Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 12, 25 November 1999 contains quarterly surveillance reports.

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There were 5,110 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in the four week period, 13 October to 9 November 1999 (Tables 1 and 2). The number of reports for selected diseases have been compared with historical data for corresponding periods in the previous three years (Figure 6).

There were 4,610 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the four week period, 7 October to 3 November 1999 (Tables 3 and 4).

The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) data for weeks 41 to 44, ending 7 November 1999, are included in this issue of CDI (Table 5).

Figure 6. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

Figure 6. Selected National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reports, and historical data

1. The historical data are the averages of the number of notifications in the corresponding 4 week periods of the last 3 years and the 2 week periods immediately preceding and following those.

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the NHMRC for routine childhood immunisation, received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 13 October to 9 November 1999

Disease1
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19992 Year to date 1998
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H. influenzae type b infection
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
3
46
29
Measles
0
1
1
2
1
0
10
2
17
11
274
280
Mumps
0
2
0
0
0
1
10
2
15
4
160
151
Pertussis
6
53
0
84
19
145
94
0
401
432
3,499
5,721
Rubella3
0
2
0
15
0
2
9
1
29
55
341
709
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
6

1. No notification of poliomyelitis has been received since 1978.
2. 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.
3. Includes congenital rubella.

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Table 2. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 13 October to 9 November 1999

Disease1,2,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 1999 This period 1998 Year to date 19994 Year to date 1998
Arbovirus infection (NEC)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
71
58
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
5
0
10
0
0
0
0
15
23
560
490
Brucellosis
0
0
0
8
0
0
1
0
9
6
45
39
Campylobacteriosis5
12
-
10
209
160
37
282
99
809
1,379
10,672
10,797
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chlamydial infection (NEC)6,7
19
76
77
398
67
21
203
83
944
1,020
11,956
9,587
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
Dengue
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
37
169
432
Donovanosis7
0
0
1
0
NN
0
0
1
2
1
17
30
Gonococcal infection8
0
32
75
102
23
0
57
40
329
401
4,789
4,535
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome9
NN
2
0
0
0
0
NN
0
2
2
15
12
Hepatitis A
1
13
10
24
11
0
34
12
105
134
1,425
2,323
Hepatitis B incident
0
1
0
5
1
0
3
1
11
18
247
228
Hepatitis B unspecified10
6
118
0
68
0
1
152
10
355
608
6,169
5,637
Hepatitis C incident
2
2
0
-
4
0
0
2
10
44
255
280
Hepatitis C unspecified10
28
351
16
271
50
37
436
51
1,240
1,392
17,419
16,484
Hepatitis (NEC)11
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
NN
4
0
34
15
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
0
0
1
2
0
3
2
27
37
Legionellosis
0
1
0
3
2
0
1
2
9
39
224
225
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
2
Leptospirosis
0
6
0
3
0
0
0
1
10
24
306
158
Listeriosis
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
4
56
48
Malaria
1
3
1
15
3
1
8
1
33
38
667
627
Meningococcal infection
0
11
1
2
1
0
14
4
33
32
498
394
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
1
0
2
1
4
6
69
33
Q fever
0
5
0
34
1
0
1
1
42
44
481
487
Ross River virus infection
1
11
1
51
0
0
5
3
72
79
4,188
2,534
Salmonellosis (NEC)
6
39
24
145
32
11
84
27
368
595
6,626
6,714
Shigellosis5
1
-
4
7
9
0
10
4
35
58
497
533
SLTEC, VTEC12
NN
0
0
NN
3
0
NN
NN
3
0
23
9
Syphilis13
0
16
11
100
6
0
0
1
134
138
1,733
1,376
TTP14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tuberculosis
1
21
9
9
1
0
0
5
46
73
793
829
Typhoid15
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
68
63
Yersiniosis (NEC)5
0
-
0
4
2
0
1
0
7
10
133
186

1. Diseases preventable by routine childhood immunisation are presented in Table 1.
2. No HIV and AIDS Tables this issue.
3. No notifications have been received during 1999 for the following rare diseases: lymphogranuloma venereum, plague, rabies, yellow fever, or other viral haemorrhagic fevers.
4. 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.
5. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
6. WA: genital only.
7. Notifications from NSW have been received since September 1998, and were first reported in CDI in Issue 23(9).
8. NT, Qld, SA and Vic: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
9. Nationally reportable from August 1998.
10. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of testings being carried out.
11. Includes hepatitis D and E.
12. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. Coli (SLTEC/VTEC) became nationally reportable in August 1998.
13. Includes congenital syphilis.
14. Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura became nationally reportable in August 1998.
15. NSW, Qld: includes paratyphoid.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 7 October to 3 November 1999, and total reports for the year

  State or Territory1 Total this period Total reported in 19992,3
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Measles, mumps, rubella
Measles virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
18
23
177
Mumps virus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
5
51
Rubella virus
 
