02146nas a2200553 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653002100080653000900101653002200110653001400132653001000146653002100156653003300177653002600210653002500236653002200261653001100283653001100294653001100305653002000316653000900336653001600345653002800361653002600389653002100415100001100436700001200447700001100459700001500470700001400485700001000499700001600509700001100525700001500536700001400551700001100565700001800576700001500594700001600609700001400625245012100639300000900760490000700769520080200776022001401578 2007 d c2007 Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Distribution10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aAustralia10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aCommunicable Disease Control10aCommunicable Diseases10aDisease Notification10aDisease Outbreaks10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPopulation Surveillance10aSentinel Surveillance10aSex Distribution1 aOwen R1 aRoche P1 aHope K1 aYohannes K1 aRoberts A1 aLiu C1 aStirzaker S1 aKong F1 aBartlett M1 aDonovan B1 aEast I1 aFitzsimmons G1 aMcDonald A1 aMcIntyre PB1 aMenzies R00aAustralia's notifiable diseases status, 2005: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. a1-700 v313 a

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.

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