Table 3. Notification rates of diseases by state or territory, 1 October to 31 December 2003. (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 |
0.8 |
10.1 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
| Hepatitis B (unspecified)†,‡ | 16.1 |
37.6 |
NN |
24.3 |
16.3 |
38.9 |
34.9 |
18.2 |
30.5 |
| Hepatitis C (incident) | 5.0 |
0.4 |
NN |
NN |
6.0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
6.0 |
2.2 |
| Hepatitis C (unspecified) | 77.0 |
103.7 |
119.4 |
71.9 |
36.3 |
108.2 |
70.5 |
64.3 |
80.2 |
| 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 |
| Campylobacteriosis2 | 153.9 |
NN |
52.6 |
93.3 |
127.9 |
297.4 |
126.8 |
107.3 |
120.2 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 1.2 |
3.5 |
22.3 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
15.2 |
3.1 |
7.0 |
3.9 |
| Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | 0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Hepatitis A | 2.5 |
2.5 |
12.1 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
5.2 |
1.8 |
| Hepatitis E | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Listeriosis | 1.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Salmonellosis | 16.1 |
24.3 |
121.4 |
59.1 |
26.5 |
43.9 |
21.0 |
23.2 |
31.4 |
| Shigellosis | 0.0 |
0.8 |
40.5 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
5.4 |
1.6 |
| SLTEC,VTEC3 | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Typhoid | 0.0 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
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 | 173.8 |
118.0 |
675.8 |
194.0 |
111.7 |
236.6 |
116.8 |
189.8 |
148.0 |
| Donovanosis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Gonococcal infection4 | 5.0 |
15.3 |
505.8 |
26.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.4 |
77.5 |
28.2 |
| Syphilis | 3.7 |
15.9 |
95.1 |
8.4 |
1.3 |
6.8 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
10.3 |
| Syphilis - congenital | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| Influenza (laboratory confirmed) | 0.0 |
3.4 |
62.7 |
7.7 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
12.8 |
5.2 |
| Measles | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
| Mumps | 1.2 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
| Pertussis | 134.1 |
52.3 |
2.0 |
17.6 |
11.0 |
121.7 |
16.1 |
21.1 |
33.0 |
| Pneumococcal disease | 7.4 |
10.8 |
30.3 |
11.8 |
10.2 |
22.0 |
8.7 |
7.9 |
10.5 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Rubella | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| 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 |
|||||||||
| Arbovirus infection NEC | 0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | 0.0 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
9.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
| Dengue | 2.5 |
0.5 |
10.1 |
19.3 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
4.1 |
| 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 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Malaria | 0.0 |
1.7 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
2.1 |
23.7 |
0.9 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ross River virus infection | 1.2 |
2.3 |
10.1 |
9.3 |
2.1 |
3.4 |
0.6 |
67.6 |
9.7 |
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 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Leptospirosis | 0.0 |
0.2 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Other lyssavirus (NEC) | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Ornithosis | 0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
| Q fever | 0.0 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
4.8 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
Other bacterial infections |
|||||||||
| Legionellosis | 0.0 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
6.6 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
6.0 |
1.8 |
| Leprosy | 0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Meningococcal infection | 9.9 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
6.8 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
| Tuberculosis | 2.5 |
4.4 |
6.1 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
7.7 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
1. Rates are subject to retrospective revision.
2. Not reported for New South Wales because it is only notifiable as 'foodborne disease' or 'gastroenteritis in an institution'.
3. Infections with Shiga-like toxin (verotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC/VTEC).
4. Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia: includes gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia.
NN Not Notifiable.
NEC Not Elsewhere Classified.
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Volume 28 No 1, March 2004.
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