Number (N) and percentage of new patients diagnosed with genital warts at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, by financial year and risk group, from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2014
| 2004/2005 | 2005/2006 | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | 2010/2011 | 2011/2012 | 2012/2013 | 2013/2014 | Trend† | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients* | 750 (11.0) | 804 (11.8) | 818 (11.7) | 696 (9.8) | 660 (8.3) | 662 (7.9) | 622 (7.3) | 556 (6.3) | 601 (6.0) | 582 (5.5) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| All, Australian-born | 550 (13.1) | 562 (13.9) | 572 (14.0) | 454 (12.8) | 389 (10.6) | 372 (9.7) | 314 (8.0) | 262 (7.0) | 279 (6.6) | 240 (5.7) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| All, non-Australian born* | 200 (7.7) | 242 (8.8) | 246 (8.5) | 242 (6.9) | 271 (6.3) | 290 (6.4) | 308 (6.7) | 294 (5.9) | 322 (5.5) | 342 (5.4) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| All Australian-born women | 181 (11.1) | 191 (12.6) | 225 (14.1) | 156 (12.1) | 96 (7.8) | 95 (7.4) | 65 (5.0) | 45 (3.7) | 48 (3.5) | 48 (3.4) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born women, <21 years | 44 (18.4) | 53 (20.4) | 62 (21.5) | 39 (20.6) | 12 (6.6) | 9 (4.3) | 4 (2.2) | 2 (1.1) | 6 (2.8) | 2 (1.1) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born women, 21–32 years | 120 (12.4) | 118 (13.4) | 140 (14.7) | 88 (11.3) | 63 (8.4) | 66 (8.3) | 36 (4.4) | 26 (3.4) | 21 (2.4) | 22 (2.5) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born women, >32 years | 17 (4.0) | 20 (5.4) | 23 (6.4) | 29 (9.1) | 21 (7.2) | 20 (7.1) | 25 (8.3) | 17 (6.1) | 21 (7.0) | 24 (8.5) | ↑ | 0.037 |
| Non-Australian-born women* | 189 (7.8) | 218 (8.7) | 214 (8.2) | 210 (6.7) | 233 (6.3) | 265 (6.4) | 287 (6.7) | 268 (5.8) | 306 (5.6) | 327 (5.5) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Non-Australian-born women, <21 years* | 14 (7.0) | 22 (10.1) | 20 (9.6) | 14 (5.1) | 16 (5.9) | 12 (4.9) | 6 (2.4) | 11 (3.9) | 8 (2.4) | 16 (4.0) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Non-Australian-born women, 21–32 years* | 130 (8.7) | 152 (9.3) | 149 (8.8) | 160 (7.6) | 174 (6.6) | 196 (6.4) | 215 (6.8) | 202 (5.8) | 235 (5.7) | 255 (5.6) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Non-Australian-born women, >32 years* | 45 (6.3) | 44 (6.7) | 45 (6.6) | 36 (4.8) | 43 (5.3) | 57 (6.8) | 66 (7.3) | 55 (6.4) | 63 (6.2) | 56 (5.6) | → | 0.916 |
| All Australian-born heterosexual men | 306 (17.3) | 293 (17.0) | 260 (16.2) | 228 (16.3) | 232 (15.0) | 205 (13.0) | 185 (11.2) | 157 (9.2) | 176 (9.4) | 143 (7.6) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born heterosexual men, <21 years | 12 (11.3) | 13 (11.8) | 24 (17.9) | 25 (25.5) | 13 (13.7) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (3.0) | 6 (4.5) | 5 (3.7) | 4 (2.8) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born heterosexual men, 21–32 years | 185 (19.1) | 179 (19.5) | 156 (18.6) | 140 (18.5) | 146 (17.1) | 140 (16.0) | 111 (12.0) | 92 (9.1) | 96 (9.3) | 64 (5.9) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born heterosexual men, >32 years | 109 (15.7) | 101 (14.5) | 80 (12.7) | 63 (11.5) | 73 (12.3) | 63 (10.4) | 70 (11.7) | 59 (10.3) | 75 (10.6) | 75 (11.4) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| All Australian-born MSM | 51 (7.8) | 71 (10.6) | 69 (9.7) | 61 (9.2) | 49 (6.9) | 66 (8.0) | 56 (7.1) | 57 (7.3) | 55 (6.1) | 47 (5.2) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born MSM, <21 years | 5 (7.8) | 4 (7.0) | 4 (6.7) | 6 (7.4) | 8 (10.1) | 9 (10.6) | 9 (9.3) | 9 (8.7) | 7 (6.1) | 5 (3.5) | → | 0.289 |
