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Gonococcal Infection 01/10/01 - 31/12/01
Between 1 October and 31 December 2001,
STD Services received 40 notifications of gonococcal infection (Table
5.1). This compares with a range of 46 to 87 infections in the earlier
quarters of 2001.
Twenty-nine cases (72%) occurred in
males, and 11 (28%) in females (Table 5.1).
Although gonococcal infection in males occurred across a wide age range,
20 cases (69%) occurred in males of less than 30 years of age; five cases
(17%) were reported in men aged 40 years and over. In females, eight of
the 11 cases occurred in women aged less than 25 years (Table
5.1).
Although racial origin was recorded as
Aboriginal for four cases in women, racial origin was not reported in the
other five female cases. Among males, seven cases (24%) were Aboriginal
and 16 (55%) were Caucasian. The proportion of males with gonococcal
infection reporting male-to-male sexual contact was 27%.
The likely location of acquiring
infection is known for 31 cases. Of these, 27 cases (87%) acquired
infection in South Australia, with two cases being infected whilst
interstate and two overseas.
Table 5.1 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia,
01/10/01 - 31/12/01 and year. Age group by sex.
|
Age group
(years) |
4th Quarter
01/10/01 - 31/12/01 |
Year
01/01/01 - 31/12/01 |
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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< 20 |
5 |
6 |
20 |
29 |
49 |
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20 - 24 |
8 |
2 |
31 |
19 |
50 |
|
25 - 29 |
7 |
2 |
27 |
17 |
44 |
|
30 - 34 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
10 |
33 |
|
35 - 39 |
3 |
- |
20 |
6 |
26 |
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³ 40 |
5 |
- |
19 |
4 |
23 |
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Total |
29 |
11 |
140 |
85 |
225 |
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