STI Data Tables
Reported cases and rates1 of notifiable STI2 by age group and sex, 1997 to 20063
HCV and STI Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
Community Acquired Infections Division
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Agency of Canada
1 Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 1997-2000 final intercensal estimates, 2001-2003 final postcensal estimates, 2004-2005 updated postcensal estimates, 2006 preliminary postcensal estimates.)
2 The term STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) is now commonly used in place of STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease). STI is more encompassing, including infections that may be asymptomatic.
3 2006 data are preliminary and changes are anticipated.
4 Infectious syphilis includes primary, secondary and early latent stages.
Source: Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2007.
Note: Small variability may exist between data reported by the provinces/territories and the Public Health Agency of Canada. Provincial/territorial data are definitive should a discrepancy exist.
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