HC Deb 14 May 2004 vol 421 c637W
Mr. Brazier

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage change in sexually transmitted infections among(a) girls and (b) boys under (i) 18 and (ii) 16 years in Kent is since 2001. [172213]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The percentage change in the number of sexually transmitted diseases diagnosed in males and females in the under 16, and 16 to 19 age groups in Kent between 2001 and 2002 are shown in the table. The data refer to diagnoses made in genitourinary medicine clinics.

Diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections1 by gender and

selected age groups, Kent: 2001 to 2002
Gender Age group 2001 2002 Percentage

change
Female 16 32 55 72
Male 16 13 11 -15
Female 16–19 553 738 33
Male 16–19 260 310 19
1 Primary and Secondary syphilis, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, uncomplicated genital chlamydia, genital herpes (first attack) and genital warts (first attack)