| Australian-born MSM, 21–32 years | 31 (10.3) | 37 (12.3) | 38 (11.7) | 33 (9.4) | 30 (8.7) | 40 (9.5) | 31 (7.2) | 38 (8.6) | 34 (6.9) | 31 (6.3) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| Australian-born MSM, >32 years | 15 (5.2) | 30 (9.6) | 27 (8.3) | 22 (9.4) | 11 (3.8) | 17 (5.4) | 16 (6.2) | 10 (4.1) | 14 (4.9) | 11 (4.0) | ↓ | 0.004 |
| All Australian-born MSM, homosexual | 39 (7.6) | 59 (10.9) | 58 (10.3) | 52 (9.7) | 40 (6.9) | 59 (8.7) | 50 (7.8) | 50 (7.7) | 44 (5.8) | 43 (5.6) | ↓ | <0.001 |
| All Australian-born MSM bisexual | 12 (9.0) | 12 (9.0) | 11 (7.9) | 9 (7.3) | 8 (6.6) | 5 (4.2) | 6 (4.3) | 7 (5.2) | 11 (7.9) | 4 (3.0) | ↓ | 0.023 |
| All Australian-born MSM, anal wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 32 (4.5%) | 47 (5.7%) | 44 (5.6%) | 46 (5.9%) | 41 (4.6%) | 35 (3.8%) | → | 0.239 |
| All Australian-born MSM, <21 years, anal wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 5 (6.3) | 9 (10.6) | 8 (8.2) | 7 (6.7) | 7 (6.1) | 5 (3.5) | → | 0.105 |
| All Australian-born MSM, 21–32 years, anal wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 18 (5.2) | 31 (7.4) | 25 (5.8) | 31 (7.0) | 23 (4.6) | 25 (5.8) | → | 0.338 |
| All Australian-born MSM, >32 years, anal wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 9 (3.1) | 7 (2.2) | 11 (4.2) | 8 (3.3) | 11 (3.8) | 5 (1.8) | → | 0.800 |
| All Australian-born MSM, penile wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 17 (2.4%) | 19 (2.3%) | 17 (2.2%) | 13 (1.7%) | 14 (1.6%) | 12 (1.3%) | ↓ | 0.040 |
| All Australian-born MSM, <21 years, penile wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 3 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ↓ | 0.031 |
| All Australian-born MSM, 21–32 years, penile wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 12 (3.5) | 9 (2.1) | 10 (2.3) | 8 (1.8) | 11 (2.2) | 6 (1.2) | → | 0.062 |
| All Australian-born MSM, >32 years, penile wart‡ | – | – | – | – | 2 (0.7) | 10 (3.2) | 6 (2.3) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (1.0) | 6 (2.2) | → | 0.951 |
| Women with prior HPV vaccination | – | – | – | – | – | 20 (6.1) | 8 (1.9) | 10 (1.8) | 9 (1.3) | 10 (1.5) | ↓ | 0.001 |
| Total number of Australian-born new patient | 4197 | 4043 | 4081 | 3545 | 3685 | 3829 | 3905 | 3765 | 4199 | 4241 | – | – |
| Total number of non-Australian born new patients* | 2599 | 2749 | 2891 | 3529 | 4269 | 4508 | 4624 | 5024 | 5866 | 6390 | – | – |
| Total number of all new patients* | 6796 | 6792 | 6972 | 7074 | 7954 | 8337 | 8529 | 8789 | 10 065 | 10 631 | – | – |
Note: All analyses exclude patients were not born in Australia unless ‘*’ is shown. Anatomical site of genital wart among heterosexual was not recorded.
†↑ represents an increasing trend; ↓ represents a decreasing trend; → represents no significant trend was observed.
‡The anatomical site of diagnosed genital warts among MSM was routinely recorded from 2008. Data prior to 2008 are not available.
HPV, human papillomavirus; MSM, men who have sex with men.