Volume: 25S1 - May 1999

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

Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD & TB
Division of STD Prevention and Control
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Health Canada

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Foreword

The Division of STD Prevention and Control of the Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD & TB at the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC), Health Canada, is pleased to provide you with the 1996 STD Surveillance Report with ancillary preliminary data from 1997. Data reported for 1997 in this report are considered preliminary at the time of publication, and some changes will inevitably be made to these numbers in next year's report. Next year at this time, we plan to produce the final 1997 numbers as well as the preliminary 1998 numbers. This integrated format is designed to get data, even preliminary data, out to the end users in a more timely fashion. In keeping with our "end-user" approach, we are providing summary yearly STD data for the nationally notifiable sexually transmitted diseases in the Appendices of this report so that researchers have these data for their own studies.

Included in the graphics and text are references to the National STD Goals. STD-specific goal statements were developed at the Federal/Provincial/Territorial STD Meeting in November 1996. This goal-setting process is ongoing; there are plans to engage more partners and stakeholders in adopting these national goals for STD control in Canada.

HIV/AIDS surveillance is conducted by the Division of HIV/AIDS Surveillance, of our Bureau, and thus HIV/AIDS data are not included in this report. Data are available from that Division as well as our website at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ hpb/lcdc/bah .

The production of this report is only possible with the participation of reporting physicians, provincial and territorial directors of STD, and the Disease Surveillance Division, Bureau of Infectious Diseases, LCDC, Health Canada. Population estimates were obtained from Statistics Canada. The data on antibiotic resistance were provided by the Bureau of Microbiology, LCDC. The National Laboratory for Viral Oncology, LCDC, provided the data on human papillomavirus (HPV), and herpes data were obtained from the National Laboratory for Viral & Zoonotic Diseases.

We greatly acknowledge the above for their contributions to this report. As well, we wish to acknowledge the Document Dissemination Division of LCDC for assisting in the editing and formatting of this report and for posting it on the Internet.

For more information, please contact:

Division of STD Prevention and Control
Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD & TB
Level 01, Brooke Claxton Bldg.
Postal Locator 0900B1
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0L2
Tel: (613) 957-1787
Fax: (613) 957-0381

STD Research Assistant: Robbi Jordan
STD Surveillance Head: Louise Cormier
STD Chief: Dr. Tom Wong
Bureau Director: Dr. Donald Sutherland

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

• Resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Syphilis

• Congenital syphilis

Human Papillomavirus

Herpes

Sequelae of STD: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Ectopic Pregnancy

International Comparisons: Canada and the United States

References

Appendices

• Appendix 1.1 - Reported Genital Chlamydia Cases and Rates in Canada by Age Group and Sex, 1991-1997
• Appendix 1.2 - Reported Genital Chlamydia Cases and Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1991-1997
• Appendix 2.1 - Reported Gonorrhea Cases and Rates in Canada by Age Group and Sex, 1980-1986
• Appendix 2.2 - Reported Gonorrhea Cases and Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1980-1986
• Appendix 3.1 - Reported Infectious Syphilis Cases and Rates in Canada by Age Group and Sex, 1993-1997
• Appendix 3.2 - Reported Infectious Syphilis Cases and Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1993-1997
• Appendix 3.3 - Reported Early Symptomatic (primary and secondary) Syphilis Cases and Rates in Canada by Sex, 1980-1997
• Appendix 3.4 - Reported Congenital Syphilis Cases in Canada by Province/Territory, 1992-1997
• Appendix 4 - Rates of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Canada by Age Group, 1983-84 to 1994-95

List of Figures

• Proportional Distribution of Reported STD in Canada, 1996
• Reported Genital Chlamydia Rates in Canada, All Ages, 1991-1997
• Reported Genital Chlamydia Rates in Canada by Age Group and Sex, 1996
• Reported Genital Chlamydia Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1996
• Reported Genital Chlamydia Rates Among Children, <10 Years, Canada, 1991-1997
• Reported Gonorrhea Rates in Canada, 1980 to 1997
• Reported Gonorrhea Rates in Canada by Age and Sex, 1996
• Reported Gonorrhea Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1996
• Reported Syphilis Rates in Canada, 1980 to 1997
• Reported Infectious Syphilis Rates in Canada by Age and Sex, 1996
• Reported Infectious Syphilis Rates in Canada by Province/Territory and Sex, 1996
• Cervical Cancer: Incidence and Mortality per 100,000 females, Canada, 1990-1998
• Rates of Hospital Discharges for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Incidence of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, Canada, 1983/84 to 1994/95
• Reported Genital Chlamydia Rates in Canada and the United States, 1991 to 1997
• Reported Gonorrhea Rates in Canada and the United States, 1980 to 1997
• Reported Early Symptomatic Syphilis Rates in Canada and the United States, 1980 to 1997

List of Tables

• Antimicrobial resistant N. gonorrhoeae laboratory specimens in Canada, 1986-1996
• Cervical specimens: typing of human papillomavirus, 1996
• Number of positive herpes specimens by type, Canada, 1990-1997
• Ectopic pregnancies in Canada, 1986 to 1994

This publication was produced by the Document Dissemination Division at the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada.

To obtain additional copies or subscribe to the Canada Communicable Disease Report, please contact the Member Service Centre, Canadian Medical Association, 1867 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON, Canada K1G 3Y6. Tel.: (613) 731-8610, ext. 2307; 888-855-2555 (toll free in Canada and U.S.) or by FAX: (613) 236-8864.

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