Key findings
- A total of 1,025 notifications of newly diagnosed HIV were reported in 2015 including 38 (4%) which were identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
- A total of 10,790 cases of newly diagnosed hepatitis C infection were reported in Australia in 2015; 929 (9%) were among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 3,442 (32%) were among the non‑Indigenous population and there were a further 6,419 (59%) cases where Indigenous status was not reported.
- There were a total of 6,502 notifications of newly diagnosed hepatitis B infection in Australia in 2015, of these 221 (3%) were among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2,211 (34%) were among the non‑Indigenous population, and there were a further 4,070 (63%) notifications for which Indigenous status was not reported.
- Chlamydia was the second most frequently reported notifiable condition in Australia in 2015. There were a total of 66,033 notifications, 6 532 (9%) were among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 25,508 (39%) were among the non‑Indigenous population, and Indigenous status was not reported for 33,993 (51%) notifications. Data for 2015 for Victoria were unavailable at the time of reporting.
- There were a total of 2,736 infectious syphilis notifications nationally in 2015, with 433 (16%) among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2,043 (75%) among the non‑Indigenous population, and a further 206 (8%) notifications for which Indigenous status was not reported.