HC Deb 27 January 2004 vol 417 cc334-5W
Dr. Pugh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the Southport and north Sefton area in the last five years. [148488]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The rate of diagnoses of the five principal sexually transmitted infections—infectious syphilis, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, uncomplicated chlamydia, genital herpes-first attack, and genital warts-first attack—by sex and age group from genito-urinary medicine clinics in the North West of England over the last five years (from 1998–2002) are shown in the following tables.

Table 3: Rates of diagnoses of uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection by sex and age group, GUM clinics, North West England, 1998–2002"
Rates (per 100,000 population)
Sex Region 13–15 16–19 20–24 25–34 35–44 45+ Total
1998 M North West 7 179 425 534 56 5 73
1999 M North West 14 248 597 239 73 7 98
2000 M North West 6 319 731 293 80 8 115
2001 M North West 10 339 809 299 84 9 123
2002 M North West 9 460 994 348 99 11 152
1998 F North West 49 693 621 370 25 2 93
1999 F North West 76 907 813 184 31 2 126
2000 F North West 76 1,060 982 219 37 3 146
2001 F North West 93 1,214 1,064 266 46 4 168
2002 F North West 125 1,442 1,226 257 57 3 191

Table 4: Rates of diagnoses of genital herpes (first attack) by sex and age group, GUM clinics, North West England, 1998–2002
Rates (per 100,000 population)
Sex Region 13–15 16–19 20–24 25–34 35–44 45+ Total
1998 M North West 1 24 72 135 29 5 19
1999 M North West 0 21 73 52 30 5 19
2000 M North West 0 22 75 53 29 6 19
2001 M North West 0 24 82 65 28 7 22
2002 M North West 1 28 84 54 32 6 21
1998 F North West 7 117 146 181 22 4 28
1999 F North West 7 141 151 64 29 4 30
2000 F North West 11 140 153 68 27 5 31
2001 F North West 18 161 172 80 31 6 36
2002 F North West 15 150 181 74 30 5 35

Table 5. Rates of diagnoses of genital warts (first attack) by sex and age group, GUM clinics, North West England, 1998–2002
Rates (per 100,000 population)
Sex Region 13–15 16–19 20–24 25–34 35–44 45+ Total
1998 M North West 12 267 815 973 112 20 138
1999 M North West 14 310 858 362 117 24 146
2000 M North West 8 288 871 371 118 21 143
2001 M North West 5 322 867 392 128 21 149
2002 M North West 8 300 904 377 132 22 151
1998 F North West 50 766 708 553 56 9 119
1999 F North West 72 748 762 201 66 10 124
2000 F North West 40 761 720 201 61 11 120
2001 F North West 54 751 718 212 65 10 123
2002 F North West 47 757 649 193 67 12 119