Summary statistics of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in
South Australia, 2008
Note: The
full epidemiologic report of STD Statistics in South Australia in 2008
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South Australia
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Chlamydia
|
1049
|
10009
|
1012
|
1474
|
1836
|
2026
|
2465
|
2751
|
3191
|
3529
|
3700
|
|
Gonorrhoea
|
224
|
230
|
274
|
225
|
208
|
297
|
371
|
400
|
503
|
457
|
485
|
|
Syphilis
|
22
|
14
|
13
|
23
|
29
|
21
|
14
|
11
|
41
|
49
|
47
|
Blood
Borne Diseases
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
HIV
cases
|
35
|
22
|
23
|
45
|
32
|
45
|
55
|
50
|
61
|
55
|
47
|
|
AIDS
cases*
|
24
|
12
|
5
|
13
|
16
|
5
|
12
|
9
|
14
|
3
|
6
|
|
AIDS
deaths*
|
19
|
8
|
6
|
11
|
15
|
7
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
-
|
|
Non
AIDS deaths*
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
|
Hepatitis
B (acute)
|
16
|
15
|
25
|
19
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
11
|
9
|
|
Hepatitis
D
|
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
6
|
11
|
14
|
|
Hepatitis
C (incident)
|
70
|
88
|
92
|
91
|
45
|
76
|
64
|
51
|
53
|
47
|
43
|
†
Newly diagnosed cases only.
* Includes individuals whose HIV
infection may have been diagnosed interstate
Clinic 275 - Summary statistics
|
Diagnoses (2006)
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
No illness
|
2536
|
1539
|
4075
|
|
HIV
|
11
|
-
|
11
|
|
Gonorrhoea
|
133
|
40
|
173
|
|
Syphilis
|
26
|
7
|
33
|
|
Herpes
|
126
|
99
|
225
|
|
Chlamydia
|
387
|
213
|
600
|
|
NSU
|
123
|
na
|
123
|
|
Warts
|
979
|
345
|
1324
|
|
Trichomoniasis
|
3
|
9
|
12
|
|
Candida vaginitis
|
na
|
201
|
201
|
|
Crabs
|
17
|
2
|
19
|
|
Scabies
|
17
|
2
|
19
|
|
Molluscum contagiosum
|
181
|
88
|
269
|
|
Bacterial vaginitis
|
na
|
246
|
246
|
|
Hepatitis B –
acute
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
carrier
|
25
|
15
|
40
|
|
Hepatitis C -
incident
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
- new
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
|
-
known
|
25
|
25
|
50
|
|
Urethral irritation
|
165
|
-
|
165
|
|
Balanitis
|
180
|
na
|
180
|
|
Post coital contraception
|
na
|
137
|
137
|
|
nPep
|
53
|
3
|
56
|
|
Non STD illness
|
484
|
235
|
719
|
|
Other/uncertain
|
36
|
28
|
64
|
|
Clinic
attendances
|
10837
|
5856
|
16693
|
|
Episodes
of care
|
5371
|
3075
|
8466
|
|
Individual
clients
|
4087
|
2414
|
6503
|
|
New
registrations
|
1991
|
1336
|
3327
|
Note:
no case = 0; not applicable = -
South Australia - Overview
In
2008, 3700 cases of chlamydia, 485 cases of gonorrhoea and 47 cases of infectious syphilis were detected
in
South Australia
(Summary
statistics).
In
the same period, 47 individuals (42 male, 5 female) were notified with HIV infection and
six individuals were notified with AIDS.
Of the three deaths notified, none were attributed to an AIDS defining
illness (Summary statistics).
During
2008, 574 medical notifications of hepatitis C infection included 43 incident cases (acquired in the previous 12 months).
Hepatitis B medical notifications in 2008 included nine acute cases
(Summary statistics).
Clinic 275
The
most common infection diagnosed at Clinic 275 continues to be genital
warts (18% male, 11% female). Other
common conditions in males were chlamydia (7%), balanitis (3%), urethral
irritation (3%), NSU (2%), and genital herpes (2%).
In females, conditions included bacterial vaginosis (8%), candida
vaginitis (6%), chlamydia (7%) and genital herpes (3%).
A high proportion of clients attending Clinic 275 had no illness
(47% male, 48% female).
Overall there were 16693 clinic attendances in 2008
(Summary
statistics).
