STDs in South Australia 2002

^* ^{Includes individuals whose HIV
infection may have been diagnosed interstate}

South Australia - Overview

In 2002, 1802 cases of chlamydia, 208 cases of gonorrhoea and 33 cases of syphilis were detected in South Australia (Summary statistics).

In the same period, 33 individuals were notified with HIV infection and 16 individuals were notified with AIDS. Of the 12 deaths notified, 10 were attributed to an AIDS defining illness (Summary statistics).

During 2002, 750 medical notifications of hepatitis C infection included 44 incident cases (acquired in the previous 12 months). Hepatitis B medical notifications in 2002 included ten acute cases (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275 - Summary statistics

Diagnoses (2002)	Male	Female	Total
No illness	2030	1599	3629
HIV	5	1	6
Gonorrhoea	59	4	63
Syphilis	-	-	-
Herpes	86	95	181
Chlamydia	273	178	451
NSU	108	na	108
Warts	868	380	1248
Trichomoniasis	-	5	5
Candida vaginitis	na	262	262
Crabs	33	4	37
Scabies	10	-	10
Molluscum contagiosum	200	59	259
Bacterial vaginosis	na	301	301
Hepatitis B carrier	15	4	19
Hepatitis C - incident	1	3	4
- new	5	6	11
- known	55	37	92
Urethral irritation	179	na	179
Balanitis	208	na	208
Post coital contraception	na	411	411
Abnormal Pap smear	na	79	79
Non STD illness	484	224	708
Other/uncertain	82	73	155
Clinic attendances	8388	6042	14430
Episodes of care	4404	3347	7751
Individual clients	3454	2582	6036
New registrations	1724	1460	3184

Figure 1.1 Distribution of illnesses detected in male and female clients at Clinic 275, 2002

Clinic 275

The most common infection diagnosed at Clinic 275 continues to be genital warts (20% male, 11% female) (Figure 1.1). Other common conditions in males were chlamydia (6%), balanitis (5%),urethral irritation (4%), NSU (3%), and genital herpes (2%). In females, conditions included bacterial vaginosis (9%), candida vaginitis (8%), chlamydia (5%) and genital herpes (3%). A high proportion of clients attending Clinic 275 had no illness (46% male, 47% female). Overall there were 14430 clinic attendances in 2002 (Summary statistics).

Clinic 275 followed up 324 cases of genital chlamydial infection. Contact tracing was effective in detecting 66 new cases of chlamydia among the contacts of males, and 61 cases in contacts of females. The yield of contacts per index case was 1.5 for male cases and 1.8 for female cases (Table 1.2). Of 127 new infections detected, 104 (82%) individuals were examined within 14 days of being contacted (Table 1.3).

Clinic 275 followed up 55 cases of gonorrhoea. Twenty one new cases were detected in contacts of males examined, while no new cases were detected among contacts of female cases (Table 1.2). Eight contacts had been diagnosed prior to being located.

Table 1.1 Summary of diagnoses made on clients attending Clinic 275 during 2002.
Specific diagnoses by number of clients, episodes and sex.

Male episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	5+	*Total diagnoses
No illness	1543	182	30	7	1	2030
HIV	5	-	-	-	-	5
Gonorrhoea	57	1	-	-	-	59
Syphilis	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herpes	82	2	-	-	-	86
Chlamydia	247	11	-	1	-	273
NSU	94	4	2	-	-	108
Warts	437	103	45	12	8	866
Trichomoniasis	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crabs	29	2	-	-	-	33
Scabies	10	-	-	-	-	10
Molluscum contagiosum	148	16	4	2	-	200
Urethral irritation	167	6	-	-	-	179
Balanitis	194	7	-	-	-	208
Non STD illness	444	20	-	-	-	484
Uncertain	73	2	-	-	-	77
Other	5	-	-	-	-	5
*Total	3535	356	81	22	9	4623
Female episodes
Diagnosis	1	2	3	4	5+	Total diagnoses*
No illness	1251	133	22	4	-	1599
HIV	1	-	-	-	-	1
Gonorrhoea	4	-	-	-	-	4
Syphilis	-	-	-	-	-	-
Herpes	81	7	-	-	-	95
Chlamydia	166	6	-	-	-	178
Warts	205	47	15	3	4	376
Trichomoniasis	5	-	-	-	-	5
Candida vaginitis	244	9	-	-	-	262
Crabs	4	-	-	-	-	4
Scabies	10	-	-	-	-	10
Molluscum contagiosum	46	5	1	-	-	59
Bacterial vaginosis	243	23	4	-	-	301
Post coital contraception	309	36	7	1	4	426
Non STD illness	192	9	2	2	-	224
Uncertain	66	2	-	-	-	70
Other	3	-	-	-	-	3
*Total	2830	277	51	10	8	3617
*Total female episodes 3347
*Grand total episodes 7751

^{* since
an episode of care may result in multiple diagnoses, total diagnoses
exceed total episodes}

Table 1.2 Chlamydia and gonorrhoea contact tracing analysis - Clinic 275, 2002.
Cases by sex.

	Chlamydia				Gonorrhoea
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Cases	182		142		52	95	3	5
Contacts
Elicited	281	154^#	263	185^#	60	115^#	9	300^#
Located	220		210		41		7
Locating index		78*		80*		68*		78*
Contacts infected
Existing	59		43		6		2
New cases	66		61		21		-

# Percentage compares the number of contacts elicited with number of index cases

* Percentage compares the number of contacts located with number of contacts elicited.

Table 1.3 New cases of chlamydial and gonococcal infection identified by Clinic 275, 2002.
Days taken to examine contacts, by sex of index case.

^{^{^{^{*
No
new cases were identified from female index cases of gonorrhoea.}}}}

Related Pages

Summary statistics of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Australia, 2002

South Australia

South Australia - Overview

Clinic 275 - Summary statistics

Clinic 275

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