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Canada Communicable Disease Report

Volume: 25S1 - May 1999

Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Canada: 1996 Surveillance Report
(with Preliminary 1997 Data)

Appendices

Appendix 3.2 Reported Infectious Syphilis* Cases and Rates** in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1993-1997***

Year

 

Total

Age Group (years)

NFLD

PEI

NS

NB

QUE

ONT

MAN

SASK

ALTA

BC

YUK

NWT

1993

Cases

Male
Female
Total
****

104
79
188

0
0
0

0
0
0

6
9
15

0
0
0

13
7
20

65
55
125

2
1
3

3
2
5

5
1
6

8
3
11

0
0
0

0
0
0

Rate

Male
Female
Total

0.7
0.5
0.6

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

1.3
1.9
1.6

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.4
0.2
0.3

1.2
1.0
1.2

0.4
0.2
0.3

0.6
0.4
0.5

0.4
0.1
0.2

0.5
0.2
0.3

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

1994

Cases

Male
Female
Total

118
73
191

0
1
1

0
1
1

11
13
24

3
4
7

18
2
20

55
35
93

3
1
4

11
7
18

5
3
8

9
3
14

0
1
1

0
0
0

Rate

Male
Female
Total

0.8
0.5
0.7

0.0
0.3
0.2

0.0
0.3
0.2

2.4
2.7
2.6

0.8
1.0
0.9

0.5
0.1
0.3

1.0
0.6
0.9

0.5
0.2
0.4

2.2
1.4
1.8

0.4
0.2
0.3

0.5
0.2
0.4

0.0
6.9
3.4

0.0
0.0
0.0

1995

Cases

Male
Female
Total

90
55
145

1
0
1

0
0
0

1
0
1

1
0
1

6
7
13

58
34
92

3
1
4

9
10
19

3
1
4

8
2
10

0
0
0

0
0
0

Rate

Male
Female
Total

0.6
0.4
0.5

0.3
0.0
0.2

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.2
0.0
0.1

0.3
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
0.2

1.1
0.6
0.8

0.5
0.2
0.4

1.8
2.0
1.9

0.2
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.1
0.3

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

1996

Cases

Male
Female
Total

74
49
123

0
0
0

0
0
0

1
2
3

0
0
0

11
1
12

41
37
78

1
0
1

4
6
10

0
0
0

16
3
19

0
0
0

0
0
0

Rate

Male
Female
Total

0.5
0.3
0.4

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.2
0.4
0.3

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.3
0.0
0.2

0.7
0.7
0.7

0.2
0.0
0.1

0.8
1.2
1.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.8
0.2
0.5

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

1997

Cases

Male
Female
Total

68
49
117

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
1
1

0
0
0

4
3
7

29
20
49

0
0
0

1
1
2

5
5
10

29
19
48

0
0
0

0
0
0

Rate

Male
Female
Total

0.5
0.3
0.4

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.2
0.2
0.2

0.4
0.4
0.4

1.5
1.0
1.2

0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0

* Infectious syphilis: early symptomatic (primary and secondary) syphilis + early latent syphilis
** Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada.
*** 1997 numbers are preliminary and are expected to change.
**** Totals not specified for sex.

Source: Health Canada, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD & TB. © 1999

 

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