Pharyngeal Gonorrhoea in Women: An Important Reservoir for Increasing Neisseria gonorrhoea Prevalence in Urban Australian Heterosexuals?
Table 1
Summary of heterosexual patients and NG cases 2008–2012.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Overall
No. hetero patients (male and female)
875
1009
1102
1041
1091
5118
No. hetero male patients
473
529
577
539
599
2717
No. hetero female patients
402
480
525
502
492
2401
Total NG cases
18
35
27
33
54
167
Total hetero NG
10
26
13
20
33
102
Hetero male NG
5
19
11
13
21
69
Hetero female NG
5
7
2
7
12
33
Prevalence of NG in heterosexuals (%)*
1.14
2.58
1.18
1.92
3.02
2.0
No. female CSW
50
63
76
75
58
322
Mean age (yrs) hetero males with NG**
32.4
33.1
38.2
44.3
37.4
37.3
Mean age (yrs) hetero female with NG***
32.4
39.0
44.0
25.7
32.8
33.2
A significant trend of increasing NG prevalence in heterosexuals was noted over the 5 year period ().
**No significant age trend in heterosexual male NG cases ().
***No significant age trend in heterosexual female cases ().
