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Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2008
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Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2008
Community Acquired Infections Division
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Public Health Agency of Canada
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis)
- Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
- Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
- International Comparison
- Technical Notes
- References
Table of Figures
- Figure 1 – Reported Rates of Chlamydia by Sex and Overall, 1991 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 2 – Reported Rates of Chlamydia by Sex and Age Group, 2008, Canada
- Figure 3 – Reported Rates of Chlamydia in Males by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 4 – Reported Rates of Chlamydia in Females by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 5 – Reported Rates of Gonorrhea by Sex and Overall, 1991 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 6 – Reported Rates of Gonorrhea by Sex and Age Group, 2008, Canada
- Figure 7 – Reported Rates of Gonorrhea in Males by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 8 – Reported Rates of Gonorrhea in Females by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 9 – Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Strains Tested in Canada, 1999 to 2007
- Figure 10 – Reported Rates of Infectious Syphilis by Sex and Overall, 1993 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 11 – Reported Rates of Infectious Syphilis by Sex and Age Group, 2008, Canada
- Figure 12 – Reported Rates of Infectious Syphilis in Males by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Figure 13 – Reported Rates of Infectious Syphilis in Females by Age Group, 1999 to 2008, Canada
Table of Tables
- Table 1 – Reported Cases and Rates of Chlamydia by Province/Territory, 1999 and 2008, Canada
- Table 2 – Reported Cases and Rates of Gonorrhea by Province/Territory, 1999 and 2008, Canada
- Table 3 – Male-to-Female Ratio of Reported Rates of Gonorrhea by Province/Territory, 2008, Canada
- Table 4 – Male-to-Female Ratio of Reported Rates of Infectious Syphilis by Province/Territory, 2008, Canada
- Table 5 – Reported Cases and Rates of Infectious Syphilis by Province/Territory, 1999 and 2008, Canada
- Table 6 – Reported Cases and Rates of Congenital Syphilis by Province/Territory, 1999 to 2008, Canada
- Table 7 – Reported Cases and Rates of Chlamydia in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, 2008
- Table 8 – Reported Cases and Rates of Gonorrhea Infections in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, 2008
- Table 9 – Reported Cases and Rates of Infectious Syphilis (Primary, Secondary, and Early Latent Syphilis) in Canada and Australia and Primary and Secondary Syphilis in the United Kingdom and the United States, 2008
Information to the readers of the Report on Sexually
Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2008
The Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada is pleased to provide you with the 2008 edition of the Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada. This document provides an overview of reported cases and trends in the three nationally reportable bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs): chlamydia, gonorrhea, and infectious syphilis by age, sex, and location for Canada. The surveillance data presented are drawn from reports sent to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) from provinces and territories.
This report consists of four sections. Sections one to three correspond to the three nationally reportable bacterial STIs. Each section summarizes major findings and trends in the respective infection, and the embedded tables and figures are updated from those in earlier publications of these data. New to the third section in this report is the inclusion of reported congenital syphilis rates across Canada. The fourth section features an international comparison of the reported STI rates between Canada and the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Technical notes and explanatory details specific to provincial or territorial surveillance data are presented at the end of this report.
The publication of this report would not have been possible without the collaboration of all provinces and territories, whose ongoing contribution to national STI surveillance is gratefully acknowledged.
This report and other national surveillance and research on STIs, hepatitis C and other blood-borne infections are also available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sti-its-surv-epi/nat_surv-eng.php.
Any comments and suggestions that would improve the usefulness of future publications are appreciated and should be sent to the attention of the Community Acquired Infections Division at PHAC.Web.Mail@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health.
— Public Health Agency of Canada
Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2008
is available on Internet at the following address: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre : Rapport sur les infections transmissibles sexuellement au Canada : 2008
How to Reach Us
For more information, copies of this report or other related reports, please contact:
STI and HCV Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
Community Acquired Infections Division
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Public Health Agency of Canada
100 Eglantine Driveway, Health Canada Building #6
A.L. 0603B, Tunney’s Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
Telephone: 613-946-3572
Fax: 613-946-3902
Email: PHAC.Web.Mail@phac-aspc.gc.ca
This publication can be made available in alternative formats upon request.
This report was prepared by the following individuals in the STI and HCV Surveillance and Epidemiology Section:
Gayatri Jayaraman, MPH, PhD
Manager
Stephanie Totten, MSc
Senior Epidemiologist (Acting)
Maureen Perrin, MSc (C), ITPM
Senior Epidemiologist
Lily Fang, MHSc
Epidemiologist
Olivia Remes, BA
Student
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2010
ISSN 1923-2977 Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada
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