Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 10, October 2000 contains an analysis and tables of monthly notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

Page last updated: 10 November 2004

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There were 7,149 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) with a notification date in September 2000 (Table 1). The crude incidence of diseases per 100,000 population for each State or Territory (Table 2) was included for the first time in the August issue of Commun Dis Intell. Data by date of report for September 2000, are included in this issue of Commun Dis Intell (Table 3). Figure 9 illustrates, for selected diseases, the September 2000 totals as ratios to the mean of their August to October levels for the previous 5 years (1995 to 1999).

There were 1,941 reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 to 30 September 2000 (Tables 4 and 5).

Figure 9. Selected1 diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 30 September 2000 with historical data2

Figure 9. Selected diseases from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, comparison of provisional totals for the period 1 to 30 September 2000 with historical data

1. Selected diseases are chosen each calendar month according to current activity
2. Ratio of current month total to mean of August to October data for the previous five years

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Table 1. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 September 2000, by date of notification#

Disease
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total September 20001 Total August 20001 Total September 19991 Last 5 years mean Year to date 2000 Last 5 years YTD mean Ratio*
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
7
0
4
4
0
8
11
34
46
25
23
311
209
1.5
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
5
209
0
65
11
6
178
55
529
693
724
574
6,028
5,229
0.9
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
6
0
-
2
0
4
6
19
34
23
19
364
145
1.0
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
24
459
14
298
43
29
416
139
1,422
1,743
1,718
1,346
15,823
11,929
1.1
Hepatitis D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
2
15
13
 
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
Campylobacterosis3
23
-
13
200
157
52
354
183
982
1,186
1,007
1,054
9,844
8,565
0.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
5
 
Hepatitis A
2
15
3
6
1
0
4
12
43
39
129
152
668
1,711
0.3
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
 
Listeriosis
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
3
16
6
52
50
0.5
Salmonellosis
5
47
11
69
16
3
54
58
263
320
374
401
4,633
5,098
0.7
Shigellosis3
0
-
12
9
2
0
7
3
33
29
43
45
366
515
0.7
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
6
0
0
NN
6
2
0
1
29
9
6.0
Typhoid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
8
4
55
58
 
Yersiniosis3
0
-
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
8
10
16
59
178
0.3
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
 
Plague
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
 
Viral haemorrhagic fever
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
 
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
 
Chlamydial infection5
19
217
70
414
127
22
223
163
1,255
1,661
1,153
831
12,950
7,385
1.5
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
11
35
 
Gonococcal infection6
0
47
86
90
10
0
89
87
409
507
440
370
4,774
3,507
1.1
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
Syphilis7
2
42
12
66
0
0
0
3
125
166
176
139
1,395
1,295
0.9
Vaccine preventable
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
5
1
4
21
39
1.0
Measles
2
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
8
2
15
58
84
449
0.1
Mumps
0
7
0
0
0
0
5
6
18
19
16
14
173
130
1.3
Pertussis
16
283
0
22
33
2
47
5
408
666
418
580
3,751
3,814
0.7
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
Rubella8
0
10
0
2
0
0
5
0
17
35
31
228
173
1,188
0.1
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
4
 
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
64
46
0.5
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
10
0
21
0
0
0
3
34
40
33
33
452
586
1.0
Dengue
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
6
1
4
11
203
125
0.5
Malaria
1
15
8
18
3
0
5
0
50
88
62
48
790
589
1.0
Ross River virus infection
0
7
1
48
0
0
3
4
63
60
79
78
3,683
4,456
0.8
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
5
8
5
16
27
0.8
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
3
0
0
1
0
4
2
0
5
20
30
0.8
Leptospirosis
1
2
0
3
0
0
4
0
10
11
13
13
176
147
0.8
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
2
3
1
6
8
5
7
59
53
0.9
Q fever
0
10
0
33
1
0
0
0
44
45
55
46
385
401
1.0
Other
Legionellosis
0
0
0
6
8
0
1
2
17
25
16
14
386
150
1.2
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
6
 
Meningococcal infection
4
35
0
5
5
1
22
9
81
76
70
55
435
347
1.5
Tuberculosis
0
9
0
4
3
0
21
7
44
65
120
91
669
780
0.5
Total
105
1,444
231
1,403
434
117
1,456
757
5,947
7,604
6,796
6,281
68,933
59,312
 

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. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella.
# Date of notification = 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 the public health unit.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.
* Ratio = ratio of current month total to the mean of the last 5 years (where data are available) calculated as described above.

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Table 2. Crude incidence of diseases by State or Territory, 1 to 30 September 2000. (Rate per 100,000 population)

