Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This page contains surveillance data tables for Australia's notifiable diseases and laboratory reports for May 2000. The tables were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Volume 24 No 6, June 2000.

Page last updated: 12 July 2000

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There were 6,899 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in May 2000 (Table 1). Data by date of report for weeks 18 to 21, ending 28 May 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 April to June data for the previous five years (Figure 6).

There were 2,083 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 31 May 2000 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 18 to 21, ending 28 May 2000, are included in this issue of <em>CDI</em> (Table 5).

Figure 6. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 31 May 2000 with historical data2

Figure 6. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 31 May 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 the April to June data for the previous five years



Top of pageTable 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 31 May 2000, by date of notification#

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total May 20001 Total April 20001 Total May 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
3
0
6
3
0
4
6
22
20
35
23
122
124
1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
4
178
0
79
0
5
217
81
564
589
630
586
3,301
2,912
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
0
3
0
0
4
3
1
3
14
24
29
17
139
82
0.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
17
457
6
311
52
27
527
135
1,532
1,496
1,741
1,317
9,018
6,535
1.2
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
7
6
0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis3
33
-
14
359
106
27
447
140
1,126
937
994
869
5,263
4,720
1.3
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NN
0
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
1
2
2
6
4
0.0
Hepatitis A
0
11
3
13
4
1
23
12
67
82
117
173
459
1,094
0.4
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0.0
Listeriosis
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
4
6
5
4
36
30
1.0
Salmonellosis
8
121
24
210
42
10
93
76
584
525
497
521
3,191
3,679
1.1
Shigellosis3
2
-
11
10
7
0
8
14
52
49
40
56
230
327
0.9
SLTEC,VTEC4
NN
0
0
NN
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
17
6
0.5
Typhoid
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
5
7
9
5
34
40
1.0
Yersiniosis3
0
-
0
5
0
0
2
0
7
4
8
16
40
119
0.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0.0
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Yellow Fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0.0
Chlamydial infection5
18
139
108
432
60
35
289
160
1,241
1,142
1,163
828
6,337
4,158
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
1
0
NN
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
8
21
0.3
Gonococcal infection6
5
55
138
100
11
3
85
80
477
480
510
415
2,521
2,039
1.1
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Syphilis7
1
31
21
80
0
0
0
6
139
121
183
142
701
729
1.0
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
3
21
0.0
Measles
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
5
17
17
42
53
262
0.1
Mumps
2
11
0
0
0
0
4
0
17
14
18
14
76
68
1.2
Pertussis
3
71
0
28
14
11
51
3
181
193
258
325
1,289
2,028
0.6
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
Rubella8
0
3
0
5
1
1
6
0
16
17
33
95
79
600
0.2
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
8
17
1
4
54
39
2.0
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
29
2
36
0
0
1
3
71
50
81
74
302
446
1.0
Dengue
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
18
4
11
175
96
0.3
Malaria
0
22
6
53
5
1
20
3
110
67
51
58
449
367
1.9
Ross River virus infection
1
131
10
147
25
3
41
118
476
568
495
524
3,063
4,038
0.9
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
2
6
13
0.5
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
1
0
1
2
4
1
4
3
18
13
1.3
Leptospirosis
0
12
0
18
0
0
3
0
33
19
50
18
120
97
1.8
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
4
0
4
8
8
7
34
34
0.6
Q fever
0
6
0
23
0
1
2
0
32
42
40
48
214
216
0.7
Other
Legionellosis
1
5
0
6
6
2
14
1
35
152
25
18
272
98
1.9
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0.0
Meningococcal infection
0
13
2
1
1
1
7
9
34
38
41
34
165
125
1.0
Tuberculosis
0
8
0
1
0
1
18
5
33
42
79
77
317
418
0.4
Total
95
1,311
348
1,933
345
132
1,870
865
6,899
6,753
7,180
6,337
38,123
35,616

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 numbers 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.
# Date of notification = a composite of three components: (i) the true onset date from a clinician, if available, (ii) the date the laboratory test was ordered, or (iii) the date reported to the public health unit.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
na Not applicable.
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities for weeks 18 to 21, by date of report,* May 2000

Week number
18 19 20 21 Year to date total
Week ending on
7 May 2000 14 May 2000 21 May 2000 28 May 2000
Disease1
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1
5
8
6
105
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
109
212
159
140
2,826
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
5
6
3
134
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
350
439
444
365
7,688
Hepatitis D
1
0
0
0
6
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
240
229
311
257
4,167
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
1
0
0
0
5
Hepatitis A
25
17
26
16
395
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
Listeriosis
2
1
1
2
31
Salmonellosis
142
162
189
150
2,620
Shigellosis3
13
22
12
18
164
SLTEC,VTEC4
1
2
0
0
17
Typhoid
1
1
2
1
32
Yersiniosis3
3
0
1
1
33
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
1
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 diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
289
291
359
293
5,118
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
8
Gonococcal infection6
98
152
105
177
2,001
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
57
29
32
50
588
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
0
0
0
5
Measles
4
0
0
6
46
Mumps
2
5
5
7
59
Pertussis
70
61
73
60
1,232
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
2
6
7
1
64
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
4
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
2
10
5
3
35
Barmah Forest virus infection
8
24
32
11
232
Dengue
8
8
1
3
174
Malaria
33
30
22
22
328
Ross River virus infection
185
179
178
113
2,512
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
1
0
6
Hydatid infection
0
1
3
1
13
Leptospirosis
2
3
9
17
86
Ornithosis
0
2
10
0
31
Q fever
11
3
16
7
193
Other
Legionellosis
57
30
19
6
158
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
Meningococcal infection
6
6
11
7
137
Tuberculosis
14
18
17
15
330
Total
1,738
1,953
2,064
1,758
31,584

