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A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 22,527 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 July and 30 September 2002

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction

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
Hepatitis NEC	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 of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 July to September 2002, by date of notification*

Disease	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic†	WA	Total 3rd quarter 20021	Total 2nd quarter 20021	Total 3rd quarter 20011	Last five years mean 3rd quarter	Year to date 2002	Last 5 years YTD mean	Ratio‡
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)	0	27	4	12	4	5	2	3	57	122	119	91	276	254	0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)	26	863	NN	166	56	18	465	95	1,689	1,937	2,235	1,948	5,541	5,511	0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)	1	18	-	-	5	16	4	24	68	96	161	95	284	281	0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)	62	1,617	49	721	131	99	916	289	3,884	4,323	4,932	4,697	12,777	14,059	0.8
Hepatitis D	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	6	3	4	14	12	1.3
Hepatitis (NEC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Campylobacterosis2	77	NN	63	889	623	127	884	412	3,075	3,199	4,212	3,380	10,074	9,541	0.9
Cryptosporidiosis	1	21	19	51	35	16	52	40	235	617	236	N/A	2,963	N/A	N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	7	8	0.5
Hepatitis A	0	25	18	8	3	1	13	11	79	81	149	359	306	1,357	0.2
Hepatitis E	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	1	11	7	2.9
Listeriosis	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	10	20	15	14	44	50	0.7
Salmonellosis	10	265	52	356	91	19	186	118	1,097	2,028	1,173	1,081	6,003	5,301	1.0
Shigellosis	0	22	19	19	4	1	16	20	101	130	126	120	379	460	0.8
SLTEC, VTEC3	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	12	12	7	6	40	26	2.0
Typhoid	0	2	0	1	1	0	5	4	13	9	19	14	56	53	0.9
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3	3	2.0
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	113	1,325	376	1,679	396	127	123	705	4,844	6,079	5,047	3,615	16,698	10,704	1.3
Donovanosis	0	0	1	2	NN	0	0	0	3	4	12	9	16	26	0.3
Gonococcal infection4	5	276	435	223	43	3	79	311	1,375	1,685	1,518	1,323	4,630	4,233	1.0
Syphilis5	2	167	140	105	1	3	43	30	491	480	369	425	1,343	1,217	1.2
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	11	4	10	25	28	0.3
Influenza	11	667	41	944	134	6	341	420	2,564	756	998	N/A	3,445	N/A	N/A
Measles	0	6	0	7	0	0	14	0	27	41	17	77	102	223	0.4
Mumps	0	7	0	0	3	0	1	4	15	20	20	48	54	144	0.3
Pertussis	6	331	3	411	82	4	127	38	1,002	1,175	2,962	2,037	3,984	4,743	0.5
Pneumococcal disease	8	281	25	204	42	19	158	90	827	577	657	N/A	1,701	N/A	N/A
Poliomyelitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Rubella6	1	11	0	64	0	1	0	1	78	52	70	182	186	466	0.4
Tetanus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	34	6	5	104	43	1.2
Barmah Forest virus infection	0	46	4	46	0	0	0	3	99	365	138	100	755	592	1.0
Dengue	2	13	3	10	2	0	0	4	34	67	48	29	188	186	1.2
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	0	N/A	N/A
Malaria	3	16	5	32	5	5	9	3	78	118	161	175	356	614	0.4
Murray Valley encephalitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	N/A	2	N/A	N/A
Ross River virus infection	0	15	1	66	6	0	1	3	92	567	158	212	1,326	3,828	0.4
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	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	8	8	4	13	29	25	0.6
Leptospirosis	0	5	0	7	0	2	0	0	14	44	38	36	128	170	0.4
Other lyssavirus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0	N/A	N/A
Ornithosis	0	59	2	1	1	0	9	1	73	66	29	17	158	56	4.3
Q fever	0	78	0	36	5	0	22	3	144	201	144	141	531	433	1.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis	1	7	1	9	15	0	13	13	59	96	60	47	215	216	1.3
Leprosy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	0.0
Meningococcal infection	1	76	2	45	11	4	65	29	233	167	240	215	512	431	1.1
Tuberculosis	4	66	7	16	5	2	15	11	126	250	251	260	641	762	0.5
Total	335	6,322	1,270	6,139	1,717	478	3,578	2,688	22,527	25,452	26,344	20,793	75,912	66,074	1.1

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.
† The number of notifications received from Victoria this quarter were fewer than expected due to technical difficulties in data transmission.
‡ Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to mean of the same reporting period over the last 5 years calculated as described above.
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 4, December 2002