HC Deb 19 May 2004 vol 421 cc1033-4W
Sir Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of incidence of each sexually transmitted disease was in teenagers in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [167395]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Rates of diagnoses of each of the five most common sexually transmitted infections among teenagers from 1995 to 2002 are shown in the tables.

Rates (per 100,000) of diagnoses of selected STIs in 13–19 year olds, England: 1995–2002
Infectious syphilis (primary and secondary
Males Females
Diagnoses Rates Diagnoses Rates
1995 3 0.1 2 0.1
1596 5 0.2 3 0.2
1997 3 0.1 3 0.1
1998 5 0.2 3 0.1
1999 5 0.2 12 0.6
2000 6 0.4 8 0.4
2001 12 0.5 12 0.6
2002 27 1.2 19 0.9
Gonorrhoea
Males Females
Diagnoses Rates Diagnoses Rates
1995 716 35.4 1,130 57.3
1996 911 44.7 1,499 75.3
1997 1,083 52.3 1,557 77.0
1998 1,022 48.4 1,625 79.2
1999 1,392 64.8 1,974 95.0
2000 1,891 87.3 2,516 121.0
2001 2,041 92.2 2,819 133.6
2002 2,252 101.8 3,005 142.4
Chlamydia
Males Females
Diagnoses Rates Diagnoses Rates
1995 1,183 58.6 5,083 257.7
1996 1,395 68.4 6,063 304.5
1997 1,846 89.1 7,764 384.1
1998 2,392 1,13.2 8,785 427.9
1999 2,931 136.4 10,515 506.1
2000 3,688 170.2 12,358 594.1
2001 4,119 186.1 13,746 651.4
2002 5,181 234.1 16,030 759.7
Genital herpes (first attack)
Males Females
Diagnoses Rates Diagnoses Rates
1995 281 13.9 1,696 86.0
1996 269 13.2 1,699 85.3
1997 263 12.7 1,848 91.4
1998 327 15.5 1,918 93.4
1999 353 16.4 1,965 94.6
2000 396 18.3 2,012 96.7
2001 391 17.7 2,180 103.3
2002 390 17.6 2,081 98.6
Genital warts (first attack)
Males Females
Diagnoses Rates Diagnoses Rates
1995 1,803 89.3 6,876 348.6
1996 2,033 99.7 7,685 386.0
1997 2,469 119.2 8,307 410.9
1998 2,784 131.7 8,648 421.2
1999 3,087 143.6 8,552 411.6
2000 3,135 144.7 8,331 400.5
2001 3,131 141.5 8,589 407.0
2002 3,175 143.5 8,656 410.2
Source:
Health Protection Agency.