Gonococcal Infection 01/04/03 - 30/06/03
In
the second quarter of 2003, 100 cases of gonococcal infection were
notified to STD Services by laboratories. Medical notifications were
received for 94 cases. Of the 94 cases notified, 75 (80%) occurred in
males, and 19 (20%) in females (Table
5.1).
Demographic data are not yet known for six cases, two males and four
females.
Gonococcal
infection occurred in a wide age range with 32 (34%) cases occurring in
those aged less than 25 years, 37 (39%) in the 25-39 age group and 25
(27%) in those aged over 40 years (Table
5.1).
The
racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for 16 female cases (84%).
In males, 20 cases (27%) were Aboriginal and 52 (69%) were
Caucasian (Table 5.2).
The
majority of individuals, 80 (85%), acquired the infection in South
Australia (Table 5.3). Of
these, 33 cases (41%) were diagnosed in residents of South Australian
communities in Central Australia.
Forty
two males (56%) with gonococcal infection reported male-to-male sexual
contact. The site of infection for
males reporting male-to-male sexual contact is shown in Table
5.4.
Table 5.1 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/04/03 - 30/06/03
and year to date. Age group by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/03 - 30/06/03 |
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/06/03 |
|
Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
9
|
5
|
13
|
9
|
22
|
|
20 - 24 |
11
|
7
|
23
|
10
|
33
|
|
25 - 29 |
11
|
3
|
28
|
4
|
32
|
|
30 - 34 |
11
|
1
|
26
|
2
|
28
|
|
35 - 39 |
10
|
1
|
21
|
1
|
22
|
|
³40 |
23
|
2
|
34
|
3
|
37
|
|
Total |
75
|
19
|
145
|
29
|
174
|
Table 5.2
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/03 - 30/06/03
and year to date. Racial
origin by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/03 - 30/06/03 |
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/06/03 |
|
Racial origin |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
20
|
16
|
33
|
24
|
57
|
|
Asian |
2
|
-
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
|
Caucasian |
52
|
3
|
101
|
4
|
105
|
|
Other |
1
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
|
Total |
75
|
19
|
145
|
29
|
174
|
Table 5.3
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/03 - 30/06/03
and year to date. Likely
location of acquisition of infection by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/03 - 30/06/03 |
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/06/03 |
|
Location |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
64
|
16
|
114
|
25
|
139
|
|
Interstate |
5
|
3
|
15
|
3
|
18
|
|
Overseas |
6
|
-
|
16
|
1
|
17
|
|
Total |
75
|
19
|
145
|
29
|
174
|
Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South Australia,
01/04/03 - 30/06/03 and year. Site
of infection.
|
|
2nd
Quarter
|
Year
to date
|
|
Site
|
01/04/03
- 30/06/03
|
01/01/03
- 30/06/03
|
|
Urethral
|
19
|
42
|
|
Rectal
|
18
|
32
|
|
Pharyngeal
|
5
|
10
|
|
Total
|
42
|
84
|
|
Total
males in SA
|
75
|
145
|
|
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