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Volume: 25S1 - May 1999

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


Appendices

Appendix 3.3 Reported Early Symptomatic (primary and secondary) Syphilis Cases and Rates* in Canada by Sex, 1980-1997**

Year

 

Male

Female

Total
***

Year

 

Male

Female

Total

1980

Cases

981

157

1,140

1989

Cases

142

97

239

Rate

8.0

1.3

4.6

Rate

1.0

0.7

0.9

1981

Cases

920

133

1,053

1990

Cases

197

103

302

Rate

7.4

1.1

4.2

Rate

1.4

0.7

1.1

1982

Cases

866

100

966

1991

Cases

222

143

365

Rate

6.9

0.8

3.8

Rate

1.6

1.0

1.3

1983

Cases

986

144

1,130

1992

Cases

138

117

256

Rate

7.8

1.1

4.4

Rate

1.0

0.8

0.9

1984

Cases

1,169

265

1,435

1993

Cases

67

48

119

Rate

9.1

2.1

5.6

Rate

0.5

0.3

0.4

1985

Cases

761

143

904

1994

Cases

90

47

140

Rate

5.9

1.1

3.5

Rate

0.6

0.3

0.5

1986

Cases

445

145

590

1995

Cases

64

39

111

Rate

3.4

1.1

2.3

Rate

0.4

0.3

0.4

1987

Cases

285

110

400

1996

Cases

48

33

81

Rate

2.2

0.8

1.5

Rate

0.3

0.2

0.3

1988

Cases

223

81

308

1997

Cases

51

33

85

Rate

1.7

0.6

1.1

Rate

0.3

0.2

0.3

* Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada.
** 1997 numbers are considered preliminary and are expected to change.
*** Totals include cases not specified for sex.

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

 

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