National age-specific genital wart (GW) incidence extrapolated from Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health (BEACH) data for all GPs and sexual-health clinics
Gender | Australian population (2004) | Raw BEACH data 2000–2006 | Extrapolation from BEACH to all Australian GPs | Adjusted for GW managed at sexual-health clinics | |||
All GW consultations (n) | New GW consultations (n) | All GW consultations/year (95% CI) | New GW consultations/year* (95% CI) | New GW consultations/1000 persons† (95% CI) | New GW cases/1000 persons‡ (95% CI) | ||
Female | 10100991 | 346 | 120 | 51850 (45050 to 58600) | 18000 (14650 to 21300) | 1.78 (1.45 to 2.11) | 2.31 (1.88 to 2.74) |
Male | 9990513 | 293 | 106 | 43950 (38050 to 49750) | 15850 (12750 to 19000) | 1.59 (1.28 to 1.90) | 2.06 (1.66 to 2.47) |
All | 20091504 | 639 | 226 | 95700 (86450 to 105000) | 33850 (29150 to 38550) | 1.68 (1.45 to 1.92) | 2.19 (1.88 to 2.49) |
↵* Based on rates of consultations for all/new GW problems extrapolated to national annual average (2000–2006) of 99.45 million general practice consultations (http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/dyn_mbs/forms/mbsgtab4.shtml).
↵† Calculation based on the 2004 Australian population.
↵‡ Adjusted to include GW treated in sexual-health clinics (see Methods).