Research Article
Prevalence and Incidence of Syphilis among Volunteer Blood Donors in Israel
Table 2
Distribution of donors with recent versus past syphilis by country of origin, age, and time of immigration.
| | | Active infection | Past infection | Total |
| | Country of origin | | | | | Total | 94 (100%) | 189 (100%) | 283 (100%) | | Israel | 36 (38.3%) | 65 (34.4%) | 101 (35.7%) | | Asia | 8 (8.5%) | 9 (4.8%) | 17 (6.0%) | | Africa | 4 (4.3%) | 5 (2.6%) | 9 (3.2%) | | USSR and Eastern Europe | 39 (41.5%) | 97 (51.3%) | 136 (48.1%) | Western Europe
North America and Oceania | 4 (4.3%) | 7 (3.7%) | 11 (3.9%) | | South America | 3 (3.2%) | 6 (3.2%) | 9 (3.2%) | | Age (years) | | | | | 24 | 9 (9.6%) | 15 (7.9%) | 24 (8.5%) | | 25–34 | 23 (24.5%) | 51 (27.0%) | 74 (26.1%) | | 35–44 | 28 (29.8%) | 53 (28.0%) | 81 (28.6%) | | 45 | 34 (36.2%) | 70 (37.0%) | 104 (36.7%) | | Year of immigration | | | | | <1990 | 15 (16.1%) | 24 (13.1%) | 39 (14.1%) | | 1990 | 42 (45.2%) | 94 (51.4%) | 136 (49.3%) | | Israeli born | 36 (38.7% ) | 65 (35.5%) | 101 (36.6%) |
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