HC Deb 14 May 2003 vol 405 cc322-3W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level was of sexually transmitted infections, broken down by disease, in each year since 1997. [109689]

Ms Blears

Information on the number of new cases (diagnoses) and new cases per 100,000 population by disease, for the years 1997–2001 is shown in the table. This is taken from the statutory reporting of diagnoses made at genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics on form KC60. Data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are only collected centrally from GUM clinics where most STIs are diagnosed and treated. STIs diagnosed and treated by general practitioners or in other settings are not available.

Diagnoses and rates for selected conditions, total diagnoses and workload in GUM Clinics: England, Wales and Northern Ireland 1997–2001
Rates (per 100,000 of population)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Infectious syphilis (primary and secondary) Male 0.36 0.33 0.60 0.93 2.27
Female 0.18 0.16 0.20 0.27 0.37
Total 0.27 0.24 0.40 0.60 1.31
Uncomplicated gonorrhoea Male 30.54 32.46 40.92 54.59 58.96
Female 14.80 15.22 18.14 23.15 24.56
Total 22.78 23.71 29.37 38.67 41.54
Uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection Male 60.30 74.67 85.64 104.17 114.05
Female 86.16 95.58 111.80 132.65 145.89
Total 73.05 85.29 98.90 118.59 130.17
Genital herpes simplex virus (first attack) Male 20.84 23.86 23.50 24.00 25.16
Female 36.13 36.64 37.29 37.85 39.99
Total 28.38 30.34 30.49 31.01 32.67
Genital warts (first attack) Male 116.01 126.37 129.47 129.19 131.56
Female 112.72 113.77 115.07 113.12 116.33
Total 114.39 119.97 122.17 121.05 123.85
All diagnoses Male 810.13 910.83 956.49 1,023.64 1,082.73
Female 1,013.11 1,059.74 1,108.99 1,174.28 1,249.80
Total 910.20 986.42 1,033.80 1,099.91 1,167.32
All diagnoses and workload Male 1,650.27 1,871.10 1,937.75 2,080.76 2,330.89
Female 2,001.82 2,107.03 2,158.05 2,292.90 2,545.17
Total 1,823.58 1,990.87 2,049.43 2,188.17 2,439.39

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