Historic Influenza Statistics

Surveillance of Influenza activity in Australia and links to available data and reports.

Immunisation Coalition

Influenza Activity Surveillance for previous years

Please note that the vast majority of people do not get tested for influenza, therefore data presented here maybe underestimating influenza activity.

Australian Data from the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing statistics:

 

2018:  58,570 Laboratory confirmed notifications of Influenza in Australia, for the calendar year.

To download a PDF of the graph for 2018, click below.

2017:  249,882 laboratory confirmed notifications of Influenza in Australia, for the calendar year.

To download a PDF of the graph for 2017, click below.

2016:  90,861 laboratory confirmed notifications of Influenza in Australia, for the calendar year.

To download a PDF of the graph for 2016, click below.

 

For more national data:

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Australian Influenza Surveillance Report

Page Published: 7 March 2017 | Page Updated: 13 May 2020