Table 2

Details of STIs diagnosed in men and women

Malep Value using χ2 testFemalep Value using χ2 test
Jan–Sept 2001 (n = 6920)Jan–Sept 2002 (n = 6659)Jan–Sept 2001 (n = 4794)Jan–Sept 2002 (n = 4690)
No (prevalence per 100 patient)No (prevalence per 100 patient)
*p Value using χ2 test with Yates’s correction.
(A1) Primary diagnosis of syphilis; (B1) gonorrhoea; (C4a, C4c) uncomplicated chlamydia; (C4h) non-gonococcal urethritis; (C10a) first attack of genital herpes; (C11a) anogenital warts.
A137 (0.5)53 (0.8)0.0610 (0.0)3 (0.1)0.121*
B1262 (3.8)190 (2.9)0.00241 (0.9)35 (0.7)0.552
C4a/C4c244 (3.5)179 (2.7)0.005187 (3.9)199 (4.2)0.399
C4h683 (9.9)479 (7.2)<0.001
C10a89 (1.3)55 (0.8)0.009111 (2.3)80 (1.7)0.035
C11a264 (3.8)254 (3.8)0.998147 (3.1)164 (3.5)0.239
Total diagnosed with an STI at this episode1579 (22.8)1210 (18.2)<0.001486 (10.1)481(10.3)0.849