Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2002: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System - Results: Tables 2 and 3

The Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2002 report provides data and an analysis of communicable disease incidence in Australia during 2002. The full report is available in 20 HTML documents. This document contains the Results section - Part 1: Tables 2 and 3. The full report is also available in PDF format from the Table of contents page.

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Results

Summary of 2002 data

There were 100,278 communicable disease notifications received by NNDSS in 2002 (Table 2). Notification rates per 100,000 population for each disease by state or territory are shown in Table 3. Trends in notifications and rates per 100,000 population for the period 1998 to 2002 are shown in Table 4.

Table 2. Notifications of communicable diseases, Australia, 2002, by state or territory

Disease
State or territory Aust
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
84
10
54
11
19
175
35
390
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†,‡
82
3,492
NN
742
267
40
1,891
402
6,916
Hepatitis C (incident)
6
149
NN
NN
42
15
87
135
434
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†,‡,§
226
6,675
193
2,699
641
381
4,092
1,074
15,981
Hepatitis D
0
10
0
1
0
0
9
0
20
Hepatitis (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacteriosis
356
NN
208
3,885
2,441
606
5,020
2,089
14,605
Cryptosporidiosis
36
303
217
2,026
121
47
290
215
3,255
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
7
1
1
0
0
4
0
13
Hepatitis A
4
146
47
68
15
4
74
30
388
Hepatitis E
1
6
0
1
0
2
2
0
12
Listeriosis
0
11
0
20
2
2
13
11
59
Salmonellosis (NEC)
92
2,036
330
2,673
504
165
1,251
705
7,756
Shigellosis
0
83
103
93
25
1
67
124
496
SLTEC, VTEC
0
0
0
5
37
0
5
4
51
Typhoid
1
24
0
12
4
0
22
10
73
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chlamydial infection (NEC)
460
5,527
1,451
6,449
1,741
478
4,972
2,961
24,039
Donovanosis
0
0
9
5
0
0
0
2
16
Gonococcal infection**
15
1,400
1,530
935
192
14
820
1,341
6,247
Syphilis††
12
625
414
341
31
16
27
161
1,627
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
10
3
6
2
0
2
6
29
Invasive pneumococcal disease
30
841
65
437
174
63
454
207
2,271
Laboratory-confirmed influenza
19
1,002
56
1,153
289
5
598
543
3,665
Measles
0
8
0
8
1
0
14
0
31
Mumps
0
29
1
6
10
0
10
13
69
Pertussis
50
1,863
37
1,852
453
41
884
208
5,388
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella‡‡
3
35
1
190
5
1
16
4
255
Tetanus
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
15
0
5
0
0
2
0
22
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
389
23
388
3
0
57
36
896
Dengue
3
66
32
81
7
1
11
18
219
Japanese encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kunjin virus infection
NN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Malaria
13
104
24
205
14
16
64
26
466
Murray Valley encephalitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Ross River virus infection
0
178
63
887
41
117
38
123
1,447
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Australian bat lyssavirus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brucellosis
0
2
0
35
0
0
2
1
40
Leptospirosis
0
36
3
91
2
2
18
3
155
Ornithosis
0
143
2
3
3
1
42
5
199
Other lyssavirus (NEC)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q fever
0
292
1
339
27
0
83
19
761
Other bacterial infections
Invasive meningococcal infection
6
213
9
123
31
26
210
66
684
Legionellosis
3
42
1
44
66
0
107
55
318
Leprosy
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
Tuberculosis
15
433
38
122
39
10
270
48
975
Total
1,433
26,280
4,873
25,991
7,241
2,073
21,705
10,684
100,278

* Analysis by date of onset, except for hepatitis B and hepatitis C unspecified, where analysis is by report date. Date of onset is 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 NNDSS.

†Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in whom the duration of illness cannot be determined.

‡ The analysis was performed by report date.

§ Includes hepatitis C incident in Northern Territory and Queensland.

║ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

¶ Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli. (SLTEC/VTEC).

** Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.

††Includes 14 cases of congenital syphilis, one from New South Wales and 13 from the Northern Territory.

‡‡ Includes congenital rubella.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

Table 3. Notification rates of communicable diseases, Australia, 2002, by state and territory (per 100,000 population)

Disease
State or territory Aust
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0.0
1.3
5.1
1.5
0.7
4.0
3.6
1.8
2.0
Hepatitis B (unspecified)†,‡
25.5
52.6
NN
20.0
17.6
8.5
38.8
20.9
35.5
Hepatitis C (incident)
1.9
2.2
NN
NN
2.8
3.2
1.8
7.0
2.8
Hepatitis C (unspecified)†,‡,§
70.2
100.5
97.5
72.8
42.2
80.6
84.0
55.7
81.3
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Campylobacteriosis
110.6
NN
105.0
104.8
160.6
128.2
103.0
108.4
112.2
Cryptosporidiosis
11.2
4.6
109.6
54.7
8.0
9.9
6.0
11.2
16.6
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
1.2
2.2
23.7
1.8
1.0
0.8
1.5
1.6
2.0
Hepatitis E
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
Listeriosis
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
28.6
30.7
166.7
72.1
33.2
34.9
25.7
36.6
39.4
Shigellosis
0.0
1.2
52.0
2.5
1.6
0.2
1.4
6.4
2.5
SLTEC, VTEC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
2.4
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
Typhoid
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.4
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
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
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 diseases
Chlamydial infection(NEC)
142.9
83.2
732.8
174.0
114.5
101.1
102.0
153.9
122.3
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
4.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
Gonococcal infection**
4.7
21.1
772.7
25.2
12.6
3.0
16.8
69.6
31.8
Syphilis††
3.7
9.4
209.1
9.2
2.0
3.4
0.6
8.4
8.3
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
0.0
0.2
1.5
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
Invasive pneumococcal disease
9.3
12.7
32.8
11.8
11.4
13.3
9.3
10.7
11.5
Laboratory-confirmed influenza
5.9
15.1
28.3
31.1
19.0
1.1
12.3
28.2
18.6
Measles
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.2
Mumps
0.0
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.7
0.0
0.2
0.7
0.4
Pertussis
15.5
28.1
18.7
50.0
29.8
8.7
18.1
10.8
27.4
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella‡‡
0.9
0.5
0.5
5.1
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
1.3
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
5.9
11.6
10.5
0.2
0.0
1.2
1.9
4.6
Dengue
0.9
1.0
16.2
2.2
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.9
1.1
Japanese encephalitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Kunjin virus infection
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Malaria
4.0
1.6
12.1
5.5
0.9
3.4
1.3
1.3
2.4
Murray Valley encephalitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Ross River virus infection
0.0
2.7
31.8
23.9
2.7
24.8
0.8
6.4
7.4
Zoonoses
Anthrax
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.5
1.5
2.5
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.8
Ornithosis
0.0
2.2
1.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.9
0.3
1.0
Other lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Q fever
0.0
4.4
0.5
9.1
1.8
0.0
1.7
1.0
3.9
Other bacterial infections
Invasive meningococcal infection
1.9
3.2
4.5
3.3
2.0
5.5
4.3
3.4
3.5
Legionellosis
0.9
0.6
0.5
1.2
4.3
0.0
2.2
2.9
1.6
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
Tuberculosis
4.7
6.5
19.2
3.3
2.6
2.1
5.5
2.5
5.0

* Analysis by date of onset, except for hepatitis B and hepatitis C unspecified, where analysis is by report date. Date of onset is 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 NNDSS.

†Unspecified hepatitis includes cases with hepatitis in whom the duration of illness cannot be determined.

‡ The analysis was performed by report date.

§ Includes hepatitis C incident in Northern Territory and Queensland.

║ Notified as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution' in New South Wales.

¶ Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).

** Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.

††Includes 14 cases of congenital syphilis, one from New South Wales and 13 from the Northern Territory.

‡‡ Includes congenital rubella.

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not elsewhere classified.

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