Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2006: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Appendices

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2006 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2006. The full report is available in 17 HTML documents. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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Appendices

Appendix 1. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2006, by state or territory

  State or territory Aust.*
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA
Male
163,008
3,397,689
109,217
2,029,383
770,793
241,359
2,514,871
1,029,715
10,257,418
Female
165,809
3,430,005
97,471
2,024,061
783,863
247,589
2,576,795
1,021,169
10,348,070
Total
328,817
6,827,694
206,688
4,053,444
1,554,656
488,948
5,091,666
2,050,884
20,605,488

* Includes other territories.

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Appendix 2. Mid-year estimate of Australian population, 2006, by state or territory and age group

Age
State or territory Aust.*
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA
0–4
20,583
419,143
17,746
258,643
88,725
30,341
311,755
128,008
1,275,165
5–9
20,341
435,279
16,492
271,248
93,971
31,845
315,725
134,121
1,319,250
10–14
21,506
454,682
16,436
286,675
101,067
34,132
333,930
142,220
1,390,910
15–19
23,713
458,434
15,211
284,088
103,019
34,184
339,951
146,554
1,405,419
20–24
28,406
467,748
16,698
294,079
106,552
31,461
361,189
147,154
1,453,429
25–29
26,275
464,560
17,170
271,463
95,566
26,927
352,002
137,870
1,391,964
30–34
25,174
498,740
17,979
290,904
100,381
29,247
371,984
146,203
1,480,776
35–39
24,613
493,828
17,407
296,793
109,703
32,958
385,208
153,876
1,514,579
40–44
24,281
502,157
16,289
299,270
114,406
35,204
376,518
155,808
1,524,169
45–49
24,005
490,975
14,620
290,993
114,967
36,823
365,395
152,132
1,490,120
50–54
22,410
443,890
12,835
263,103
105,859
34,401
330,423
139,070
1,352,213
55–59
20,921
422,039
10,821
253,560
102,967
33,373
312,573
128,905
1,285,321
60–64
14,300
330,540
6,769
196,400
79,600
26,146
240,209
94,003
988,066
65–69
10,185
268,111
4,407
151,903
64,304
21,461
196,318
75,006
791,770
70–74
7,576
219,188
2,399
115,823
53,497
16,757
161,003
58,083
634,371
75–79
6,155
195,190
1,729
98,565
49,927
14,326
143,560
48,778
558,247
80–84
4,768
144,501
887
71,408
38,377
10,765
106,571
34,446
411,726
85+
3,605
118,689
793
58,526
31,768
8,597
87,352
28,647
337,993
Total
328,817
6,827,694
206,688
4,053,444
1,554,656
488,948
5,091,666
2,050,884
20,605,488

* Includes other territories

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Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data received, Australia, 2006, by state or territory

  State or territory Aust.
  ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas. Vic. WA
Total notifications
2,173
33,926
6,512
38,201
12,786
2,520
27,456
15,019
138,593
Sex
Unknown/missing
5
114
3
4
2
 
189
 
317
Per cent complete*
99.8
99.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.3
100.0
99.8
Age
Unknown/missing
0
3
3
0
10
6
31
2
55
Per cent complete*
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
99.8
99.9
100.0
100.0
Indigenous status
Unknown/missing
2,011
26,932
557
25,233
2,030
1,210
12,840
4,264
75,077
Per cent complete*
7.5
20.6
91.4
33.9
84.1
52.0
53.2
71.6
45.8

* Data completeness = (Total – Unknown or missing)/Total x100

† ‘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.

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