Disease1
State or Territory Australia
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne diseases
Hepatitis B (incident)
0.0
1.3
0.0
1.4
3.2
0.0
2.0
7.1
2.2
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
19.1
39.1
0.0
22.2
8.8
15.3
45.3
35.5
33.5
Hepatitis C (incident)
3.8
1.1
0.0
-
1.6
0.0
1.0
3.9
1.5
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
91.9
85.9
87.1
101.8
34.6
74.0
105.9
89.6
90.0
Hepatitis D
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
Campylobacterosis3
88.1
-
80.9
68.3
126.2
132.7
90.1
118.0
93.9
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Hepatitis A
7.7
2.8
18.7
2.0
0.8
0.0
1.0
7.7
2.7
Hepatitis E
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Listeriosis
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.2
Salmonellosis
19.1
8.8
68.4
23.6
12.9
7.7
13.8
37.4
16.6
Shigellosis3
0.0
-
94.7
3.1
1.6
0.0
1.8
1.9
3.2
SLTEC,VTEC4
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
4.8
0.0
0.0
NN
0.5
Typhoid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Yersiniosis3
0.0
-
6.2
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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
Chancroid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Chlamydial infection5
72.8
40.6
435.5
141.4
102.1
56.1
56.8
105.1
79.4
Donovanosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
NN
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gonococcal infection6
0.0
8.8
535.0
30.7
8.0
0.0
22.7
56.1
25.9
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Syphilis7
7.7
7.9
74.7
22.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
7.9
Vaccine preventable
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
0.0
0.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Measles
7.7
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
Mumps
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
3.9
1.1
Pertussis
61.3
53.0
0.0
7.5
26.5
5.1
12.0
3.2
25.8
Poliomyelitis
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rubella8
0.0
1.9
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
1.1
Tetanus
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Barmah Forest virus infection
0.0
1.9
0.0
7.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.2
Dengue
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
Malaria
3.8
2.8
49.8
6.1
2.4
0.0
1.3
0.0
3.2
Ross River virus infection
0.0
1.3
6.2
16.4
0.0
0.0
0.8
2.6
4.0
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
Hydatid infection
0.0
NN
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.4
Leptospirosis
3.8
0.4
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.6
Ornithosis
0.0
NN
0.0
NN
0.0
5.1
0.8
0.6
0.8
Q fever
0.0
1.9
0.0
11.3
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
Other
Legionellosis
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
6.4
0.0
0.3
1.3
1.1
Leprosy
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Meningococcal infection
15.3
6.6
0.0
1.7
4.0
2.6
5.6
5.8
5.1
Tuberculosis
0.0
1.7
0.0
1.4
2.4
0.0
5.3
4.5
2.8
Total
402.1
270.4
1437.1
479.3
348.8
298.6
370.8
488.1
376.3

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. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.

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Table 3. Notifications of diseases received by State and Territory health authorities in the period 1 to 30 September 2000, by date of report*

Disease1
State or Territory Total this period Year to date total
ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Bloodborne
Hepatitis B (incident)
0
11
1
3
7
0
10
11
43
318
Hepatitis B (unspecified)2
3
359
0
70
30
4
179
63
708
6,252
Hepatitis C (incident)
1
8
0
-
3
0
3
6
21
377
Hepatitis C (unspecified)2
22
724
12
283
64
34
418
159
1,716
16,087
Hepatitis D
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
15
Gastrointestinal diseases
Botulism
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Campylobacterosis3
22
-
15
185
169
46
362
205
1,004
9,919
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Hepatitis A
2
15
6
8
1
0
4
13
49
696
Hepatitis E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Listeriosis
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
51
Salmonellosis
5
57
12
91
21
1
62
53
302
4,799
Shigellosis3
0
-
10
6
3
0
9
3
31
367
SLTEC,VTEC4
0
0
0
NN
5
0
0
NN
5
30
Typhoid
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
60
Yersiniosis3
0
-
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
61
Quarantinable diseases
Cholera
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Plague
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Viral haemorrhagic fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yellow fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexually transmissible diseases
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chlamydial infection5
15
290
104
443
149
28
294
189
1,512
12,977
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
NN
0
0
0
0
12
Gonococcal infection6
0
70
133
91
24
0
92
89
499
4,831
Lymphogranuloma venereum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Syphilis7
1
54
14
81
0
0
0
9
159
1,461
Vaccine preventable diseases
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haemophilus influenzae type b
0
2
0
3
1
0
0
0
6
23
Measles
1
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
84
Mumps
0
5
0
0
0
0
7
7
19
175
Pertussis
24
409
1
32
43
0
67
6
582
3,895
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella8
0
19
0
2
1
0
11
0
33
176
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Vectorborne diseases
Arbovirus infection NEC
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
65
Barmah Forest virus infection
0
11
0
21
0
0
0
5
37
466
Dengue
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
222
Malaria
1
17
6
25
3
0
6
3
61
799
Ross River virus infection
0
8
1
54
1
0
3
8
75
3,887
Zoonoses
Brucellosis
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
15
Hydatid infection
0
NN
0
2
0
0
2
1
5
20
Leptospirosis
0
2
1
7
1
0
5
0
16
182
Ornithosis
0
NN
0
NN
0
0
7
1
8
65
Q fever
0
16
0
25
3
0
0
0
44
400
Other
Legionellosis
0
1
0
8
12
0
2
3
26
391
Leprosy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Meningococcal infection
5
32
0
10
5
0
22
8
82
434
Tuberculosis
0
22
3
10
0
1
29
14
79
744
Total
102
2,141
320
1,472
547
114
1,597
856
7,149
70,373


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. Unspecified numbers should be interpreted with some caution as the magnitude may be a reflection of the numbers of tests being carried out.
3. Not reported for NSW because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
4. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing E. coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
5. WA: genital only.
6. NT, Qld, SA, Vic and WA: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
7. Includes congenital syphilis.
8. Includes congenital rubella.
* Date of report is the date the public health unit received the report.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
- Elsewhere Classified.



The NNDSS is conducted under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand. The system coordinates the national surveillance of close to 50 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 legislations. 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 24, No 10, October 2000.

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