Diseases and conditions: sexual health and communicable disease
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's)
Rates of selected STI and acute STI diagnoses per 100,000 population, 2009
The table below shows that rates of all STI's are higher in Wandsworth than London and England.
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Chlamydia (by age group) | Gonorrhoea | Syphilis | Herpes | Warts | Acute STIs | |
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15-24 | 25+ | |||||
| England | 2212.8 | 97.8 | 29.7 | 5.5 | 51.2 | 145.6 | 774.6 |
| London | 2428.5 | 181.0 | 72.8 | 14.1 | 79.3 | 163.6 | 1176.5 |
| Wandsworth | 3204.5 | 268.8 | 93.3 | 21.1 | 135.6 | 290.5 | 1692.9 |
Source: Health Protection Agency
This chart demonstrates the trends in the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in London. Between 2005 and 2009, there have been continuing increases in the rates of Chlamydia in males and females as well as in Genital warts. Chlamydia trends were plotted for males and females and showed males as having higher rates of chlamydia infections from 2005 to 2009. Trends in gonorrhoea and warts infections were also plotted with the rate of wart infections being higher than gonorrhoea.
Trends in the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in London
