Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 1, 20 January 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 25 January 2000

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There were 3,874 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 8 December 1999 to 4 January 2000 (Tables 1 and 2). The number of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 8).

There were 1,145 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 2 to 29 December 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 49 to 51, ending 26 December 1999, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 8 December 1999 to 4 January 2000

Disease1
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA* This period 1999 This period 1998 Full year 19992 Full year 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
40
35
Measles
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
5
9
235
306
Mumps
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
2
7
12
178
183
Pertussis
9
74
0
44
7
87
82
1
304
293
4,403
6,432
Rubella3
2
0
1
5
0
0
6
0
14
23
379
772
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
7

1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
2. 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.
3. Includes congenital rubella.
* Data for 2000 not available this period.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 8 December 1999 to 4 January 2000

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA* Tas Vic WA* This period 1999 This period 1998 Full year 19994 Full year 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
71
81
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
5
0
17
0
0
2
6
30
33
629
558
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
2
54
45
Campylobacteriosis5
16
-
6
199
129
34
218
86
688
1,087
12,723
13,449
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6
11
76
20
287
69
13
130
92
698
847
13,782
11,520
Cholera
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
4
Dengue
0
0
5
4
0
0
0
0
9
55
181
557
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
1
1
0
18
31
Gonococcal infection7
1
24
23
86
15
3
29
56
237
408
5,542
5,428
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
16
13
Hepatitis A
0
8
4
14
1
0
31
17
75
62
1,592
2,503
Hepatitis B incident
0
4
6
4
1
0
5
3
23
10
311
261
Hepatitis B unspecified8
7
122
0
44
0
2
4
21
200
455
7,143
6,682
Hepatitis C incident
0
3
0
-
5
0
0
7
15
24
334
343
Hepatitis C unspecified8
20
274
1
190
71
22
175
79
832
1,320
20,566
19,261
Hepatitis (NEC)9
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
NN
1
2
23
19
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
30
46
Legionellosis
0
1
0
0
6
0
2
5
14
19
250
271
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
6
3
Leptospirosis
0
4
0
2
0
0
4
0
10
17
334
197
Listeriosis
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
4
5
62
58
Malaria
4
3
1
13
5
0
9
2
37
42
711
705
Meningococcal infection
0
6
1
5
3
1
13
4
33
31
558
455
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
7
1
8
7
86
56
Q fever
0
7
0
15
2
0
1
1
26
31
514
571
Ross River virus infection
1
8
18
27
4
0
3
74
135
333
4,410
3,094
Salmonellosis (NEC)
6
59
9
121
30
15
80
20
340
441
7,186
7,700
Shigellosis5
0
-
2
5
5
0
9
4
25
35
548
615
SLTEC, VTEC10
NN
0
0
NN
3
0
NN
NN
3
2
37
11
Syphilis11
2
14
3
23
0
0
0
21
63
186
1,913
1,694
TTP12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tuberculosis
1
12
0
4
0
0
0
1
18
73
837
982
Typhoid13
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
67
69
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
3
3
0
0
1
7
12
148
207

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1.
2. For HIV and AIDS, see Tables 6 and 7.
3. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. 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.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. WA: genital only.
7. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
8. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
9. Includes hepatitis D and E.
10. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
11. Includes congenital syphilis.
12. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura.
13. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Data for 2000 for South Australian STDs and Western Australia is not available for this period.

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Figure 8. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data1

Figure 8. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 2 to 29 December 19991

State or Territory
Laboratory
This period 1999
Total this period 19992
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital 0 0
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
56
20
0
7
0
147
30
0
35
0
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital
550
11
4,745
13
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 240 304
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
0
0
0
0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
28
98
91
34
157
139
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
Western Diagnostic Pathology
0
44
0
0
54
0
Total   1,145 5,658

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2000, will appear in every report from January 2000 regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
2. Total reports include both reports for the current period and outstanding reports to date.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 2 to 29 December 1999, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19993 Year to date 1998
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
178
3
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
55
1
Rubella virus
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
139
3
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
2
1
3
2
0
0
0
8
23
356
23
Hepatitis D virus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
0
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
0
21
26
3
0
0
0
50
52
1,332
52
Barmah Forest virus
0
0
3
13
0
0
0
0
16
7
173
7
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
1
25
1
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
4
0
0
30
0
11
15
60
95
1,064
95
Herpes viruses
Cytomegalovirus
0
7
0
11
26
1
22
1
68
76
1,148
76
Varicella-zoster virus
0
7
1
40
14
1
25
3
91
110
1,589
110
Epstein-Barr virus
0
5
0
93
36
0
8
0
142
161
2,199
161
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
0
0
0
0
1
1
8
0
10
26
424
26
Picornavirus family
Echovirus type 11
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
157
7
Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
14
6
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
11
0
1
6
0
2
0
20
37
454
37
Enterovirus type 71 (BCR)
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
2
15
2
Enterovirus not typed/pending
0
3
0
1
0
0
8
0
12
46
691
46
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
0
1
0
1
17
0
6
0
25
16
1,802
16
Influenza B virus
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
2
279
2
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
3
41
3
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
4
1
112
1
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
4
0
2
5
0
6
5
22
108
759
108
Respiratory syncytial virus
0
5
0
5
5
0
15
7
37
55
3,012
55
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
12
0
Rotavirus
0
17
0
1
44
0
23
13
98
73
2,157
73
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
7
58
7
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
0
26
17
105
40
0
7
2
197
136
3,178
136
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
13
76
13
Chlamydia species
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
20
1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
1
1
22
5
0
36
0
65
96
1,112
96
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
2
0
5
0
0
2
0
9
5
214
5
Streptococcus group A
0
1
9
28
0
0
0
0
38
0
353
0
Bordetella pertussis
0
0
0
43
0
0
21
0
64
25
823
25
Legionella longbeachae
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
6
36
6
Leptospira species
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
52
0
Treponema pallidum
0
0
53
24
0
0
0
0
77
1
750
1
Total
0
101
108
433
241
3
213
46
1,145
1,204
24,866
1,204

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. 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.

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 49 to 51, 1999

Week number
49 50 51
Week ending on
12 December 1999
19 December 1999
26 December 1999
Doctors reporting
63
53
47
Total encounters
7,197
6,428
5,106
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
16
2.2
5
0.8
9
1.8
Rubella
2
0.3
0
0.0
0
0.0
Measles
0
0.0
1
0.2
1
0.2
Chickenpox
20
2.8
12
1.9
7
1.4
New diagnosis of asthma
11
1.5
2
0.3
1
0.2
Post operative wound sepsis
9
1.3
11
1.7
8
1.6
Gastroenteritis
77
10.7
56
8.7
62
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The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 40 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. Data are collated and published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence every four weeks. These data should be interpreted with caution as the number and type of reports received is subject to a number of biases. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:10.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 1, 20 January 2000.

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