Table 1

Overview of syphilis and gonorrhoea found in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia 1991–8

19911992199319941995199619971998
Country/cases of infectionsTotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000TotalPer 100 000
Latvia, 2.6 million population
Syphilis2168.127310.383031.8152159.3235791.93124124.93008121.32597106
Gonorrhoea246692.43309125.54223162.03774147.12853111.2209983.9169088.1123750.3
Lithuania, 3.7 million population
Syphilis1804.862867.7269418.72214257.78337991.153761101.5314684.86232662.75
Gonorrhoea307182.84035108.85626151.75501148.34057109.4297680.3202154.5141738.2
Estonia, 1.5 million population
Syphilis1167.417611.434222.585256.5103470.497266.2109974.8110176
Gonorrhoea2299146.82790180.73535233.130992052882196.2243716919691341477101.9