title: Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2003 annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
abstract: In 2003, 58 diseases and conditions were notifiable at a national level in Australia. States and territories reported a total of 104,956 cases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System an increase of 3.2 per cent on the total number of notifications in 2002. In 2003, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually acquired infections (38,854, 37% of total notifications), gastrointestinal diseases (24,655 notifications, 24%) and bloodborne viruses (20,825 notifications, 20%). There were 11,113 notifications of vaccine preventable diseases, 6,780 notifications of vectorborne diseases, 1,826 notification of other bacterial infections and 903 notifications of zoonotic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
authors.forename: Megge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Keflemariam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yohannes
authors.forename: Jenean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brotherton
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vadjic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution