Related Pages

Statistics

Quarterly surveillance reports

Annual epidemiologic reports

Yearly STD summaries

Clinic 275 activity statistics

Statistics for...

 2007

Epidemiologic 

Report

Gonorrhoea contents

Essential facts

More information

Diagnosis and management
(includes clinical photographs)

Statistics

Antibiotic Sensitivity 1999

Pamphlet
(pdf format)

Pelvic inflammatory disease

PID diagnosis and management

Gonococcal Infection in South Australia

Gonococcal Infection 01/01/00 - 30/06/00

In the first half of 2000, 162 cases of gonococcal infection were notified by medical practitioners (Table 5.1). Of these, 106 (65%) cases occurred in males and 56 (35%) in females.

Gonococcal Infection 01/04/00 - 30/06/00

During the second quarter, 85 cases of gonorrhoea were reported to STD Services. This compares with a range of between 46 and 91 infections per quarter notified during 1999.

Fifty seven (67%) cases of gonococcal infection were detected in males, and 28 (33%) in females (Table 5.1).

In females, 75% of infections occurred in those under twenty five years. In males, infection was more evenly distributed across age groups with the majority in the 20-29 group for this quarter (Table 5.1).

The proportion of males with gonococcal infection reporting male-to-male sexual contact was 35%. In both males and females, the majority of infections were acquired in South Australia (89%). The racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for fifty four cases (64%) and Caucasian for twenty eight cases (33%).

Table 5.1 Gonococcal infection detected in South Australia, 01/04/00 - 30/06/00 and year to date. Age group by sex.

Top of Page