Contact
tracing at Clinic 275
Clinic
275 followed up 503 cases of genital chlamydial infection.
Contact tracing was effective in detecting 73 new cases of
chlamydia among the contacts of males, and 74 cases in contacts of
females.
The yield of contacts per index case was 1.7 for male cases and 1.8
for female cases (Table
1.2).
Of
147 new infections detected, 128 (87%) individuals were examined within 14
days of being contacted (Table 1.3).
Clinic
275 followed up 129 cases of gonorrhoea.
Thirty-nine new cases were detected in contacts of males examined and
ten new cases were detected among contacts of female cases (Table
1.2). Twenty-nine contacts had been diagnosed positive prior to being
located.
Table 1.1
Summary of diagnoses made on clients
attending Clinic 275 during 2008.
Specific diagnoses by number of clients,
episodes and sex.
|
Male
episodes
|
|
Diagnosis
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
>5
|
*Total
diagnoses
|
|
No
illness
|
1984
|
387
|
113
|
34
|
18
|
2536
|
|
HIV
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11
|
|
Gonorrhoea
|
109
|
18
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
133
|
|
Syphilis
|
22
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
26
|
|
Herpes
|
111
|
13
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
126
|
|
Chlamydia
|
326
|
39
|
19
|
2
|
1
|
387
|
|
NSU
|
94
|
24
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
123
|
|
Warts
|
658
|
197
|
75
|
32
|
17
|
979
|
|
Trichomoniasis
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
|
Crabs
|
12
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
|
Scabies
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
|
Molluscum
contagiosum
|
129
|
36
|
9
|
5
|
2
|
181
|
|
Urethral
irritation
|
131
|
28
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
165
|
|
Balanitis
|
151
|
22
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
180
|
|
Non
STD illness
|
380
|
82
|
14
|
7
|
1
|
484
|
|
Uncertain
|
15
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
|
Other
|
17
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
|
*Total
|
4155
|
857
|
252
|
86
|
41
|
5391
|
|
*Total male
episodes 5367
|
|
Female
episodes
|
|
Diagnosis
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
>5
|
Total
diagnoses*
|
|
No illness
|
1242
|
213
|
60
|
15
|
9
|
1539
|
|
HIV
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Gonorrhoea
|
36
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
|
Syphilis
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
|
Herpes
|
72
|
20
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
99
|
|
Chlamydia
|
184
|
21
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
213
|
|
Warts
|
240
|
71
|
22
|
6
|
6
|
345
|
|
Trichomoniasis
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
|
Candida vaginitis
|
167
|
24
|
8
|
2
|
-
|
201
|
|
Crabs
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
Scabies
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Molluscum contagiosum
|
63
|
17
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
88
|
|
Bacterial vaginosis
|
187
|
44
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
246
|
|
Post coital contraception
|
97
|
28
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
137
|
|
Non STD illness
|
184
|
38
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
235
|
|
Uncertain
|
20
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
|
Other
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
|
*Total
|
2508
|
487
|
132
|
42
|
22
|
3191
|
|
*Total
female episodes
3068
|
|
*Grand
total episodes 8436
|
* 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, 2008.
Cases by sex.
|
|
Chlamydia
|
Gonorrhoea
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
No.
|
%
|
|
Cases
|
315
|
63
|
188
|
37
|
103
|
80
|
26
|
20
|
|
Contacts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elicited
|
533
|
169#
|
337
|
179#
|
156
|
151#
|
52
|
200#
|
|
Located
|
323
|
|
209
|
|
83
|
|
33
|
|
|
Locating index
|
|
61*
|
|
62*
|
|
53*
|
|
64*
|
|
Contacts
infected
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Existing
|
82
|
|
44
|
|
13
|
|
16
|
|
|
New cases
|
73
|
|
74
|
|
39
|
|
10
|
|
# Percentage contacts elicited: compares the number of contacts elicited with number of index
cases
* Locating index 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, 2008.
Days taken to examine contacts,
by sex of index case.
Days
|
Chlamydia
|
Gonorrhoea
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
0-2
|
36
|
37
|
73
|
19
|
8
|
|
3-7
|
18
|
14
|
32
|
7
|
1
|
|
8-14
|
11
|
12
|
23
|
10
|
1
|
|
>14
|
8
|
11
|
19
|
3
|
-
|
Total
|
73
|
74
|
147
|
39
|
10
|
|
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