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 numbers 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.
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 1 to 31 May 20001

State or Territory
Laboratory
This period Total this period2
Australian Capital Territory The Canberra Hospital
23
39
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
137
143
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
100
112
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
0
0
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
36
84
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
0
0
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
407
421
Townsville General Hospital
10
17
South Australia Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide
451
329
Tasmania Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston
4
0
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
0
0
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
0
6
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
122
105
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
140
229
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
587
1,463
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
49
62
Western Diagnostic Pathology
17
28
Total  
2,083
3,038

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. Laboratory virology and serology reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 to 31 May 2000, and total reports for the year2

  State or Territory1 This period 2000 This period 1999 Year to date 20003 Year to date 1999
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
10
21
127
Mumps virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
6
29
27
Rubella virus
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
10
19
39
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
0
0
0
4
5
0
0
8
17
27
85
173
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
0
10
5
34
37
1
5
104
196
180
988
973
Barmah Forest virus
0
1
2
7
0
0
0
2
12
33
95
108
Dengue not typed
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
6
7
161
31
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
11
12
1
19
2
Kunjin virus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
4
4
Flavivirus (unspecified)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
35
16
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
12
16
Adenovirus type 40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
15
2
59
22
Adenovirus not typed/pending
0
7
2
0
32
0
4
40
85
86
449
441
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
4
4
Cytomegalovirus
5
17
0
21
43
1
25
15
127
97
529
508
Varicella-zoster virus
1
8
0
28
11
0
30
42
120
147
643
706
Epstein-Barr virus
0
7
1
70
106
0
8
25
217
273
928
1,071
Other DNA viruses
Papovavirus group
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
5
7
Molluscum contagiosum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
8
6
Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
6
6
Parvovirus
0
0
0
0
5
1
4
18
28
38
140
169
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
5
Echovirus type 7
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
16
1
Echovirus type 22
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
11
Echovirus type 30
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
95
6
Echovirus type 33
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
Rhinovirus (all types)
0
22
0
0
0
0
2
17
41
37
166
144
Enterovirus not typed/pending
1
5
0
2
1
0
41
16
66
39
515
297
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
0
5
1
0
20
0
2
9
37
147
264
307
Influenza B virus
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
8
12
12
50
55
Parainfluenza virus type 1
0
0
0
3
13
0
4
18
38
5
148
18
Parainfluenza virus type 2
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
6
19
16
55
Parainfluenza virus type 3
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
6
11
19
97
170
Respiratory syncytial virus
7
121
0
17
16
0
53
88
302
222
702
550
Other RNA viruses
Rotavirus
5
26
0
0
26
0
3
3
63
124
208
338
Norwalk agent
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
12
4
29
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
5
50
59
83
45
4
13
106
365
263
1,496
1,259
Chlamydia psittaci
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
9
7
40
35
Chlamydia species
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
5
9
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
0
3
2
15
9
0
8
8
45
85
231
453
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
24
31
78
Streptococcus group A
0
3
3
18
0
0
0
0
24
26
160
28
Bordetella pertussis
1
1
0
7
3
0
34
1
47
79
225
276
Legionella pneumophila
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
3
10
2
13
14
Legionella longbeachae
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
7
3
29
17
Cryptococcus species
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
6
Leptospira species
0
3
0
3
1
0
0
0
7
9
21
9
Treponema pallidum
0
3
20
30
50
0
0
1
104
45
275
53
Toxoplasma gondii
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
6
5
Echinococcus granulosus
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
8
0
13
0
Total
27
304
98
345
453
8
255
593
2,083
2,110
9,078
8,684

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.
- No data received this period.

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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 18 to 21, 2000

Week number
18 19 20 21
Week ending on
7 May 2000 14 May 2000 21 May 2000 28 May 2000
Doctors reporting
66
71
68
69
Total encounters
8,339
9,048
7,946
8,596
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
40
4.8
39
4.3
49
6.2
62
7.2
Chickenpox
9
1.1
13
1.4
13
1.6
12
1.4
Gastroenteritis
61
7.3
60
6.6
66
8.3
59
6.9
Gastroenteritis with stool culture
12
1.4
17
1.9
13
1.6
17
2.0
ADT immunisations
52
6.2
53
5.9
46
5.8
47
5.5


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;24:6-7.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Currently 17 laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. This number may change throughout the year. 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 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.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 6, June 2000.

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