Year in Review: Communicable Disease Surveillance, 2002

Abstract

In this issue, we review the trends in reports of notifiable diseases among NSW residents received by the NSW public health units for 2002. Readers interested in the details of notifications for specific diseases are referred to Tables 1–5 where diseases are reported by: year of onset; month of onset; rate per 100 000 population and number of cases by area health service; and age group and sex.