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Gonococcal Infection 01/01/07 - 31/03/07
Between 1st
January and 31st March 2007, 114 cases of gonococcal infection were
notified to STD Services by laboratories, 17 (15%) fewer than the same
period in 2006. Of these 76
(68%) occurred in males, and 35 (32%) in females (Table
5.1). Medical
notifications have not yet been received for three cases of infection, one
being male, and two females.
Gonococcal infection
occurred in a wide age range. However,
the majority of cases presented in those aged 25-35 years, with 25 (23%)
occurring in males and 16 (14%) in females (Table
5.1).
Racial
origin was reported as Aboriginal for 54 (49%) and Caucasian for 54 (49%)
cases (Table 5.2).
The majority of individuals, 100 (90%) acquired the infection in
South Australia (Table 5.3).
Of the 76 male cases, 17 (22%) reported male to
male sexual contact, compared with 11 (22%) in the fourth quarter of 2006.
The site of infection for male to male contact with gonococcal
infection in this quarter is shown in Table 5.4.
Table 5.1
Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/01/07 - 31/03/07
and year to
date. Age group by sex.
|
Age
group (years)
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Male
|
Female
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Total
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< 15
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-
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1
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1
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15 -
19
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8
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5
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13
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20 -
24
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14
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7
|
21
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25 -
29
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14
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9
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23
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30 -
34
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9
|
7
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16
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35 -
39
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8
|
4
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12
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³40
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23
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2
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25
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Total
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76
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35
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111
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Table
5.2 Gonococcal
infection detected in South Australia, 01/01/07 - 31/03/07
and year to
date. Racial origin by sex.
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Racial
origin
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Male
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Female
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Total
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Aboriginal
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30
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24
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54
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Asian
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1
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-
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1
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Caucasian
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44
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10
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54
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Other
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1
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1
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2
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Total
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76
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35
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111
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Table
5.3 Gonococcal infection detected in South Australia, 01/01/07 - 31/03/07
and year to date. Likely location of acquisition of
infection by sex.
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Location
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Male
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Female
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Total
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South
Australia
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67
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33
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100
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Interstate
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4
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4
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Overseas
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5
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2
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7
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Total
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76
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35
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111
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Table
5.4 Gonococcal infection detected in homosexual men in
South Australia, 01/01/07 - 31/03/07 and year to date.
Site of infection.
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Site
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01/01/07 - 31/03/07
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Urethral
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9
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Rectal
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5
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Pharyngeal
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2
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Urine
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1
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Total
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17
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Total
males in SA
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76
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