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Table 2 Number of notifications of STEC illness by year and jurisdiction, 2000 to 2010

From: Epidemiology of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in Australia, 2000-2010

YEAR

NSW

VIC

ACT

WA

QLD

SA

TAS

NT

2000

1

3

0

NN*

NN*

33

0

0

2001

1

1

0

3

14

27

0

0

2002

6

5

0

4

5

39

0

0

2003

3

3

0

3

6

37

0

0

2004

5

4

0

0

10

30

0

0

2005

16

8

0

12

9

39

2

0

2006

10

5

0

3

15

35

0

2

2007

23

13

1

2

24

40

0

3

2008

19

11

0

0

38

39

0

0

2009

21

16

0

6

24

62

0

1

2010

10

12

0

8

18

32

0

0

TOTAL

115

81

1

41

163

413

2

6

Yearly Rate/100,000

0.17

0.14

0.03

0.18

0.37

2.4

0.04

0.07

  1. *NN= Not notifiable
  2. Source: Data extracted from National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System website [26]