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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Dispatch

Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2014

Hamish MohammedComments to Author , Holly Mitchell, Bersabeh Sile, Stephen Duffell, Anthony Nardone, and Gwenda Hughes
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK

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Table 1

Number of diagnoses of selected STIs made at sexual health clinics, England*

STI Patient category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 % Increase, 2014 vs. 2013
Syphilis MSM 1,569 1,560 1,610 1,387 1,692 1,618 2,036 2,129 2,375 3,477 46.4
Non-MSM men 1,114 1,123 1,173 1,121 808 733 598 569 578 577 −0.2
Women 503 433 424 366 345 292 291 261 283 263 −7.1
Gonorrhea MSM 3,817 3,945 3,245 2,615 3,579 4,938 7,860 10,768 13,629 18,029 32.3
Non-MSM men 8,707 8,142 8,340 7,205 7,250 6,696 7,221 7,815 8,122 8,546 5.2
Women 5,108 5,104 5,534 5,165 5,299 5,198 6,007 6,992 7,664 8,379 9.3
Chlamydia MSM 2,183 2,693 2,982 3,658 4,313 5,349 7,644 8,215 9,118 11,468 25.8
Non-MSM men 43,122 46,363 50,584 50,892 46,169 42,669 44,405 43,327 44,512 44,339 −0.4
Women 51,986 51,321 54,941 55,872 50,125 46,080 50,048 45,870 48,642 51,045 4.9
Genital herpes MSM 538 515 600 735 834 1,019 1,264 1,233 1,339 1,474 10.1
Non-MSM men 6,192 6,941 8,455 9,369 9,985 10,563 10,662 10,861 10,938 10,415 −4.8
Women 10,649 11,798 14,432 15,990 16,604 18,101 19,226 19,770 20,069 19,883 −0.9
Genital warts MSM 2,225 2,280 2,339 2,488 2,592 2,657 3,004 3,120 3,156 3,456 9.5
Non-MSM men 33,750 34,741 37,384 38,606 39,308 38,238 38,596 37,272 37,872 35,893 −5.2
Women 31,877 32,679 35,549 37,062 35,931 34,659 34,935 33,493 32,834 31,251 −4.8

*Genitourinary medicine (GUM) and integrated GUM/sexual and reproductive health clinics. In 2014 unknown sexual orientation was reported for < 4% of men. Figures for women who have sex with women are not reported here because in 2014, homosexuality was reported for <0.5% of women. MSM, men who have sex with men; non-MSM men, heterosexual men and men of unknown sexual orientation; STI, sexually transmitted infection.

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