AUSTRALIA

Notifications of Legionellosis received by State and Territory health authorities in the period of 1991 to 1996 and year-to-date notifications for 1997 by year - month

YEAR Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1991 4 10 13 5 12 17 8 6 2 11 11 11 110
1992 0 17 16 36 29 7 23 16 11 8 7 15 185
1993 15 14 21 25 14 13 12 12 12 9 10 21 178
1994 16 6 19 25 16 7 20 14 17 16 13 10 179
1995 21 15 28 7 13 15 11 16 7 6 11 10 160
1996 16 18 16 16 18 11 20 15 13 10 19 20 192
1997 17 9 12 18 19 17 8 5 8 11 16 5 145

Notifications of Legionellosis received by State d Territory health authorities in the period of 1991 to 1996 and year-to-date notifications for 1997 by year - states and territories

YEAR ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Total
1991 1 26 0 29 21 0 18 15 110
1992 0 91 1 32 22 1 14 24 185
1993 0 73 2 23 17 1 42 20 178
1994 0 62 5 21 26 1 44 20 179
1995 1 77 2 20 13 2 22 23 160
1996 2 67 2 19 25 2 36 39 192
1997 2 36 1 11 32 2 30 31 145

Information kindly supplied by Counicable Diseases Network - Australia New Zealand - National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System,
Personal communication.

 



NEW SOUTH WALES..AUSTRALIA
1992 TO 1996

 
 

.....Category.....


Number

.
.


Rate Per
Million



.....Sex.....


Males

Females

Persons

Males

Females

Persons

 .....1992.....


76

29

105

25.9

9.0

17.1

 .....1993....


41

24

66

14.0

7.3

10.5

 ....1994....


39

21

60

12.9

6.6

9.6

 .....1995.....


60

15

76

19.6

4.4

11.7

 .....1996.....


45

26

71

14.8

7.7

10.9

Note: Data were generated on 7 October 1997 and excluded persons whose age was unknown and included whose sex unknown. Rates were age-adjusted using the Australian population as at 30 June 1991.
Sources: NSW Health Department Infectious Diseases Surveillance System (IDSS) and ABS population estimates (HOIST), Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, NSW Health Department.