Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables: NNDSS rates

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 notification rates for the period 1 April to 30 June 2005.

Page last updated: 15 September 2005

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Table 5. Notification rate of diseases by State and Territory in the period 1 April to 30 June 2005. (Rate per 100,000 population)

Disease*
State or territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
1.2
0.7
8.0
1.9
0.3
2.5
1.1
1.4
1.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)
24.7
56.7
100.0
21.2
23.7
9.1
35.9
22.8
37.1
Hepatitis C (incident)
6.2
0.7
0.0
NN
3.4
7.5
1.0
5.9
2.0
Hepatitis C (unspecified)
51.8
100.8
128.1
69.3
33.9
46.5
60.7
55.7
73.4
Hepatitis D
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
Campylobacterosis
103.7
NN
150.1
93.6
109.8
134.4
108.8
103.9
105.2
Cryptosporidiosis
17.3
16.0
38.0
29.2
10.4
3.3
11.5
11.3
16.5
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
Hepatitis A
0.0
1.1
28.0
1.9
0.3
0.8
0.6
5.0
1.7
Hepatitis E
1.2
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
Listeriosis
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.3
Salmonellosis (NEC)
33.3
31.4
196.1
67.8
46.1
30.7
19.4
37.7
38.8
Shigellosis
0.0
2.1
96.0
2.0
2.1
1.7
2.6
6.5
3.5
SLTEC, VTEC
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
4.7
0.0
0.2
1.0
0.6
Typhoid
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.6
0.2
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
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
Smallpox
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tularemia
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Viral haemorrhagic fever (NEC)
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
225.9
167.0
954.4
283.0
188.5
208.2
188.3
267.2
216.0
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection
1.2
22.2
1,116.5
32.8
38.1
4.1
21.5
76.1
40.7
Syphilis (all)
1.9
4.4
30.4
2.0
0.1
1.2
2.6
1.3
3.0
Syphilis < 2 years duration
0.6
0.5
15.9
0.7
0.0
0.4
0.6
0.1
0.7
Syphilis > 2 years or unspecified duration
1.2
3.8
13.9
1.2
0.1
0.8
2.0
1.2
2.3
Syphilis - congenital
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
4.9
13.4
34.0
22.8
0.8
0.8
18.4
8.7
14.8
Measles
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Mumps
0.0
1.8
4.0
3.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.6
1.5
Pertussis
65.4
85.6
28.0
30.6
82.6
11.6
15.4
19.4
48.2
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
8.6
9.6
42.0
9.1
9.1
8.3
7.0
5.7
8.7
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
1.0
0.3
Rubella - congenital
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Vectorborne diseases
Barmah forest virus infection
0.0
8.6
38.0
25.7
1.0
0.0
0.5
2.4
8.6
Dengue
0.0
0.5
10.0
2.6
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.9
Flavivirus infection (NEC)
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
Japanese encephalitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Kunjin virus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Malaria
1.2
1.2
38.0
6.2
1.0
5.0
2.9
4.0
3.3
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ross River virus infection
1.2
10.4
72.0
29.0
3.9
3.3
1.3
5.4
11.0
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
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Leptospirosis
0.0
0.2
2.0
2.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.7
Lyssavirus (NEC)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Ornithosis
0.0
2.3
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.9
Q fever
0.0
2.1
4.0
4.3
2.9
0.0
1.2
0.2
2.1
Other bacterial infections
Legionellosis
0.0
1.0
2.0
1.5
3.4
0.0
0.6
3.2
1.4
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection
2.5
2.0
8.0
1.3
0.8
2.5
1.0
1.0
1.6
Tuberculosis
0.0
4.0
10.0
4.1
2.6
3.3
7.5
3.8
4.8

* Rates are subject to retrospective revision.

† Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.

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

NN Not notifiable.

NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.

 

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 3, September 2005.

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