Summary of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Australia 1996
Note: The
full epidemiologic report of STD Statistics in South Australia in 1996 is
available for download in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
In 1996 there were 1038 (72/100,000) cases of chlamydia, 290
(20/100,000) cases of gonorrhoea and 40 (3/100,000) cases of syphilis detected
in South Australia (see Table 1).
In 1996, 45 HIV cases were notified (14 cases more than the
previous year).
In 1996, 29 individuals were notified with an AIDS defining
illness, and 28 individuals died of and AIDS defining illness.
Table 1: Gonorrhoea,
Syphilis and Chlamydia incidence in South Australia, 1986-1996
| Total Cases |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
No. |
Rate/10000 |
| Gonorrhoea |
681 |
558 |
278 |
213 |
173 |
199 |
165 |
152 |
160 |
255 |
289 |
20 |
| Syphilis |
143 |
150 |
92 |
87 |
83 |
69 |
98 |
63 |
57 |
45 |
38 |
3 |
| Chlamydia |
|
|
|
1616 |
1361 |
1070 |
943 |
762 |
733 |
774 |
1025 |
72 |
Table 2: HIV Infection in South
Australia, 1985-1996
| Year |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
Total |
| Cases |
90 |
55 |
69 |
48 |
74 |
63 |
45 |
34 |
56 |
36 |
31 |
45 |
647 |
| AIDS Cases |
3 |
5 |
10 |
27 |
32 |
27 |
41 |
36 |
42 |
49 |
30 |
29 |
336 |
| AIDS Deaths |
2 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
13 |
18 |
22 |
31 |
35 |
34 |
35 |
28 |
238 |
Infections Diagnosed at Clinic 275
The most common infection diagnosed at Clinic 275 continues to
be genital warts (17% of male clinical episodes, 11% female).
Common conditions in males were:
- non specific urethritis (7%)
- balanitis (5%)
- urethral irritation (4%)
- chlamydia (2%)
In females the most common conditions were:
- candidiasis (12%)
- bacterial vaginosis (7%)
- genital herpes (3%)
- chlamydia (2%)
A high proportion of clients attending Clinic 275 had no
illness (42% of males, 45% of females). Overall there were 14050 clinic
attendances in 1996. (See Table 3).
Table 3: STD Diagnoses at Clinic 275
in 1996
| Disease |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| Gonorrhoea |
35
|
6
|
41
|
| Syphilis |
2
|
2
|
4
|
| Herpes |
130
|
113
|
243
|
| Chlamydia |
95
|
67
|
162
|
| Non-specific urethritis |
227
|
na |
227
|
| Warts |
811
|
293
|
1104
|
| Trichomoniasis |
1
|
8
|
9
|
| Candidiasis |
na |
383
|
383
|
| Pediculosis Pubis |
98
|
32
|
130
|
| Scabies |
30
|
3
|
33
|
| Molluscum contagiosum |
130
|
41
|
171
|
| Bacterial vaginosis |
na |
220
|
220
|
| Hepatitis B |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Balanitis |
201
|
na |
201
|
| No illness |
2012
|
1499
|
4511
|
| HIV |
10
|
0
|
10
|
| |
| Total clinic attendances |
7616
|
6434
|
14050
|
| Total clients seen |
3572
|
2357
|
5929
|
na not applicable
Contact Tracing
Contact tracing detected gonococcal infection in 29% of
contacts of males examined for gonorrhoea while no cases were detected in
females examined for gonorrhoea. For chlamydia, new cases were detected in 29%
of contacts of males and 28% of contacts of females.
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