Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 19 December 2001

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There were 24,064 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date between 1 July and 30 September 2001 (Table 2). Figure 1 illustrates, for selected diseases, the third quarter 2001 totals as ratios to the mean of the third quarters for the previous 5 years. A summary of diseases currently being reported by each jurisdiction is provided in Table 1. The notification rate of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory is presented in Table 3.

The following table displays reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 1. Reporting of notifiable diseases by jurisdiction

Disease
Data received from:*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident) All jurisdictions
Hepatitis B (unspecified) All jurisdictions except NT
Hepatitis C (incident) All jurisdictions except Qld
Hepatitis C (unspecified) All jurisdictions
Hepatitis D All jurisdictions
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism All jurisdictions
Campylobacteriosis All jurisdictions except NSW
Cryptosporidiosis All jurisdictions except Tas
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome All jurisdictions
Hepatitis A All jurisdictions
Hepatitis E All jurisdictions
Listeriosis All jurisdictions
Salmonellosis All jurisdictions
Shigellosis All jurisdictions
SLTEC, VTEC All jurisdictions
Typhoid All jurisdictions
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera All jurisdictions
Plague All jurisdictions
Rabies All jurisdictions
Viral haemorrhagic fever All jurisdictions
Yellow fever All jurisdictions
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection All jurisdictions
Donovanosis All jurisdictions except SA
Gonococcal infection All jurisdictions
Syphilis All jurisdictions
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria All jurisdictions
Haemophilus influenzae type b All jurisdictions
Influenza All jurisdictions except Tas
Measles All jurisdictions
Mumps All jurisdictions
Pertussis All jurisdictions
Pneumococcal disease - invasive All jurisdictions except SA and Tas
Poliomyelitis All jurisdictions
Rubella All jurisdictions
Tetanus All jurisdictions
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC All jurisdictions
Barmah Forest virus infection All jurisdictions
Dengue All jurisdictions
Japanese encephalitis All jurisdictions
Kunjin All jurisdictions except ACT
Malaria All jurisdictions
Murray Valley encephalitis All jurisdictions except ACT
Ross River virus infection All jurisdictions
Zoonoses
Anthrax All jurisdictions except SA
Australian Bat lyssavirus All jurisdictions
Brucellosis All jurisdictions
Leptospirosis All jurisdictions
Ornithosis All jurisdictions
Other lyssaviruses (NEC) All jurisdictions
Q fever All jurisdictions
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis All jurisdictions
Leprosy All jurisdictions
Meningococcal infection All jurisdictions
Tuberculosis All jurisdictions


Top of pageThe following table displays notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2001, by date of notification. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 July to 30 September 2001, by date of notification*

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total 3rd quarter
20011
Total 2nd quarter 20011 Total 3rd quarter 20001 Last 5 years mean 3rd quarter Year to date 2001 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
9
1
12
3
9
39
10
83
94
143
79
273
228
1.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
16
893
NN
188
62
6
557
116
1,838
1,497
2,438
1,919
4,822
5,551
1.0
Hepatitis C (incident)
3
27
0
NN
12
0
20
4
66
63
141
75
211
216
0.9
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
62
1,489
52
743
154
97
1,478
347
4,422
3,889
4,998
4,559
12,620
13,666
1.0
Hepatitis D
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
6
5
5
13
11
0.4
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0.0
Campylobacterosis2
103
-
73
1,065
675
155
1,336
708
4,115
3,629
3,433
3,111
11,138
8,988
1.3
Cryptosporidiosis
3
23
20
59
10
NDR
88
15
218
385
0
N/A
858
N/A
N/A
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
9
0.6
Hepatitis A
4
56
11
30
5
0
22
14
142
115
155
425
353
1,625
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
4
4
2.5
Listeriosis
1
1
0
4
2
1
1
0
10
8
9
16
39
50
0.6
Salmonellosis
16
257
68
267
131
10
199
162
1,110
1,550
905
1,028
4,840
5,093
1.1
Shigellosis
0
24
23
18
5
2
26
28
126
122
95
127
364
471
1.0
SLTEC,VTEC3
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
7
6
10
4
29
19
1.8
Typhoid
0
9
0
1
2
0
3
4
19
10
16
16
62
58
1.2
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
3
3.3
Plague
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
Viral haemorrhagic fever
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
Sexually transmissible infections
Chlamydial infection
93
1,048
336
1,334
319
114
992
607
4,843
4,294
4,561
3,060
13,833
9,078
1.6
Donovanosis
0
0
7
1
NN
0
0
3
11
8
1
8
21
24
1.3
Gonococcal infection4
9
264
394
272
26
6
247
265
1,483
1,392
1,484
1,244
4,332
3,991
1.2
Syphilis5
2
141
110
8
4
5
5
33
308
264
534
455
850
1,296
0.7
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0.0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
14
12
11
23
32
0.4
Influenza
7
127
38
355
84
NDR
160
162
933
24
NDR
N/A
969
N/A
N/A
Measles
0
9
0
3
1
0
2
1
16
12
21
102
98
277
0.2
Mumps
0
4
1
0
4
1
3
5
18
30
66
52
79
142
0.3
Pertussis
20
1,190
36
402
577
41
202
28
2,496
1,284
2,070
1,647
4,997
4,034
1.5
Pneumococcal disease
6
168
32
170
NDR
NDR
132
62
570
326
NDR
N/A
983
N/A
N/A
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
Rubella6
0
9
0
49
1
0
6
1
66
40
82
274
161
756
0.2
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
1
1
1
0
0
4
0
7
14
3
4
30
45
1.6
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
50
10
71
0
0
2
5
138
446
113
98
908
550
1.4
Dengue
7
13
8
4
1
1
0
3
37
50
10
20
120
160
1.8
Japanese encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Kunjin virus infection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Malaria
5
34
12
61
14
0
14
8
148
148
238
188
526
646
0.8
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
2
N/A
N/A
Ross River virus infection
0
30
13
86
3
1
9
12
154
1,130
222
235
2,861
4,717
0.7
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Brucellosis
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
2
10
14
11
27
0.2
Leptospirosis
0
19
0
15
0
0
4
0
38
60
37
37
168
163
1.0
Other lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NDR
N/A
0
N/A
N/A
Ornithosis
0
11
1
0
3
0
11
0
26
23
22
13
78
46
2.1
Q fever
1
33
0
81
3
1
13
3
135
150
137
138
454
413
1.0
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
1
14
0
9
5
3
12
10
54
76
65
44
195
202
1.2
Leprosy
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
6
0.5
Meningococcal infection
3
79
3
48
10
12
48
40
243
143
213
193
514
376
1.3
Tuberculosis
1
45
13
7
20
2
67
15
170
125
262
261
458
770
0.7
Total
363
6,083
1,263
5,370
2,143
467
5,704
2,671
24,064
21,432
22,512
19,464
68,237
63,915
1.2

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. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
5. Includes congenital syphilis.
6. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of notification = a composite of three dates: (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.
† Ratio = ratio of current month total to mean of last 5 years calculated as described above.
‡ Notifiable from January 2001 only.
NA Not calculated as only notifiable for under 5 years.
NDR No data received.
NN Not Notifiable
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.


The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. The system coordinates the national surveillance of more than 50 communicable diseases or disease groups endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia and the National Public Health Partnership. Notifications of these diseases are made to State and Territory health authorities under the provisions of their respective public health legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:6-7.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.

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