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Gonococcal Infection 01/07/01 - 30/09/01
Between 1 July and 30 September 2001, STD
Services received 47 notifications of gonococcal infection (Table
5.1). This compares with a range of 49 to 96 infections per quarter
during the year 2000.
Twenty-four cases (53%) occurred in
males, and 23 (49%) in females (Table 5.1).
Gonococcal infection in males occurred in a wide age range with seven
cases (29%) occurring in males less than 20 years of age and six cases
(25%) in men aged forty years and over. In females, 70% of cases occurred
in women aged less than 30 years (Table 5.1).
The racial origin was reported as
Aboriginal for 19 cases in women (95% of females whose racial origin is
recorded). In males, 11 cases (46%) were Aboriginal and 12 (50%) were
Caucasian. The proportion of males with gonococcal infection reporting
male-to-male sexual contact was 63%.
The likely location of acquiring
infection is known for 36 cases. Of these, 31 cases (86%) acquired
infection in South Australia with 3 cases infected interstate and 2
overseas.
Table 5.1 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/07/01 - 30/09/01 and year to
date. Age group by sex.
|
Age group
(years) |
3rd Quarter
01/07/01 - 30/09/01 |
Year to date
01/01/01 - 30/09/01 |
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
7 |
8 |
16 |
23 |
39 |
|
20 - 24 |
3 |
3 |
22 |
17 |
39 |
|
25 - 29 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
15 |
34 |
|
30 - 34 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
9 |
31 |
|
35 - 39 |
5 |
3 |
18 |
6 |
24 |
|
³ 40 |
6 |
1 |
15 |
4 |
19 |
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Total |
24 |
23 |
112 |
74 |
186 |
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