|
Genital chlamydial infection 01/01/07 - 31/03/07
Between 1 January and 31 March 2007,
medical practitioners notified 927 cases of chlamydial infection to STD
Services. Three hundred and sixty two (39%) occurred in males and 565
(61%) in females (Table 4.1). This is an increase of 154 (20%)
reported medical notifications in comparison to 773 reported for the same
period in 2006.
Males and females aged less than 30 years accounted for 283
(78%) and 489 (87%) of cases
of genital chlamydial infection, respectively (Table 4.1). The racial origin of 772 cases (83%) was reported as Caucasian (Table 4.2). The infection
was reported as being acquired in South Australia for 847 cases (91%).
In
this first quarter of 2007, laboratories reported 14379 tests for
Chlamydia Table
4.3. Twenty
eight percent of tests were performed on males and (72%) on females. This
quarters laboratory figures show an increase of 1057 (8%) in testing,
compared with laboratory tests for the same period in 2006.
Table 4.1
Genital chlamydial
infection in South Australia,
01/01/07 - 31/03/07. Age group by sex.
|
Age group (years) |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
<15
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
|
15 - 19 |
48
|
171
|
219
|
|
20 - 24 |
151
|
232
|
383
|
|
25 - 29 |
83
|
80
|
163
|
|
30 - 34 |
37
|
38
|
75
|
|
35 - 39 |
15
|
17
|
32
|
|
³40 |
27
|
21
|
48
|
|
Total |
362
|
565
|
927
|
Table 4.2
Genital chlamydial
infection, 01/01/07 - 31/03/07.
Race by sex.
|
Racial origin |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Aboriginal |
30
|
36
|
66
|
|
Asian |
22
|
39
|
61
|
|
Caucasian |
295
|
477
|
772
|
|
Other/unknown |
15
|
13
|
28
|
|
Total |
362
|
565
|
927
|
Table 4.3
Summary of
laboratory tests for genital chlamydia,
01/01/07 - 31/03/07. Laboratory by sex.
|
Laboratory |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Private |
1129
|
3303
|
4432
|
|
Public |
2936
|
7011
|
9947
|
|
Total |
4065
|
10314
|
14379
|
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