A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. There were 25,857 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 October and 31 December 2003 (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
Disease |
Data received from: |
---|---|
Bloodborne diseases |
|
Hepatitis B (incident) | All jurisdictions |
Hepatitis B (unspecified) | All jurisdictions except NT |
Hepatitis C (incident) | All jurisdictions except Qld |
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 infections |
|
Chlamydial infection | All jurisdictions |
Donovanosis | All jurisdictions |
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 except ACT* |
Ross River virus infection | All jurisdictions |
Zoonoses |
|
Anthrax | All jurisdictions |
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 |
* In the Australian Capital Territory, Murray Valley encephalitis virus and Kunjin are combined under Murray Valley encephalitis.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Volume 28 No 1, March 2004.
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