Gonococcal Infection 01/04/06 - 30/06/06
In the second quarter of 2006, 197 cases of
gonococcal infection were notified to STD Services by laboratories.
Medical notifications were received for 192 cases.
Of the 192 cases notified, 112 (58%) occurred in males, and 80
(42%) in females (Table 5.1).
Demographic
data are not yet known for five cases, three males and two females.
Gonococcal infection occurred in a wide age range.
However, the majority (148 cases, 77%) occurred in males and
females aged 15 to 29 years (Table
5.1).
Racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for 76
female cases (95%). In males,
80 cases (71%) were Aboriginal and 29 (26%) were Caucasian (Table 5.2).
The majority of individuals 185 (96%) acquired the infection in South
Australia (Table 5.3). Of these, 130 cases (68%) were diagnosed in
residents of South Australian communities in Central Australia. The
increase in notifications in Aboriginal persons for this quarter largely
reflects the annual screening program in the remote far north of South
Australia.
The
site of infection for 16 males (14%) 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, 01/04/06 - 30/06/06
and year to date. Age group by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/06 - 30/06/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/06/06 |
|
Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
<15 |
-
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
3
|
|
15 - 19 |
17
|
21
|
27
|
43
|
70
|
|
20 - 24 |
41
|
29
|
73
|
39
|
112
|
|
25 - 29 |
26
|
14
|
41
|
24
|
65
|
|
30 - 34 |
10
|
7
|
14
|
9
|
23
|
|
35 - 39 |
9
|
5
|
20
|
9
|
29
|
|
³40 |
9
|
2
|
18
|
4
|
22
|
|
Total |
112
|
80
|
193
|
131
|
324
|
Table 5.2
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/06 - 30/06/06
and year to date. Racial
origin by sex.
|
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/06 - 30/06/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/06/06 |
|
Racial origin |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
80
|
76
|
135
|
123
|
258
|
|
Asian |
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Caucasian |
29
|
3
|
53
|
7
|
60
|
|
Other |
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Total |
112
|
80
|
193
|
131
|
324
|
Table 5.3
Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/04/06 - 30/06/06
and year to date. Likely
location of acquisition of infection by sex.
|
Location
|
2nd Quarter
01/04/06 - 30/06/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/06/06 |
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
106
|
79
|
176
|
128
|
304
|
|
Interstate |
4
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
13
|
|
Overseas |
2
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
7
|
|
Total |
112
|
80
|
193
|
131
|
324
|
Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South Australia, 01/04/06 - 30/06/06 and year to date. Site
of infection.
|
Site
|
2nd
Quarter
01/04/06 - 30/06/06
|
Year
to date
01/01/06 - 30/06/06
|
|
Urethral
|
5
|
11
|
|
Rectal
|
3
|
8
|
|
Pharyngeal
|
3
|
10
|
|
Other
|
5
|
8
|
|
Total
|
16
|
37
|
|
Total
males in SA
|
112
|
193
|
|
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