Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2006: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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  • Kylie Begg Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Paul Roche Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Rhonda Owen Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Conan Liu Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Marlena Kaczmarek Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Aurysia Hii Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Stefan Stirzaker Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Ann McDonald National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Gerard Fitzsimmons OzFoodNet, Food Safety and Surveillance Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Peter McIntyre National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, New South Wales
  • Robert Menzies National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, New South Wales
  • Iain East Epidemiology and Modelling Section, Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • David Coleman Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
  • Krissa O'Neil Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2008.32.18

Keywords:

Australia, communicable diseases, epidemiology, surveillance

Abstract

In 2006, 66 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and territories reported a total of 138,511 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System: an increase of 10.4% on the number of notifications in 2005. In 2006, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (57,941 notifications, 42% of total notifications), gastrointestinal diseases (27,931 notifications, 20% of total notifications) and vaccine preventable diseases (22,240 notifications, 16% of total notifications). There were 19,111 notifications of bloodborne diseases; 8,606 notifications of vectorborne diseases; 1,900 notifications of other bacterial infections; 767 notifications of zoonoses and 3 notifications of quarantinable diseases. Commun Dis Intell 2008;32:139–207.

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Begg, Kylie, Paul Roche, Rhonda Owen, Conan Liu, Marlena Kaczmarek, Aurysia Hii, Stefan Stirzaker, et al. 2008. “Australia’s Notifiable Diseases Status, 2006: Annual Report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 32 (June):139-207. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2008.32.18.

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