Gonococcal Infection 01/04/02 - 30/06/02
In the second quarter of 2002, 68 cases
of gonococcal infection were notified to STD Services by laboratories.
Medical notifications were received for 65 cases. Of the 65 cases
notified, 38 (58%) occurred in males, and 27 (42%) in females (Table 5.1).
Demographic data are not yet known for three cases, one male and two
females.
Gonococcal infection occurred in a wide age range with
23 cases (35%) occurring in both males and females aged less than 25 years
(Table
5.1).
The racial origin was reported as
Aboriginal for 26 female cases (96%). In males, 16 cases (42%) were
Aboriginal and 21 (55%) were Caucasian (Table 5.2).
Eighteen males (47%) with gonococcal infection reported male-to-male
sexual contact.
The majority of individuals (78%) acquired the infection
in South Australia (Table 5.3). Of these, 37
cases (57%) were diagnosed in residents of South Australian communities in
Central Australia.
Table 5.1 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/04/02 - 30/06/02. Age group by sex.
|
Age group (years) |
2nd Quarter
01/04/02 - 30/06/02 |
Year to date
01/01/02 - 30/06/02 |
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
14 |
23 |
|
20 - 24 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
18 |
|
25 - 29 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
20 |
|
30 - 34 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
|
35 - 39 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
13 |
|
³40 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
14 |
|
Total |
38 |
27 |
58 |
45 |
103 |
Table 5.2 Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/02 - 30/06/02 and year to date. Racial
origin by sex.
|
Racial origin |
2nd Quarter
01/04/02 - 30/06/02 |
Year to date
01/01/02 - 30/06/02 |
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
16 |
26 |
24 |
40 |
62 |
|
Asian |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Caucasian |
21 |
1 |
32 |
3 |
35 |
|
Other |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
Total |
38 |
27 |
58 |
45 |
103 |
Table 5.3 Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/02 - 30/06/02 and year to date. Likely
location of acquisition of infection by sex.
|
Location |
2nd Quarter
01/04/02 - 30/06/02 |
Year to date
01/01/02 - 30/06/02 |
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
29 |
21 |
46 |
34 |
80 |
|
Interstate |
7 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
|
Overseas |
2 |
- |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
38 |
27 |
58 |
45 |
103 |
|
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