Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - NNDSS

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 4, December 2002 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 18 December 2002

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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

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