§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many males and how many females have been treated under the National Health Service for sexually transmitted diseases in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in each of the following age groups (a) under 17, (b) 18 to 24, (c) 24 to 39 and (d) 40 or more years of age.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe do not collect information in precisely the form requested. The available figures are in the tables:
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients of all ages. Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea All conditions male female male female male female 1974 1,395 253 37,337 20,734 216,693 133,889 1975 1,404 202 37,377 21,579 220,061 143,490 1976 1,468 214 37,179 21,497 229,806 150,885 1977 1,513 268 36,898 21,801 240,951 156,762 1978 1,527 218 35,609 21,023 249,159 161,552 1979 1,330 190 34,990 20,035 251,070 166,714 1980 1,340 207 34,070 20,318 271,614 187,365 1981 1,258 193 33,448 18,726 281,189 198,735 1982 1,187 150 33,049 19,083 296,675 220,993 1983 (provisional) 1,039 110 30,455 17,912 309,040 238,397 469W
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged under 16 Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 3 2 118 460 1975 3 — 107 445 1976 4 5 126 511 1977 9 5 127 430 1978 6 3 101 339 1979 — 2 82 303 1980 — 3 94 305 1981 3 — 96 265 1982 2 4 115 314 1983 (provisional) — — 81 199
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged 16–19 Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 89 54 4,654 6,543 1975 92 41 4,745 7,010 1976 99 51 4,600 6,788 1977 104 70 4,807 7,013 1978 75 41 4,357 6,437 1979 74 49 4,329 5,986 1980 63 56 4,288 6,216 1981 69 45 4,351 5,915 1982 49 30 4,469 5,980 1983 (Provisional) 56 22 4,438 5,847
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged 20–24 Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 305 73 12,367 7,384 1975 290 60 12,160 7,572 1976 333 69 11,987 7,508 1977 317 84 12,028 7,732 1978 304 66 11,209 7,416 1979 240 45 11,123 7,333 1980 258 58 11,314 7,584 1981 268 60 11,000 7,256 1982 245 45 11,382 7,150 1983 (Provisional) 224 37 10,963 7,026
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—*Patients aged 25 and over. Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 998 124 20,198 6,347 1975 1,019 101 20,365 6,552 1976 1,032 89 20,466 6,690 1977 1,083 109 19,936 6,626 1978 1,142 108 19,942 6,831 1979 1,016 94 19,456 6,413 1980 1,019 90 18,374 6,213 1981 918 88 18,001 5,290 1982 891 71 17,083 5,639 1983 (Provisional) 759 51 14,973 4,840 * A more detailed breakdown of this age-group is not available for 1974 and 1975. 470W
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged 25–34 Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 not available not available 1975 not available not available 1976 638 63 14,325 5,224 1977 644 77 13,669 5,222 1978 688 71 13,655 5,441
Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea 1979 576 63 13,369 5,079 1980 575 60 12,525 4,815 1981 493 55 11,943 4,111 1982 473 41 11,149 4,385 1983 (provisional) 399 31 10,120 3,837
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged 35–44 Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 not available not available 1975 not available not available 1976 251 16 4,618 1,190 1977 289 20 4,738 1,111 1978 312 30 4,695 1,111 1979 295 18 4,509 1,028 1980 270 17 4,316 1,116 1981 295 18 4,446 923 1982 270 20 4,386 961 1983 (provisional) 237 13 3,529 773
Number of new cases seen at National Health Service clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in England—Patients aged 45 and over. Year Primary and secondary syphilis Post-pubertal gonorrhoea male female male female 1974 not available not available 1975 not available not available 1976 143 10 1,523 276 1977 150 12 1,529 293 1978 142 7 1,592 279 1979 145 13 1,578 306 1980 174 13 1,533 282 1981 130 15 1,612 256 1982 148 10 1,548 293 1983 (provisional) 123 7 1,324 230
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has concerning expenditure upon and allocation of National Health Service personnel to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in patients aged under 16 years of age in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe do not collect this information.