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Table 1 Number, demographics, and crude incidence of case notifications by disease group and jurisdiction, Australia 2012–2022

From: The epidemiology of notifiable diseases in Australia and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2012–2022

 

Notifications

Sex

Age group (years)

Crude incidence (100,000 per year) 2012–2022

N

(%)

Male (%)

Female (%)

 < 5 (%)

5–19 (%)

20–39 (%)

40–59 (%)

 ≥ 60 (%)

Mean

Range

All notifications

14,087,045

100

45

50

5

19

37

24

15

5013

994–39,089

Disease group

 Gastrointestinal

566,595

4

52

48

18.4

15.1

26.5

19.2

20.8

209

154–254

 Respiratory

11,641,375

82.6

44

50

5.6

20.1

33.1

25.2

15.9

4108

202–38,141

 Sexually transmissible

1,358,281

9.6

53

47

0.1

16.1

70.9

11.4

1.5

503

441–594

 Bloodborne viral hepatitis

171,842

1.2

62

38

0.2

2.5

47.4

38.1

11.8

64

47–76

 Vector-borne

80,654

0.6

48

52

0.3

6.1

32.9

40.5

20.2

30

14–51

 Other

268,298

1.9

46

54

1.1

9.1

23.8

28

38

99

63–125

 Imported

23,622

0.2

55

45

3.3

13.4

42.7

30.1

10.5

9

0–13

Jurisdiction

 Australian Capital Territory

286,695

2

47

50

5.4

18.6

39.3

24

12.7

5947

912–51,953

 New South Wales

4,794,516

341

49

51

5.4

19.7

35.8

24.1

15

5359

685–43,234

 Northern Territory

198,091

1.4

47

53

7.4

20.7

42.3

20.9

8.7

7279

2735–45,904

 Queensland

1,986,999

14.1

45

52

5.6

16.9

37.5

23.1

16.4

3521

1222–21,173

 South Australia

1,194,180

8.5

47

52

6.1

19.6

33.1

23.5

17.4

6098

1071–49,643

 Tasmania

202,936

1.4

45

54

5.4

16.1

33.7

23.2

21.6

3567

803–26,296

 Victoria

3,743,878

26.6

47

52

5.1

18.3

37.6

23.9

14.8

5222

955–41,678

 Western Australia

1,679,750

11.9

30

33

5.3

20.6

35.9

24.7

13

5642

1053–48,128

  1. NB overlap of individual diseases within the ‘imported’ disease group with other disease groups
  2. Age group missing data: 0.1% for all notifications with COVID-19 notifications accounting for 92% of missing data; 0.5% for Western Australia, 0.5% for Queensland; 0.3% for South Australia, Victoria
  3. Sex missing data: 5% for all notifications, 6% for respiratory diseases, 3% for the Australian Capital Territory. Queensland; 1% South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria; 37% for Western Australia with COVID-19 notifications accounting for > 99% of the missing data