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Gonococcal Infection
01/07/06 - 30/09/06
In
the third quarter of 2006, 94 cases of gonococcal infection were notified
to STD Services by laboratories. Medical notifications were received for
87 cases. Of the 87 cases notified, 57 (66%) occurred in males and 30
(34%) in females (Table 5.1).
Demographic data are not yet known for seven cases, six males and one
female.
Gonococcal
infection occurred in a wide age range.
In females, 21 (70%) cases occurred in those aged less than 30
years, while in males 37 (65%) were aged less than 34 years (Table
5.1).
Racial origin was reported as
Aboriginal for 24 female cases (80%).
In males, 27 cases (47%) were Aboriginal and 29 (51%) were
Caucasian (Table 5.2). The
majority of individuals (70, 80 %) acquired the infection in South
Australia
(Table 5.3).
The
site of infection for the nine 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,
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 and year to
date. Age group by sex.
|
Age group (years) |
3rd Quarter
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/09/06
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 20 |
6
|
11
|
35
|
58
|
93
|
|
20 - 24 |
17
|
4
|
90
|
46
|
136
|
|
25 - 29 |
9
|
6
|
51
|
31
|
82
|
|
30 - 34 |
5
|
3
|
19
|
12
|
31
|
|
35 - 39 |
13
|
2
|
33
|
11
|
44
|
|
> 40 |
7
|
4
|
26
|
8
|
34
|
|
Total |
57
|
30
|
254
|
166
|
420
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Table
5.2 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia,
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 and year to
date. Racial origin by sex.
|
Racial origin |
3rd Quarter
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/09/06
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
27
|
24
|
165
|
151
|
316
|
|
Asian |
1
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
|
Caucasian |
29
|
5
|
83
|
13
|
96
|
|
Other |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Total |
57
|
30
|
254
|
166
|
420
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Table
5.3 Gonococcal infection detected in South Australia,
01/01/06 - 30/09/06 and year to date.
Likely location of acquisition of
infection by sex.
|
Location |
3rd Quarter
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/09/06
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
South Australia |
43
|
27
|
222
|
160
|
382
|
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Interstate |
5
|
3
|
16
|
6
|
22
|
|
Overseas |
9
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
|
|
Total |
57
|
30
|
254
|
166
|
420
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Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South
Australia, 01/07/06 - 30/09/06 and year to date.
Site of infection.
|
Site |
3rd Quarter
01/07/06 - 30/09/06 |
Year to date
01/01/06 - 30/09/06
|
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Urethra |
5
|
16
|
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Rectal |
1
|
9
|
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Pharyngeal |
1
|
11
|
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Other |
2
|
10
|
|
Total |
9
|
46
|
|
Total males notified |
57
|
254
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