Gonococcal Infection 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
In
the second quarter of 2005, 147 cases of gonococcal infection were
notified to STD Services by laboratories. Medical notifications were
received for 145 cases. Of the 145 cases notified, 74 (51%) occurred in
males, and 71 (49%) in females
(Table
5.1).
Demographic
data are not yet known for two cases, one male and one female.
Gonococcal
infection occurred in a wide age range.
However, the majority (93 cases, 64%) occurred in males and females
aged 15 to 25 years (Table
5.1).
Racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for 66 female cases (92%).
In males, 47 cases (64%) were Aboriginal and 25 (34%) were
Caucasian (Table 5.2).
The majority of individuals (93%) acquired the infection in South
Australia (Table 5.3). Of these, 94 cases (65%) were
diagnosed in residents of South Australian communities in Central
Australia.
The
site of infection for 18 males (24%) 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, 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
and year to date. Age group by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
<15 |
1
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
10
|
|
15 - 19 |
22
|
33
|
32
|
43
|
75
|
|
20 - 24 |
18
|
20
|
33
|
29
|
62
|
|
25 - 29 |
11
|
5
|
15
|
12
|
27
|
|
30 - 34 |
5
|
5
|
14
|
10
|
24
|
|
35 - 39 |
5
|
3
|
10
|
5
|
15
|
|
³40 |
12
|
-
|
23
|
2
|
25
|
|
Total |
74
|
71
|
128
|
110
|
238
|
Table 5.2
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
and year to date. Racial
origin by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Racial origin |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
47
|
66
|
63
|
99
|
162
|
|
Asian |
-
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
Caucasian |
25
|
4
|
57
|
8
|
65
|
|
Other |
2
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
Total |
74
|
71
|
128
|
110
|
238
|
Table 5.3
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/05 - 30/06/05
and year to date. Likely
location of acquisition of infection by sex.
|
Location
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05 |
Year to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
65
|
70
|
105
|
105
|
210
|
|
Interstate |
5
|
1
|
11
|
3
|
14
|
|
Overseas |
4
|
-
|
12
|
2
|
14
|
|
Total |
74
|
71
|
128
|
110
|
238
|
Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South Australia, 01/04/05 - 30/06/05 and year to date. Site
of infection.
|
Site
|
2nd
Quarter
01/04/05 - 30/06/05
|
Year
to date
01/01/05 - 30/06/05
|
|
Urethral
|
5
|
14
|
|
Rectal
|
9
|
14
|
|
Pharyngeal
|
-
|
3
|
|
Other
|
4
|
5
|
|
Total
|
18
|
36
|
|
Total
males in SA
|
74
|
128
|
|
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