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 3
Chlamydial infection and gonorrhea rates per 100,000 population by age and sex reported for northern territories (NT) and southern provinces (SP) in Canada, 2004–2006*
| Characteristic | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NT | SP | NT | SP | NT | SP | ||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||
| Chlamydia, age, y | |||||||||||||||||
| <14 | 22 | 319 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 361 | 0.8 | 18 | 8 | 296 | 1 | 16 | |||||
| 15–19 | 3,050 | 10,014 | 276 | 1,428 | 3,193 | 11,866 | 270 | 1,367 | 3,374 | 10,771 | 278 | 1,329 | |||||
| 20–24 | 4,778 | 9,408 | 695 | 1,478 | 5,255 | 8,893 | 701 | 1,470 | 4,982 | 9,431 | 703 | 1,475 | |||||
| 25–29 | 3,154 | 4,492 | 405 | 552 | 3,623 | 4,435 | 423 | 562 | 3,192 | 5,024 | 419 | 592 | |||||
| 30–39 | 1,292 | 1,913 | 141 | 158 | 1,461 | 1,856 | 157 | 158 | 1,697 | 1,812 | 164 | 170 | |||||
| 40–59 | 338 | 359 | 31 | 22 | 486 | 450 | 34 | 21 | 399 | 432 | 36 | 24 | |||||
| >60 | 120 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 215 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 126 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 1,190 | 2,451 | 128 | 260 | 1,339 | 2,595 | 132 | 256 | 1,312 | 2,556 | 134 | 258 | |||||
| Gonorrhea, age, y | |||||||||||||||||
| <14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 15–19 | 376 | 761 | 57 | 124 | 437 | 737 | 53 | 112 | 671 | 1,473 | 63 | 132 | |||||
| 20–24 | 820 | 763 | 126 | 99 | 968 | 650 | 118 | 102 | 1,038 | 1,246 | 132 | 118 | |||||
| 25–29 | 738 | 332 | 91 | 43 | 689 | 433 | 93 | 41 | 557 | 526 | 104 | 57 | |||||
| 30–39 | 306 | 169 | 65 | 14 | 311 | 86 | 61 | 15 | 267 | 234 | 67 | 21 | |||||
| 40–59 | 137 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 71 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 86 | 25 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| >60 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 240 | 189 | 37 | 21 | 239 | 184 | 35 | 20 | 251 | 312 | 40 | 25 | |||||
*See (14).
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