Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Appendices

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2004 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2004. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the Appendices. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

Page last updated: 30 March 2006

This article {extract} was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 30 No 1 March 2006 and may be downloaded as a full version PDF from the Table of contents page.

Appendices

Appendix 1. Mid-year estimate of Australian population 2004, by state or territory

  State or territory  
  NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Aus*
Male
3,346,616
2,453,147
1,937,822
759,773
992,452
237,918
105,173
160,253
9,994,541
Female
3,384,679
2,519,632
1,944,215
774,477
989,752
244,210
94,740
163,768
101,16,756
Total
6,731,295
4,972,779
3,882,037
1,534,250
1,982,204
482,128
199,913
324,021
20,111,297

* Includes other territories.

Appendix 2. Mid-year estimate of Australian population 2004, by state or territory and age group

Age State or territory  
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Aus*
0–4
425,944
306,301
250,159
88,793
124,789
30,187
17,608
20,238
1,264,281
5–9
441,816
320,014
267,610
96,154
133,574
32,477
16,640
20,973
1,329,497
10–14
458,629
333,257
280,137
100,885
141,273
34,438
16,312
21,976
1,387,173
15–19
453,556
334,947
273,665
103,547
144,666
34,291
14,652
23,849
1,383,383
20–24
459,158
352,290
277,286
102,512
141,180
30,279
15,875
28,299
1,407,023
25–29
458,261
342,422
259,821
94,003
133,213
26,614
16,756
25,423
1,356,644
30–34
513,433
384,853
291,434
106,109
147,840
31,210
18,390
25,663
1,519,131
35–39
483,197
370,477
278,701
107,976
146,408
32,182
16,670
24,075
1,459,880
40–44
515,181
378,256
296,364
117,404
155,199
36,895
16,202
24,828
1,540,561
45–49
475,223
351,708
274,081
111,200
146,141
35,685
13,823
23,647
1,431,734
50–54
435,991
321,813
254,906
104,905
134,095
33,651
12,540
22,610
1,320,721
55–59
399,113
291,829
236,244
97,358
117,462
31,060
9,424
19,509
1,202,129
60–64
304,469
221,047
176,404
72,637
86,307
24,373
6,216
12,701
904,255
65–69
255,300
186,285
139,010
61,792
69,772
20,023
3,583
9,420
745,247
70–74
217,986
159,775
112,285
53,877
56,105
16,647
2,218
7,198
626,124
75–79 192,815 141,151 95,601 50,597 46,619 14,275 1,530 6,238 548,837
80–84 136,137 99,585 66,824 36,171 32,354 10,084 847 4,363 386,374
85–89 68,889 49,048 33,922 18,224 15,819 5,180 375 2,001 193,465
90–94 27,841 21,174 13,675 7,798 7,099 2,019 151 788 80,549
95–99 6,864 5,380 3,245 1,889 1,863 465 63 191 19,960
100+ 1,492 1,167 663 419 426 93 38 31 4,329
Total 6,731,295 4,972,779 3,882,037 1,534,250 1,982,204 482,128 199,913 324,021 20,111,297

* Includes other territories.

Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data, received from states and territories, 2004

  State or territory  
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aus
Total notifications
1,656
31,021
5,199
25,249
7,472
1,965
24,032
14,336
110,929
Sex
Unknown/missing
1
97
1
5
0
1
168
7
280
Per cent complete*
99.9
99.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
99.3
100.0
99.7
Age
Unknown/missing
1
63
22
2
7
108
11
214
Per cent complete*
99.9
99.8
99.6
100.0
100.0
99.6
99.6
99.9
99.8
Indigenous status
Not stated/missing
1,603
23,163
404
16,475
804
1,471
11,648
4,829
60,397
Per cent complete*
3.2
25.3
92.2
34.7
89.2
25.1
51.5
66.3
45.6

* Data completeness = (Total – Unknown or missing)/Total x 100.

† 'Indigenous status' is a variable defined by the following values:

1=Indigenous – (Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin);

2=Indigenous – (Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin);

3=Indigenous – (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin);

4=Not indigenous – ( not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin);

9=Not stated;

Blank/missing/null=No information provided.


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