Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
THEME ISSUE
International Polar Year
Perspective
Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections in the North American Arctic
Dionne Gesink Law*
, Elizabeth Rink†, Gert Mulvad‡, and Anders Koch§
, Elizabeth Rink†, Gert Mulvad‡, and Anders Koch§Table 2
Chlamydial infection and gonorrhea rates per 100,000 population by age, sex, and race reported for Alaska, 2006*
| Characteristic | Chlamydial infection rates | Gonorrhea rates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Age, y | |||||
| 15–19 | 966 | 4,158 | 78 | 346 | |
| 20–24 | 2,673 | 4,990 | 344 | 496 | |
| 25–29 | 1,250 | 2,253 | 185 | 309 | |
| 30–34 | 607 | 854 | 162 | 162 | |
| 35–39 | 269 | 420 | 134 | 81 | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 235 | 389 | 28 | 41 | |
| Alaska Native/ American Indian | 927 | 3,012 | 153 | 344 | |
*Source (13).
