HC Deb 04 February 1981 vol 998 cc138-9W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of reported new cases of (a) males and (b) females for each recorded category of sexually transmitted disease by age group as follows: under 16, 16 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 years and over.

Sir George Young

Information is not available in the precise form requested. Analysis of the figures by age group is available only for primary and secondary syphillis and post-pubertal gonorrhoea. Following is the information on new cases of sexually transmitted diseases in England—with analysis by age group where available—for 1979—the last full year for which this information is available:

Total Male Female
SYPHILLIS
Primary and Secondary
Under 16 years 2 — 2
16 to 19 years 123 74 49
20 to 24 years 285 240 45
25 years and over 1,110 1,016 94
Total—all ages ,520 ,330 190
Latent in the first two years of
infection 968 807 161
Cardio-Vascular 53 13
Of the nervous system 152 35
All other late and latent stages 1,180 798 382
Congenital aged under two years 13 4 9
Congenital aged two years and over 115 40 75
Total 4,001 3,136 865
GONORRHOEA
Post-pubertal gonorrhoea
Under 16 years 385 82 303
16 to 19 years 10,315 4,329 5,986
20 to 24 years 18,456 11,123 7,333
25 years and over 25,869 19,456 6,413
Total—all ages 55,025 34,990 20,035
Pre-pubertal infection 14 3 11
Ophthalmia neonatorum 23 8 15
Total 55,062 35,001 20,061
OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES (all ages)
Chancroid 42 37 5
Lymphogranuloma venereum 30 20 10
Granuloma Inquinale 30 19 11
Non-specific genital infection
(NSG 1) 102,390 80,644 21,746
NSG 1 with arthritis 456 436 20
Trichomoniasis 19,511 1,589 17,922
Candidiasis 39,700 8,051 31,649
Scabies 2,076 1,671 405
Pediculosis pubis 7,478 5,194 2,284
Genital herpes 8,854 5,463 3,391
Genital warts 24,490 15,703 8,787
Genital molluscum 968 627 341
Other treponemal diseases 1,086 731 355
Other conditions requiring
treatment in a centre 49,555 29,454 20,101
Other conditions no requiring
treatment in a centre 99,813 61,944 37,869
Other conditions referred
elsewhere 2,242 1,350 892
Total 358,721 212,933 145,788
OVERALL TOTAL 417,784 251,070 166,714