Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, Supplement, March 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

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There were 7,075 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in February 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for weeks 5 to 8, ending 27 February 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 2). The number of reports for selected diseases1 have been compared with a 5 year mean, calculated using January to March data for the previous 5 years* (Figure 9).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 5 to 8, ending 27 February 2000, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 3).

As this is a supplementary issue, LabVISE tables are not included.

Figure 9. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 29 February 2000 with historical data2

Figure 9. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 29 February 2000 with historical data

1. Selected diseases are chosen each calendar month according to current activity
2. Ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years as defined above*



Top of pageTable 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 29 February 2000, by date of notification

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total Feb 20001 Total Jan 20001 Total Feb19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
5
0
6
0
1
2
1
15
27
26
25
42
51
0.6
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
4
219
0
55
0
2
45
93
418
536
553
579
954
1,096
0.7
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
3
0
0
6
0
4
11
25
13
28
15
38
27
1.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
21
650
4
277
41
37
751
143
1,924
1,507
1,862
1,314
3,431
2,579
1.5
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
3
-
Gastrointestinal
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Campylobacterosis3
18
0
10
297
135
19
380
130
989
1,134
1,024
1,000
2,123
2,015
1.0
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
7
2
2
2
0.5
Hepatitis A
0
13
5
24
6
0
19
27
94
124
178
245
218
535
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
-
Listerosis
0
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
7
10
4
7
17
15
1.0
Salmonellosis
7
94
36
215
37
15
126
79
609
666
917
834
1,275
1,533
0.7
Shigellosis3
0
0
6
11
1
1
9
14
42
42
51
70
84
141
0.6
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
4
4
3
9
3
1.7
Typhoid
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
5
9
9
10
14
23
0.5
Yersiniosis3
0
0
0
5
3
0
1
0
9
9
13
28
18
62
0.3
Quarantinable
Cholera
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1.0
Plague
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
-
Viral haemorrhagic fever
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
-
Sexually transmissible
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
-
Chlamydial infection5
21
187
51
390
63
33
295
170
1,210
1,149
1,130
824
2,359
1,599
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
5
11
-
Gonococcal infection6
0
72
71
79
14
0
73
99
408
511
492
388
919
770
1.1
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
-
Syphilis7
1
41
10
54
0
0
0
4
110
128
182
146
238
281
0.8
Vaccine preventable
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
5
3
9
-
Measles
1
1
0
7
0
0
1
1
11
8
14
60
19
116
0.2
Mumps
1
2
1
0
2
0
3
6
15
12
9
13
27
25
1.2
Pertussis
5
77
0
42
17
29
83
2
255
392
260
468
647
1,036
0.5
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
Rubella8
0
6
0
4
1
0
4
0
15
17
23
133
32
295
0.1
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1.0
Vectorborne
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
7
2
7
2
10
19
0.7
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
24
1
27
0
0
3
5
60
51
60
51
89
143
0.7
Dengue
0
3
14
31
0
0
1
0
49
49
49
49
25
57
2.0
Malaria
0
10
4
53
3
1
16
1
88
71
88
71
82
183
1.1
Ross River virus infection
0
60
27
278
38
0
40
105
548
536
548
536
887
1,476
0.6
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
7
-
Hydatid infection
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
2
1
2
6
4
2.0
Leptospirosis
0
1
0
4
0
0
2
0
7
20
28
18
27
31
0.4
Ornithosis
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
0
11
3
10
7
14
13
1.6
Q fever
0
5
0
35
0
0
1
0
43
39
41
41
82
79
1.0
Other
Legionellosis
0
0
0
5
5
0
20
3
33
17
38
20
50
39
1.7
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
-
Meningococcal infection
0
10
1
2
0
0
6
5
24
45
18
22
69
45
1.1
Tuberculosis
0
21
4
2
0
0
0
5
32
41
75
87
73
168
0.4
Total
80
1,508
245
1,908
381
139
1,907
907
7,075
7,186
7,868
7,478
14,261
14,499

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. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the number of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years as described above*

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities for weeks 5 to 8, by date of report,* February 2000

Week number
5 6 7 8 Year to date
Week ending on
6 February 2000 13 February 2000 20 February 2000 27 February 2000
Disease1
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
7
6
2
5
45
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
132
97
140
80
977
Hepatitis C (incident)
8
7
4
9
49
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
402
725
486
434
3,525
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
Gastrointestinal
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
217
271
276
247
2,081
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
1
0
0
0
2
Hepatitis A
28
31
30
18
216
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
Listerosis
0
1
4
3
17
Salmonellosis
164
146
200
143
1,272
Shigellosis3
14
9
9
11
75
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
2
1
0
9
Typhoid
4
1
4
1
17
Yersiniosis3
0
3
3
1
16
Quarantinable
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
292
299
344
345
2,374
Donovanosis
1
0
0
0
3
Gonococcal infection6
114
109
128
115
928
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
48
33
25
42
275
Vaccine preventable
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
1
0
1
0
4
Measles
3
1
4
3
18
Mumps
4
3
4
3
28
Pertussis
80
119
109
71
788
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
2
2
2
4
32
Tetanus
0
2
0
0
2
Vectorborne
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
4
6
Barmah Forest virus infection
13
20
14
20
107
Dengue
13
17
5
15
83
Malaria
24
33
17
22
149
Ross River virus infection
130
194
162
170
1,076
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
0
3
Hydatid infection
0
0
1
1
4
Leptospirosis
2
11
0
2
33
Ornithosis
1
1
7
1
14
Q fever
10
14
12
16
94
Other
Legionellosis
6
9
6
11
47
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
Meningococcal infection
11
6
8
2
75
Tuberculosis
17
19
13
17
117
Total
1,749
2,191
2,021
1,816
14,561

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. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the number of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.

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Table 3. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 5 to 8, 2000

Week number
5 6 7 8
Week ending on
6 February 2000
13 February 2000
20 February 2000
27 February 2000
Doctors reporting
65
66
69
62
Total encounters
7,636
8,684
8,630
7,571
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
10
1.3
13
1.5
16
1.9
12
1.6
Chickenpox
12
1.6
14
1.6
9
1.0
9
1.2
Gastroenteritis
65
8.5
95
10.9
79
9.2
77
10.2
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
17
2.2
14
1.6
13
1.5
7
0.9
ADT immunisations
44
5.8
64
7.4
76
8.8
61
8.1


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 legislations. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6.

ASPREN currently comprises about 120 general practitioners from throughout the country. Between 7,000 and 8,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 14 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2000. CDI reports the consultation rates for five of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:7-8.


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