title: Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004, annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
abstract: In 2004, 60 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and Territories reported a total of 110,929 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS): an increase of 4 per cent on the number of notifications in 2003. In 2004, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (46,762 cases; 42% of total notifications), gastrointestinal diseases (25,247 cases; 23% of total notifications) and bloodborne diseases (19,191 cases; 17% of total notifications). There were 13,206 notifications of vaccine preventable diseases, 6,000 notifications of vectorborne diseases, 1,799 notifications of other bacterial infections (includes, legionellosis, leprosy, meningococcal infections and tuberculosis) and 877 notifications of zoonotic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Kefle.yohannes@health.gov.au
authors.forename: Keflemariam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yohannes
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Conan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Simon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Firestone
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: East
authors.forename: Brynley P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: Martyn D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Glenda L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: Robert I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Menzies
authors.forename: Helen E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Quinn
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; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution