Genital Chlamydial Infection 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
Between 1 April and 30 June 2005, medical
practitioners notified 721 cases of genital chlamydial infection to
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services.
Of the 721 notifications, 268 (37%) occurred in males and 453 (63%)
in females (Table 4.1).
Males and females aged
less than 30 years accounted for 201 (75%) and 396 (87%) cases of genital
chlamydial infection, respectively (Table 4.1). The
majority of individuals, 586 (81%), reported their racial origin as
Caucasian (Table 4.2).
Ninety-four 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,
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 and year to date. Age group by sex.
|
Age group (years)
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
28
|
135
|
48
|
241
|
289
|
|
20 - 24 |
110
|
197
|
227
|
263
|
590
|
|
25 - 29 |
63
|
64
|
131
|
129
|
260
|
|
30 - 34 |
33
|
32
|
64
|
64
|
128
|
|
35 - 39 |
19
|
11
|
37
|
29
|
66
|
|
40 |
15
|
14
|
36
|
21
|
57
|
|
Total |
268
|
453
|
543
|
847
|
1390
|
Table 4.2
Genital chlamydial
infection, 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
and year to date. Race by sex.
|
Racial origin |
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
32
|
54
|
43
|
93
|
136
|
|
Asian |
7
|
17
|
18
|
35
|
53
|
|
Caucasian |
220
|
366
|
461
|
689
|
1150
|
|
Other/unknown |
9
|
16
|
21
|
30
|
51
|
|
Total |
268
|
453
|
543
|
847
|
1390
|
Table 4.3
Summary of
laboratory tests for genital
chlamydia,
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 and year to date. Laboratory by sex.
|
Laboratory |
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Public |
2836
|
6073
|
5338
|
9980
|
15318
|
|
Private |
966
|
2676
|
1933
|
5204
|
7137
|
|
Total |
3832
|
8706
|
7271
|
15184
|
22455
|
|
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