House of Assembly
Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
52
1
Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Answers to Questions
Infectious Diseases
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Dr McFETRIDGE
House of Assembly
Morphett
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
116 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 July 2010). What was the rate of infection (per 1,000 persons) for the diseases known as Whooping Cough, Measles, Swine Flu and RSV by South Australian Local Government Area in 2009-10?
The Hon. J.D. HILL
House of Assembly
Kaurna
Minister for Health
Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Minister for the Southern Suburbs
Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I am advised:
Data on notifiable diseases are collected at the time of diagnosis from the responsible medical practitioner.
Reported cases often under-represent actual numbers and regional variation may reflect testing practices of individual doctors.
RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) is not a notifiable disease in South Australia, so the Communicable Disease Control Branch does not have infection rates for this disease.
One measles case was reported in a resident of the Salisbury local government area in 2009-10, giving a rate of 0.01 persons per 1,000 population. This infection was acquired overseas.
The rates of whooping cough (pertussis) and swine flu (Pandemic H1N1 influenza 2009) infection per 1,000 persons in local government areas (lga) during 2009-10 were:
| Local Government Area Council |
Pertussis Rateper 1,000 lga Persons |
'Swine' Influenza H1N1 Rateper 1,000 lga Persons |
| Adelaide City Council |
1.6 |
4.9 |
| Adelaide Hills Council |
5.2 |
5.6 |
| Alexandrina Council |
3.5 |
5.8 |
| Barossa Council, The |
3.9 |
2.8 |
| Barunga West, District Council of |
0.4 |
2.3 |
| Berri Barmera Council |
1.1 |
2.8 |
| Burnside, The City of |
2.7 |
4.6 |
| Campbelltown City Council |
2.8 |
5.4 |
| Ceduna, District Council of |
1.6 |
3.0 |
| Charles Sturt, City of |
2.5 |
3.8 |
| Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council |
3.7 |
5.9 |
| Cleve, District Council of |
9.1 |
3.0 |
| Coober Pedy, District Council of |
0.5 |
10.7 |
| Copper Coast, District Council of |
4.0 |
3.4 |
| Elliston, District Council of |
2.6 |
2.6 |
| Flinders Ranges Council |
3.9 |
8.3 |
| Franklin Harbour, District Council of |
2.2 |
0.7 |
| Gawler, Town of |
4.7 |
7.5 |
| Goyder, Regional Council of |
2.1 |
2.3 |
| Grant, District Council of |
2.1 |
0.1 |
| Holdfast Bay, City of |
3.0 |
3.9 |
| Kangaroo Island Council |
2.7 |
2.7 |
| Karoonda East Murray, District Council of |
7.5 |
1.7 |
| Kimba, District Council of |
1.7 |
0.9 |
| Kingston Regional Council |
3.3 |
1.2 |
| Le Hunte, District Council of |
2.3 |
1.5 |
| Light Regional Council |
2.4 |
5.0 |
| Lower Eyre Peninsula, District Council of |
2.6 |
0.0 |
| Loxton Waikerie, District Council of |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Mallala, District Council of |
4.2 |
4.7 |
| Marion, City of |
3.1 |
3.5 |
| Mid Murray Council |
3.3 |
3.3 |
| Mitcham, City of |
4.5 |
3.7 |
| Mt Barker, District Council of |
5.8 |
3.9 |
| Mt Gambier, City of |
5.8 |
1.5 |
| Mt Remarkable, District Council of |
3.4 |
3.4 |
| Murray Bridge, The Rural City of |
3.1 |
3.6 |
| Naracoorte Lucindale Council |
3.0 |
4.0 |
| Northern Areas Council |
2.3 |
2.3 |
| Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, The City of |
2.4 |
5.4 |
| Onkaparinga, City of |
4.5 |
4.8 |
| Orroroo Carrieton, District Council of |
1.0 |
2.1 |
| Peterborough, District Council of |
1.5 |
4.0 |
| Playford, City of |
3.9 |
5.8 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield, City of |
2.6 |
4.8 |
| Port Augusta City Council |
3.7 |
13.6 |
| Port Lincoln, City of |
6.4 |
3.4 |
| Port Pirie Regional Council |
2.8 |
5.2 |
| Prospect, City of |
1.8 |
3.3 |
| Renmark Paringa, District Council of |
2.5 |
4.4 |
| Robe, District Council of |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| Roxby Downs, Municipal Council of |
0.0 |
0.5 |
| Salisbury, City of |
3.2 |
5.9 |
| Southern Mallee District Council |
1.8 |
5.3 |
| Streaky Bay, District Council of |
0.0 |
0.9 |
| Tatiara District Council |
1.1 |
3.9 |
| Tea Tree Gully, City of |
3.6 |
4.4 |
| The Coorong District Council |
14.7 |
18.0 |
| Tumby Bay, District Council of |
3.0 |
0.8 |
| Unley, City of |
3.5 |
4.0 |
| Victor Harbour, City of |
4.1 |
4.6 |
| Wakefield Regional Council |
3.9 |
3.5 |
| Walkerville, Corporation of the Town of |
2.3 |
3.8 |
| Wattle Range Council |
4.8 |
1.1 |
| West Torrens, City of |
2.5 |
4.1 |
| Whyalla, The Corporation of the City of |
7.7 |
9.7 |
| Yankalilla, District Council of |
3.4 |
1.8 |
| Yorke Peninsula, District Council of |
7.4 |
6.1 |
| Unincorporated Areas of SA |
3.6 |
35.5 |