Disease | WHO estimates of new cases (1999) | WHO estimates of new cases (2005) | Change in percentage of new cases from 1999 to 2005 | |||||
Global | Sub-Saharan Africa | Global | Sub-Saharan Africa | Global | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||
New cases | New cases | % Of global new cases | New cases | New cases | % Of global new cases | % Increase (+) or % decrease (−) | % Increase (+) or % decrease (−) | |
Gonorrhoea | 62 000 000 | 17 000 000 | 27.4 | 87 650 000 | 17 520 000 | 20.0 | +41.4 | +3.1 |
Chlamydial infection | 92 000 000 | 16 000 000 | 17.4 | 101 520 000 | 10 020 000 | 9.9 | +10.3 | −37.4 |
Trichomoniasis | 174 000 000 | 32 000 000 | 18.4 | 248 480 000 | 78 810 000 | 31.7 | +42.8 | +146.3 |
Syphilis | 12 000 000 | 4 000 000 | 33.3 | 10 600 000 | 3 410 000 | 32.2 | −11.7 | −14.8 |
All four above diseases | 340 000 000 | 69 000 000 | 20.3 | 448 250 000 | 109 760 000 | 24.5 | +31.8 | +59.1 |
This table has utilised WHO data.2 7
STI, sexually transmitted infection.