§ Mrs. Helen ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) men and (b) women have been diagnosed with chlamydia in each of the last 20 years. [40584]
§ Yvette CooperGenitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics provide the best available data on sexually transmitted infections and reported cases of uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection from 1990 are shown in the table. There are no data for chlamydial infection before 1990 as cases were included in the category "non specific urethritis".
Number of cases of uncomplicated chlamydial genital infection: England 1990 to 20001 Year Male cases Female cases 1990 13,507 16,677 1991 13,694 16,630 1992 13,089 15,309 1993 12,168 14,053 1994 12,449 15,125 1995 12,761 16,525 1996 13,970 18,551 1997 16,255 22,742 1998 18,997 25,092 1999 21,858 29,378 2000 26,234 34,415 1 These data are collected from GUM clinics and do not include cases diagnosed in other health care settings. These are aggregate not patient based data and so they are the number of reported cases not the actual numbers of males and females who have been diagnosed with uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection. Source:
GUM clinic returns (KC60) PHLS.
§ Mrs. Helen ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many partners of those diagnosed with chlamydia have been traced in each of the last 20 years. [40585]
§ Yvette CooperThe best available data are from genito?urinary medicine (GUM) clinics, which provide data on the number of cases categorised as
epidemiological treatment of suspected genital chlamydial infection".These are cases who have been given prophylactic antibiotic therapy because they have been exposed sexually to genital chlamydia, whether or not they have become infected. There are no data for chlamydial infection before 1990 as cases were included in the category "non specific urethritis".
Number of cases receiving epidemiological treatment of suspected chlamydial genital infection: England: 1990 to 20001 Year Male cases Female cases 1990 3,031 3,088 1991 3,060 3,108 1992 3,374 3,205 1993 3,408 3,231 1994 4,333 3,803 1995 4,984 4,047 1996 6,366 4,924 1997 7,991 6,221 1998 9,041 6,880 1999 11,318 8,253 2000 14,002 10,027 1 These data are collected from GUM clinics and do not include
304Wcases diagnosed in other health care settings. These are aggregate not patient-based data and so they are the number of reported cases not the actual numbers of males and females who have been identified as partners. Those cases found to be infected will also be included in the figures for uncomplicated chlamydial infection.
Source:
GUM clinic returns (KC60) PHLS