Genital chlamydial Infection 01/07/03 - 30/09/03
Between
1 July and 30 September 2003, medical practitioners notified 502 cases of
genital chlamydial infection to Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services.
Of the 502 notifications, 194 (39%) occurred in males and 308 (61%)
in females (Table 4.1).
Males
and females aged less than 30 years accounted for 152 (78%) and 264 (86%)
cases of genital chlamydial infection, respectively (Table 4.1).
The majority of individuals, 431 (86%), reported their racial
origin as Caucasian (Table
4.2).
Ninety-two percent of individuals acquired the infection in South
Australia.
The number of laboratory tests for
genital chlamydia performed during this quarter is shown in Table
4.3.
Table 4.1
Genital chlamydial
infection in South Australia, 01/07/03 - 30/09/03
and year to date. Age
group by sex.
|
Age group (years) |
3rd Quarter
01/07/03 - 30/09/03
|
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/09/03
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
23
|
88
|
68
|
279
|
347
|
|
20 - 24 |
70
|
120
|
208
|
362
|
570
|
|
25 - 29 |
59
|
56
|
176
|
155
|
331
|
|
30 - 34 |
13
|
20
|
66
|
64
|
130
|
|
35 - 39 |
12
|
12
|
29
|
34
|
63
|
|
³
40 |
17
|
12
|
47
|
35
|
82
|
|
Total |
194
|
308
|
594
|
929
|
1523
|
Table 4.2
Genital chlamydial
infection, 01/07/03 - 30/09/03 and year to date.
Race by sex.
|
Racial origin |
3rd Quarter
01/07/03 - 30/09/03
|
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/09/03 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
11
|
20
|
41
|
94
|
135
|
|
Asian |
5
|
13
|
25
|
57
|
82
|
|
Caucasian |
174
|
257
|
205
|
739
|
1241
|
|
Other |
4
|
18
|
26
|
39
|
65
|
|
Total |
194
|
308
|
594
|
929
|
1523
|
Table 4.3
Summary of
laboratory tests for genital chlamydia, 01/07/03 - 30/09/03
and year to
date. Laboratory by sex.
|
Laboratory |
3rd Quarter
01/07/03 - 30/09/03
|
Year to date
01/01/03 - 30/09/03
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Public |
2108
|
4186
|
6225
|
12324
|
18549
|
|
Private |
960
|
2771
|
3017
|
7388
|
10405
|
|
Total |
3068
|
6957
|
9242
|
19712
|
28954
|
|
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