3
 
58
 
1
 
1
63
131
Hepatitis viruses
Hepatitis A virus
 
 
18
23
 
 
1
14
56
346
Hepatitis D virus
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
5
Hepatitis E virus
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
1
Arboviruses
Ross River virus
 
8
13
129
 
1
 
15
166
1,303
Barmah Forest virus
 
2
 
21
 
 
 
3
26
149
Dengue not typed
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
5
8
52
Flavivirus (unspecified)
 
 
1
6
 
 
 
 
7
23
Adenoviruses
Adenovirus type 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
15
Adenovirus type 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
30
Adenovirus type 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
15
Adenovirus type 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
3
Adenovirus type 40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
4
67
Adenovirus not typed/pending
 
15
 
13
 
 
21
56
105
1,082
Herpes viruses
Herpes virus type 6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
11
Cytomegalovirus
 
28
 
67
 
 
27
14
136
1,008
Varicella-zoster virus
 
15
12
208
2
 
28
56
321
1,493
Epstein-Barr virus
 
21
8
378
 
2
5
35
449
2,003
Other DNA viruses
Parvovirus
 
1
 
37
 
 
6
17
61
409
Picornavirus family
Coxsackievirus A9
 
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
2
8
Coxsackievirus B2
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
2
Echovirus type 9
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
47
Echovirus type 11
 
19
1
 
 
 
 
 
20
151
Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
22
Rhinovirus (all types)
 
40
 
 
 
 
8
11
59
417
Enterovirus not typed/pending
 
3
4
11
 
 
2
55
75
732
Ortho/paramyxoviruses
Influenza A virus
 
10
1
149
 
 
17
70
247
1,777
Influenza A virus H3N2
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
 
4
33
Influenza B virus
 
8
 
12
 
 
13
7
40
250
Parainfluenza virus type 1
 
2
 
1
 
 
 
1
4
43
Parainfluenza virus type 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
103
Parainfluenza virus type 3
 
15
 
33
 
 
24
88
160
779
Respiratory syncytial virus
 
38
2
187
 
1
60
94
382
2,956
Other RNA viruses
HTLV-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
12
Rotavirus
 
62
1
 
 
 
66
90
219
1,966
Norwalk agent
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
 
2
68
Other
Chlamydia trachomatis not typed
 
55
105
510
 
 
5
104
779
2,805
Chlamydia psittaci
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
78
Chlamydia species
 
3
 
4
 
 
 
 
7
18
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 
7
2
170
 
 
37
6
222
1,039
Mycoplasma hominis
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
6
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
 
9
1
61
 
 
2
7
80
191
Rickettsia spp - other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
13
Streptococcus group A
 
6
32
157
 
 
 
 
195
241
Yersinia enterocolitica
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
10
Brucella species
 
 
 
4
 
 
 
 
4
6
Bordetella pertussis
 
5
 
185
 
1
22
5
218
630
Legionella pneumophila
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
20
Legionella longbeachae
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
8
40
Leptospira species
 
2
 
17
 
 
1
4
24
39
Treponema pallidum
 
18
235
147
 
 
 
1
401
507
Entamoeba histolytica
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
2
4
Toxoplasma gondii
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
1
6
Echinococcus granulosus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
2
2
Total
 
402
440
2,593
2
6
361
806
4,610
23,395

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. In 1999, data from the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Research, Westmead were under reported up to September.
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.

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Table 4. Virology and serology laboratory reports by contributing laboratories for the reporting period 7 October to 3 November 1999

State or Territory
Laboratory
Reports
New South Wales Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead
New Children's Hospital, Westmead
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool
86
93
38
56
Queensland Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End
Townsville General Hospital
3,158
11
Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield
61
184
105
Western Australia PathCentre Virology, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
666
152
Total   4,610
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Table 5. Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network reports, weeks 41 to 44, 1999

Week number
41 42 43 44
Week ending on
17 October 1999
24 October 1999
31 October 1999
7 November 1999
Doctors reporting
48
51
49
50
Total encounters
6,548
6,019
5,915
5,673
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
28
4.3
14
2.3
20
3.4
25
4.4
Rubella
0
0.0
1
0.2
1
0.2
1
0.2
Measles
1
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Chickenpox
10
1.5
12
2.0
13
2.2
13
2.3
New diagnosis of asthma
7
1.1
12
2.0
9
1.5
9
1.6
Post operative wound sepsis
10
1.5
8
1.3
11
1.9
10
1.8
Gastroenteritis
66
10.1
63
10.5
69
11.7
62
10.9


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 legislation. De-identified core unit data are supplied fortnightly for collation, analysis and dissemination. For further information, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:58.

LabVISE is a sentinel reporting scheme. Twenty-one laboratories contribute data on the laboratory identification of viruses and other organisms. 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 1999;23:58.

ASPREN currently comprises about 100 general practitioners from throughout the country. Up to 9,000 consultations are reported each week, with special attention to 12 conditions chosen for sentinel surveillance in 1999. CDI reports the consultation rates for seven of these. For further information, including case definitions, see Commun Dis Intell 1999;23:55-56.


This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 23, No 12, 25 November 1999.

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