Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System notifications

The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System collates data from Australian states and territories. Data are published on the Department of Health and Ageing's website and quarterly data are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. This page contains the notifications for the period 1 October to 31 December 2007.

Page last updated: 20 March 2008

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by state and territory health authorities in the period 1 October to 31 December 2007, by date of onset*

Disease State or territory Total 4th quarter 2007† Total 3rd quarter 2007 Total 4th quarter 2006 Last 5 years mean 4th quarter Year to date 2007 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio‡
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Hepatitis B (incident)
2
15
1
9
4
4
25
11
71
62
79
68.2
290
313.8
1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
13
691
57
227
110
19
465
147
1,729
2,221
1,629
1,515.8
7,550
6,173.0
1.1
Hepatitis C (incident)
4
4
0
NN
6
4
33
19
70
109
95
105.4
353
447.0
0.7
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
32
1,369
45
659
129
73
680
350
3,337
3,596
3,039
3,207.2
13,132
13,217.0
1.0
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
3
0
0
3
0
7
10
5
4.8
34
27.8
1.5
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.2
1
1.3
0.0
Campylobacteriosis§
133
NN
45
1,447
554
151
1,796
569
4,695
3,840
4,453
4,471.2
17,671
15,526.4
1.1
Cryptosporidiosis
7
300
18
207
5
11
207
50
805
275
444
443.2
2,877
2,521.2
1.8
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
2
8
6.0
20
15.4
1.2
Hepatitis A
0
14
0
6
1
1
8
4
34
43
54
76.0
164
349.6
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
6
3.4
18
21.2
0.9
Listeriosis
0
6
0
2
4
0
3
1
16
10
14
15.8
50
62.6
1.0
Salmonellosis
22
531
131
511
194
39
517
211
2,156
1,554
2,108
1,999.6
9,685
7,885.4
1.1
Shigellosis
0
14
50
26
31
1
14
22
158
172
117
124.4
615
548.8
1.3
STEC, VTEC||
0
16
1
12
10
0
2
0
41
13
20
16.6
112
63.4
2.5
Typhoid
0
3
1
3
0
0
6
2
15
20
21
14.8
92
65.0
1.0
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0.8
3
3.4
1.3
Highly pathogenic avian influenza
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Plague
0
0
0
0
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
0.0
0.0
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Smallpox
0
0
0
0
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
0.0
0.0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
196
3,063
483
3,293
787
304
2,777
1,906
12,809
12,376
11,615
8,922.0
51,458
35,946.4
1.4
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3.0
3
12.4
0.0
Gonococcal infection
17
333
329
345
95
8
228
430
1,785
1,708
1,870
1,772.2
7,619
7,418.2
1.0
Syphilis (all)
9
344
58
97
10
7
191
46
762
843
730
570.2
3,127
2,257.6
1.3
Syphilis <2 years duration
6
88
17
53
0
0
77
23
264
339
267
196.0
1,274
696.3
1.3
Syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration
3
256
41
44
10
7
114
23
498
504
463
452.6
1,853
1,839.8
1.1
Syphilis - congenital
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2.4
9
14.4
0.8
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
5
7
4.0
17
20.8
1.5
Influenza - laboratory confirmed
17
128
8
366
NDP
12
130
94
755
9,070
421
407.4
10,745
3,421.6
1.9
Measles
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
10
9.8
11
61.0
0.0
Mumps
3
155
32
6
3
0
5
86
290
151
44
32.0
584
152.6
9.0
Pertussis
19
708
5
387
88
3
227
33
1,470
1,610
1,305
2,145.4
5,472
8,326.8
0.7
Pneumococcal disease - invasive
7
99
13
50
22
9
69
20
289
612
277
435.0
1,494
2,051.8
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
1
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
5
6
12
19.2
35
85.8
0.3
Rubella - congenital
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
1
1.4
0.0
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1.0
3
3.6
1.0
Varicella zoster (chickenpox)
NDP
NN
67
110
189
3
NN
117
486
595
719
NA
1,837
NA
NA
Varicella zoster (shingles)
NDP
NN
21
99
99
32
NN
106
357
385
415
NA
1,671
NA
NA
Varicella zoster (unspecified)
NDP
NN
0
839
163
12
NN
164
1,178
1,134
918
NA
4,309
NA
NA
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
8.0
23
50.6
0.4
Barmah Forest virus infection
1
107
12
213
11
0
7
24
375
315
367
249.8
1,699
1,365.8
1.5
Dengue virus infection
2
16
4
18
6
2
7
19
74
71
37
70.6
324
358.4
1.0
Japanese encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.4
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0
6.8
0.0
Malaria
3
23
12
52
6
4
20
23
143
118
149
137.0
580
641.2
1.0
Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
1.2
0.0
Ross River virus infection
3
238
62
505
59
2
29
220
1,118
647
544
475.8
4,177
3,512.4
2.3
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
1
0.2
0.0
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Brucellosis
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
7
11
13
12.6
40
37.8
0.6
Leptospirosis
0
0
0
7
0
0
7
2
16
10
20
24.0
106
148.0
0.7
Lyssavirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0
9
0
1
0
0
18
2
30
14
42
43.2
100
197.4
0.7
Q fever
0
58
0
35
3
0
6
2
104
115
100
124.8
458
514.6
0.8
Tularaemia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0
28
1
13
5
1
11
36
95
50
96
88.0
311
328.6
1.1
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0.6
12
6.8
3.3
Meningococcal infection - invasive**
1
31
0
23
3
1
13
7
79
126
65
111.2
311
472.2
0.7
Tuberculosis
5
78
19
52
21
3
103
23
304
282
331
318.4
1,096
1,120.8
1.0
Total
496
8,398
1,477
9,637
2,618
706
7,611
4,747
35,690
42,195
32,212
28,061.8
150,301
115,780.1
1.3

* Date of onset = the true onset. If this is not available, the ‘date of onset’ is equivalent to the earliest of two dates: (i) specimen date of collection, or (ii) the date of notification to the public health unit. Hepatitis B and C unspecified and tuberculosis were analysed by the date of notification.

† 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.

‡ Ratio = ratio of current quarter total to the mean of last five years for the same quarter. Note: Ratios for syphilis <2 years; syphilis >2 years or unspecified duration based on four years data

§ Not reported for New South Wales where it is only notifiable as ‘foodborne disease’ or ‘gastroenteritis in an institution’.

|| Infections with Shiga toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC).

¶ Includes Chlamydia trachomatis identified from cervical, rectal, urine, urethral, throat and eye samples, except for South Australia which reports only genital tract specimens, Northern Territory which excludes ocular specimens, and Western Australia which excludes ocular and perinatal infections.

** Only invasive meningococcal disease is nationally notifiable. However, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia also report conjunctival cases.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

NDP No data provided.

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