Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables NNDSS

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 2, June 2002 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 12 July 2002

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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 24,806 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 January and 31 March 2002 (Table 2). The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 3.

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction (1st quarter 2002)

Disease
Data received from:
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident) All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified) All jurisdiction, except NT
Hepatitis C (incident) All jurisdictions except Qld and NT
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 diseases
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 bacterial infections
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.


Top of pageTable 2. Notifications received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 January to 31 March 2002, by date of notification*

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 1st quarter 20021 Total 4th quarter 2001 Total 1st quarter 2001 Last five years mean 1st quarter Ratio†
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
15
2
12
3
5
35
11
83
72
96
84
1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
18
656
NN
182
39
10
443
96
1,444
1,835
1,487
1,759
0.8
Hepatitis C (incident)
2
21
0
NN
9
1
14
32
79
91
82
88
0.9
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
48
930
42
773
131
108
1,167
201
3,400
3,727
4,309
5,006
0.7
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
5
4
0.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis2
95
_
51
949
626
188
1,234
553
3,696
4,693
3,394
3,151
1.2
Cryptosporidiosis
21
136
108
1,634
33
7
85
70
2,094
445
255
N/A
N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
2
4
0.5
Hepatitis A
3
50
9
29
3
2
34
7
137
155
96
581
0.2
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0.8
Listeriosis
0
2
0
5
0
0
2
5
14
14
21
22
0.6
Salmonellosis
35
683
128
1,076
131
62
404
246
2,765
1,825
2,180
2,536
1.1
Shigellosis
0
13
33
22
12
0
16
40
136
117
116
171
0.8
SLTEC,VTEC3
0
0
0
1
12
0
0
3
16
11
16
11
1.5
Typhoid
0
9
0
5
1
0
10
4
29
15
33
27
1.1
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1.3
Plague
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
Viral haemorrhagic fever
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
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chlamydial infection
125
1,067
286
1,494
383
110
1,200
745
5,410
4,910
4,696
3,495
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
5
3
NN
0
0
0
8
6
2
6
1.3
Gonococcal infection4
4
310
373
238
21
5
194
334
1,479
1,539
1,457
1,432
1.0
Syphilis5
4
96
90
20
3
3
1
40
257
324
278
390
0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
3
1
3
1
0
2
0
10
2
5
7
1.4
Influenza
1
11
4
24
4
0
43
20
107
200
12
N/A
N/A
Measles
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
6
37
70
82
0.1
Mumps
0
5
0
2
1
0
6
2
16
13
31
43
0.4
Pertussis
15
505
29
555
183
22
231
85
1,625
3,210
1,217
1,464
1.1
Pneumococcal disease
0
77
11
33
15
6
61
39
242
388
87
N/A
N/A
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Rubella6
0
7
1
34
2
0
7
2
53
75
55
153
0.3
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1.1
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
3
0
3
0
0
1
0
7
0
9
24
0.3
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
63
12
124
3
0
36
13
251
159
324
239
1.0
Dengue
1
15
18
24
2
2
7
4
73
26
33
107
0.7
Japanese encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
Malaria
3
40
8
57
1
2
19
12
142
130
230
251
0.6
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
2
N/A
N/A
Ross River virus infection
0
40
32
427
23
37
9
55
623
184
1,577
2,131
0.3
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
Brucellosis
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
13
4
6
7
1.8
Leptospirosis
0
11
1
45
0
0
4
1
62
42
70
63
1.0
Other lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
37
0
N/A
N/A
Ornithosis
0
3
0
2
2
0
5
1
13
0
29
17
0.8
Q fever
0
51
1
87
2
0
11
6
158
155
169
139
1.1
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
14
0
5
7
0
22
6
54
76
65
67
0.8
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1.4
Meningococcal infection
4
32
2
20
8
4
35
9
114
148
128
85
1.3
Tuberculosis
1
76
2
9
11
0
63
13
175
179
163
252
0.7
Total
380
4,947
1,249
7,911
1,673
575
5,409
2,660
24,804
24,853
22,812
24,031
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. 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, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: 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 quarter total to mean of the same reporting period over the last 5 years calculated as described above.
N/A Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not elsewhere classified.
- Elsewhere classified.


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