Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - ASPREN

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 2, June 2002 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

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The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 1-4 to 9-13, ending 31 March 2002, are included in this issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Table 6).

Table 6. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 1-4 to 9-13, 2002

Week number ending on:
1 - 4 5 - 8 9 - 13
27 January 2002 24 February 2002 31 March 2002
No. of doctors reporting:
250
239
229
Total no. of consultations:
26,272
26,113
25,932
Condition
Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters Reports Rate per 1,000 encounters
Influenza
46
1.8
33
1.3
49
1.9
Gastroenteritis
239
9.1
245
9.4
239
9.2
Acute cough with chest and systemic signs
46
1.8
52
2.0
51
2.0
Acute cough with chest signs
137
5.2
162
6.2
205
7.9
Acute cough with systemic signs
45
1.7
61
2.3
75
2.9
Acute cough without signs
259
9.9
226
8.7
255
9.8


ASPREN currently comprises about 66 general practitioners from throughout the country, not all of whom report each week. Between 4,000 and 6,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 10 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 2002. Communicable Diseases Intelligence reports the consultation rates for six of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:60.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 26, No 2, June 2002

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