Gonococcal Infection 01/04/04 - 30/06/04
In the second quarter of 2004, 133 cases of
gonococcal infection were notified to STD Services by laboratories.
Medical notifications were received for 129 cases. Of the 129 cases
notified 74 (57%) occurred in males, and 55 (43%) in females (Table 5.1).
(Table
5.1).
Demographic data are not
yet known for the four cases, three males and one female.
Gonococcal
infection occurred in a wide age range with 80 cases (62%) occurring in
males and females aged less than 30 years (Table 5.1).
(Table
5.1).
The
racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for 49 female cases (89%).
In males, 38 cases (51%) were Aboriginal and 34 (46%) were
Caucasian (Table 5.2).
The
majority of individuals (116,90%) acquired the infection in South
Australia (Table 5.3). Of
these, 80 cases (62%) were diagnosed in residents of South Australian
communities in Central Australia.
The site of infection for
the twelve
males (16%) with gonococcal infection who reported
male-to-male sexual contact is shown in Table
5.4.
Table 5.1 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/04/04 - 30/06/04
and year to date. Age group by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/04 - 30/06/04 |
Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/06/04 |
|
Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
10
|
18
|
22
|
25
|
47
|
|
20 - 24 |
18
|
16
|
31
|
22
|
53
|
|
25 - 29 |
12
|
6
|
20
|
9
|
29
|
|
30 - 34 |
13
|
13
|
20
|
16
|
36
|
|
35 - 39 |
8
|
2
|
11
|
3
|
14
|
|
³40 |
13
|
-
|
26
|
1
|
27
|
|
Total |
74
|
55
|
130
|
76
|
206
|
Table 5.2
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/04 - 30/06/04
and year to date. Racial
origin by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/04 - 30/06/04 |
Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/06/04 |
|
Racial origin |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
38
|
49
|
50
|
61
|
111
|
|
Asian |
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|
Caucasian |
34
|
6
|
75
|
15
|
3
|
|
Other |
2
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
|
Total |
74
|
55
|
130
|
76
|
206
|
Table 5.3
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/04 - 30/06/04
and year to date. Likely
location of acquisition of infection by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/04 - 30/06/04 |
Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/06/04 |
|
Location |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
65
|
51
|
114
|
72
|
186
|
|
Interstate |
6
|
4
|
11
|
4
|
15
|
|
Overseas |
3
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
5
|
|
Total |
74
|
55
|
130
|
76
|
206
|
Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South Australia,
01/04/04 - 30/06/04 and year. Site
of infection.
|
|
2nd
Quarter
|
Year
to date
|
|
Site
|
01/04/04 - 30/06/04
|
01/01/04 - 30/06/04
|
|
Urethral
|
6
|
13
|
|
Rectal
|
2
|
3
|
|
Pharyngeal
|
3
|
61
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
12
|
27
|
|
Total
males in SA
|
74
|
130
|
|
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