Demographic characteristics of 277 people with infectious syphilis, 1 July 1997 to 31 December 1999
| Sex | |
| Male | 54% |
| Female | 46% |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 35% |
| Aboriginal | 22% |
| Asian | 13% |
| Hispanic | 8% |
| South Asians | 6% |
| Blacks | 3% |
| Not recorded | 14% |
| Risk factors | |
| Sex trade clients | 24% |
| Sex trade workers | 18% |
| Street-involved | 13% |
| Foreign exposure | 16% |
| Gay male | 6% |
| Casual heterosexual contact | 14% |
| Other/unknown | 9% |