Australia's notifiable disease status, 2005: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Authors

  • Rhonda Owen Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Paul W Roche Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Kirsty Hope Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Keflemariam Yohannes Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • April Roberts 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
  • Stefan Stirzaker Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Fiona Kong Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Mark Bartlett Communicable Diseases Branch, NSW Health Department, North Sydney, New South Wales
  • Basil Donovan National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 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
  • Gerard Fitzsimmons OzFoodNet, Food Safety and Surveillance 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
  • Peter B McIntyre National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, New South Wales
  • Robert I Menzies National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2007.31.1

Keywords:

Australia, communicable diseases, epidemiology, notifiable diseases, surveillance

Abstract

A numerical error in the table provided in Appendix 3 (Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data received, Australia, 2005, by state or territory) is addressed in an erratum (10.33321/cdi.2007.31.51) to this report.

In 2005, 60 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and territories reported a total of 125,461 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System: an increase of 10% on the number of notifications in 2004. In 2005, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (51,557 notifications, 41% of total notifications), gastrointestinal diseases (29,422 notifications, 23%) and bloodborne diseases (19,278 notifications, 15%). There were 17,753 notifications of vaccine preventable diseases; 4,935 notifications of vectorborne diseases; 1,826 notification of other bacterial infections (legionellosis, leprosy, meningococcal infections and tuberculosis) and 687 notifications of zoonotic diseases. Commun Dis Intell 2007;31:1–70.

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Owen, Rhonda, Paul W Roche, Kirsty Hope, Keflemariam Yohannes, April Roberts, Conan Liu, Stefan Stirzaker, et al. 2007. “Australia’s Notifiable Disease Status, 2005: Annual Report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 31 (March):1-70. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2007.31.1.

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