/A
Ross River virus infection	0	35	12	94	14	1	7	21	184	160	514	530	3,223	5,250	0.3
Zoonoses
Anthrax‡	0	0	0	0	NN	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Australian bat lyssavirus‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Brucellosis	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	10	13	19	40	0.3
Leptospirosis	0	12	3	9	1	2	14	1	42	41	65	56	240	220	0.7
Other lyssavirus‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	N/A	N/A
Ornithosis	1	9	0	0	6	0	18	3	0	25	40	28	131	74	0.0
Q fever	0	39	0	99	5	0	6	6	155	141	146	139	671	559	1.1
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	0	16	1	6	14	0	22	17	76	60	85	66	292	268	1.1
Leprosy	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	7	0.7
Meningococcal infection	0	30	3	34	18	9	40	14	148	242	168	130	672	509	1.1
Tuberculosis	3	73	4	6	2	2	77	12	179	241	259	252	887	991	0.7
Total	333	6,149	1,251	5,563	2,419	599	5,701	2,838	24,853	25,767	22,430	20,927	99,833	84,170	1.2

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. Not reported for NSW 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, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of notification = a composite of three dates: (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 authority.
† Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of the same reporting period in last 5 years calculated as described above.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001 only.
NA Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 1, March 2002