Summary data for nationally notifiable communicable disease

Summary data for all nationally notifiable communicable diseases is currently not available while the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) is being decommissioned and replaced by a new system.

Access to public datasets is maintained below and a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia’s nationally notifiable diseases is available here and is available at NNDSS Fortnightly summary notes - 2021

For detailed COVID-19 data please visit: Coronavirus (COVID-19) case numbers and statistics.

Public datasets

Record data are available for selected diseases from 2009 onwards and refreshed in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates. These datasets include information not available in the above summary tables.

Influenza (laboratory confirmed)

• Influenza (laboratory confirmed) Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set (Excel 26498 KB)
• Influenza (laboratory confirmed) Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (PDF 976 KB)
• Influenza (laboratory confirmed) Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (Word 55 KB)

Meningococcal disease (invasive)

• Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set (Excel 285 KB)
• Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (PDF 939 KB)
• Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (Word 55 KB)

Pneumococcal disease (invasive)

• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set (Excel 1192 KB)
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (PDF 270 KB)
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (Word 61 KB)

Salmonella

• Salmonella Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set (Excel 3724 KB)
• Salmonella Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (PDF 214 KB)
• Salmonella Surveillance Australia - Public Data Set - Data Caveats (Word 51 KB)

* All Public dataset information is generated annually from 'Snapshot' data captured in June of each year.

Requests for further NNDSS data

If further NNDSS data is required, it may be possible to provide it on special request. Please send an email to NNDSS.datarequests@health.gov.au and you will be sent the request forms and information about the process. Please note that the time it takes to process your request may vary depending on the type(s) of data you request and the necessary approval steps.