Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2003

Authors

  • Janet Li Communicable Disease Management and Policy Section, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT
  • Paul Roche Surveillance Section, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT
  • Jenean Spencer Surveillance Section, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT
  • Ivan Bastian National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Amanda Christensen National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Mark Hurwitz National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Anastasios Konstantinos National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Vicki Krause National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Moira McKinnon National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Avner Misrachi National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Graham Tallis National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • Justin Waring National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee Communicable Disease Network Australia
  • National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.50

Keywords:

surveillance, tuberculosis

Abstract

The National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) received 982 tuberculosis (TB) notifications in 2003, of which 947 were new cases, 33 were relapses and two were cases with unknown history. The incidence of TB in Australia has remained at a stable rate since 1985 and was 4.9 cases per 100,000 population in 2003. The high-incidence groups remain people born overseas and Indigenous Australians at 19.9 and 8.7 cases per 100,000 population, respectively. By contrast the incidence in non-Indigenous Australians was 0.9 per 100,000. Comparison of the 2003 TB notification data against the performance indicators set by National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee highlights that enhanced TB control measures should be considered among these high-risk groups. Commun Dis Intell 2004;28:464–473.

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Published

31/12/04

How to Cite

Li, Janet, Paul Roche, Jenean Spencer, Ivan Bastian, Amanda Christensen, Mark Hurwitz, Anastasios Konstantinos, et al. 2004. “Tuberculosis Notifications in Australia, 2003”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 28 (December):464-73. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.50.

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Vol. 28 (2004)

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