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Genital chlamydial Infection 01/07/04 - 30/09/04
Between
1 July and 30 September 2004, medical practitioners notified 546 cases of
genital chlamydial infection to Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services.
Of the 546 notifications, 214 (39%) occurred in males and 332 (61%)
in females (Table 4.1).
Males
and females aged less than 30 years accounted for 169 (79%) and 297 (90%)
cases of genital chlamydial infection, respectively (Table 4.1). The majority of individuals, 455 (83%), reported their racial
origin as Caucasian (Table
4.2).
Ninety-three 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, 01/07/04 - 30/09/04
and year to date. Age
group by sex.
|
Age group (years) |
3rd Quarter
01/07/04 - 30/09/04
|
Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/09/04
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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< 20 |
26
|
118
|
88
|
357
|
445
|
|
20 - 24 |
94
|
127
|
291
|
433
|
724
|
|
25 - 29 |
49
|
52
|
170
|
159
|
329
|
|
30 - 34 |
18
|
18
|
81
|
73
|
154
|
|
35 - 39 |
11
|
9
|
44
|
32
|
76
|
|
³
40 |
16
|
8
|
46
|
24
|
70
|
|
Total |
214
|
332
|
720
|
1078
|
1798
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Table 4.2
Genital chlamydial
infection, 01/07/04 - 30/09/04 and year to date.
Race by sex.
|
Racial origin |
3rd Quarter
01/07/04 - 30/09/04
|
Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/09/04 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
13
|
24
|
65
|
110
|
175
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Asian |
9
|
16
|
29
|
45
|
74
|
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Caucasian |
179
|
276
|
576
|
878
|
1454
|
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Other/unknown |
13
|
16
|
50
|
45
|
95
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Total |
214
|
332
|
720
|
1078
|
1798
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Table 4.3
Summary of
laboratory tests for genital chlamydia,
01/07/04 - 30/09/04 and year to
date. Laboratory by sex.
|
Laboratory |
3rd Quarter
01/07/04 - 30/09/04
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Year to date
01/01/04 - 30/09/04
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|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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Public |
2526
|
5295
|
7669
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16278
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23947
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Private |
934
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2414
|
2797
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7635
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10432
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Total |
3460
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7709
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10466
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23913
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34379
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