Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of total notified cases (N = 634) and included enhanced surveillance cases (N = 222)
| Typhoid | Paratyphoid | Measles | HAV | HEV | Malaria | Chikungunya | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Notified cases | 97 | 48 | 106 | 122 | 24 | 182* | 55 | 634 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 0–19 | 43 (44) | 9 (19) | 56 (53) | 52 (43) | 4 (17) | 28 (15) | 2 (4) | 194 (30·6) |
| 20–39 | 38 (39) | 29 (60) | 40 (38) | 44 (36) | 13 (54) | 86 (47) | 14 (26) | 264 (41·6) |
| 40–59 | 15 (16) | 7 (15) | 10 (9) | 16 (13) | 4 (17) | 47 (26) | 29 (53) | 128 (20·2) |
| ⩾60 | 1 (1) | 3 (6) | 0 | 10 (8) | 3 (13) | 20 (11) | 10 (18) | 47 (7·4) |
| Sex (female) | 52 (54) | 31 (65) | 45 (43) | 53 (43) | 8 (33) | 59 (32) | 37 (67) | 285 (45·0) |
| Country/region of birth | ||||||||
| Australia | 24 (25) | 18 (38) | 72 (68) | 59 (48) | 7 (29) | 20 (11) | 20 (36) | 220 (34·7) |
| India | 41 (42) | 14 (29) | 0 | 13 (11) | 7 (29) | 28 (15) | 5 (9) | 108 (17·0) |
| Other South Asia | 14 (14) | 4 (8) | 2 (2) | 13 (11) | 3 (13) | 6 (3) | 0 | 42 (6·6) |
| South East Asia | 7 (7) | 5 (10) | 12 (11) | 10 (8) | 3 (13) | 6 (3) | 1 (2) | 44 (6·9) |
| Other | 8 (8) | 3 (6) | 14 (13) | 17 (14) | 3 (13) | 55 (30) | 3 (6) | 103 (16·2) |
| Not specified | 3 (3) | 4 (8) | 6 (6) | 10 (8) | 1 (4) | 67 (37) | 26 (47) | 117 (18·5) |
| Enhanced surveillance cases | 35 (36) | 25 (52) | 44 (42) | 58 (48) | 14 (58) | 26 (14) | 20 (36) | 222 (35·0) |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 0–19 | 18 (51) | 6 (24) | 23 (52) | 31 (53) | 3 (21) | 2 (8) | 0 | 83 (37·4) |
| 20–39 | 13 (37) | 15 (60) | 16 (36) | 16 (28) | 7 (50) | 14 (54) | 2 (10) | 83 (37·4) |
| 40–59 | 4 (11) | 2 (8) | 5 (11) | 9 (16) | 2 (14) | 8 (31) | 12 (60) | 42 (18·9) |
| ⩾60 | 0 | 2 (8) | 0 | 2 (3) | 2 (14) | 2 (8) | 6 (30) | 14 (6·3) |
| Sex (female) | 20 (43) | 15 (40) | 16 (64) | 24 (59) | 5 (64) | 6 (77) | 13 (35) | 99 (55·4) |
| University education† | 14 (78) | 15 (79) | 10 (43) | 20 (69) | 5 (42) | 12 (52) | 10 (53) | 86 (60·1) |
| Immigrant status: | ||||||||
| Australian-born, Australian-born parents | 2 (6) | 6 (24) | 17 (37) | 14 (24) | 1 (7) | 5 (19) | 10 (50) | 55 (24·8) |
| Australia-born, immigrant parents | 11 (31) | 3 (12) | 14 (32) | 26 (45) | 3 (21) | 3 (12) | 2 (10) | 62 (27·9) |
| Immigrant | 22 (63) | 16 (64) | 13 (30) | 18 (31) | 10 (71) | 18 (69) | 8 (40) | 105 (47·3) |
| Length of immigration ⩽5 years‡ | 7 (33) | 3 (19) | 3 (23) | 7 (39) | 1 (10) | 4 (22) | 0 | 25 (24·3) |
| Length of immigration ⩽10 years‡ | 18 (86) | 12 (75) | 5 (39) | 14 (78) | 6 (60) | 10 (56) | 1 (14) | 66 (64·1) |
| Speaks a language other than English at home | 32 (91) | 17 (68) | 17 (39) | 39 (67) | 12 (86) | 16 (62) | 7 (37) | 140 (63·3) |
| Region of birth | ||||||||
| Australia | 13 (37) | 9 (36) | 31 (71) | 40 (69) | 4 (29) | 8 (31) | 12 (60) | 117 (52·7) |
| South and Central Asia | 18 (51) | 12 (48) | 0 | 8 (14) | 6 (43) | 3 (12) | 4 (20) | 51 (23·0) |
| South East Asia | 1 (3) | 3 (12) | 7 (16) | 2 (3) | 3 (21) | 1 (4) | 2 (10) | 19 (8·6) |
| Middle East | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1·4) |
| Pacific (including New Zealand) | 3 (9) | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 4 (7) | 0 | 3 (12) | 0 | 12 (5·4) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (35) | 0 | 9 (4·1) |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 4 (9) | 1 (2) | 1 (7) | 2 (8) | 2 (10) | 10 (4·5) |
| North America | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0·5) |
| Parents region of birth§ | ||||||||
| Australian | 0 | 0 | 6 (43) | 6 (23) | 1 (33) | 1 (33) | 0 | 14 (22·6) |
| South and Central Asia | 10 (91) | 3 (100) | 3 (21) | 4 (15) | 2 (67) | 0 | 0 | 22 (35·5) |
| South-East Asia | 0 | 0 | 4 (29) | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (9·7) |
| Middle East | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) | 16 (62) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (27·4) |
| Pacific (including New Zealand) | 1 (9) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 1 (33) | 0 | 3 (4·8) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (68) | 0 | 3 (4·8) |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 6 (43) | 3 (12) | 1 (33) | 0 | 1 (100) | 11 (17·7) |
| North America | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3·2) |
HAV, Hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus.
*
Includes one case in which age was not recorded.
†
Adult cases only, n = 143.
‡
Migrants only, n = 105.
§
Australian-born with migrant parents only, n = 62 (multiple response allowed).