❓ Question on Notice regarding the number of confirmed cases of STIs, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS in the Kimberley region from 2008 to 2015, with the answer providing data on notifiable STIs.
AnsweredQoN 4630Legislative Assembly
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I refer to sexually transmitted disease outbreaks in the Kimberley, and I ask: (a) how many positive cases of sexually transmitted diseases have been confirmed in the Kimberley for each year from 2008 to 2015; (b) how many positive cases of syphilis have been confirmed in the Kimberley for each year from 2008 to 2015; and (c) how many positive cases of HIV/AIDS have been confirmed in the Kimberley for each year from 2008 to 2015?
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Answered
17 November 2015
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
33 days
(a-c) Data can be provided only for the sexually transmissible infections (STI) that are notifiable to the Department of Health by medical and nurse practitioners, and pathology laboratories. These are tabulated below, with the number of notifications each year for the period from 2008 to 15 October 2015.
STI
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015*
Chlamydia
597
569
652
632
702
666
668
513
Gonorrhoea
625
463
358
592
657
527
522
326
Infectious Syphilis
27
20
9
10
0
0
11
30
Non-infectious syphilis
45
24
11
12
6
4
2
0
HIV infection
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Notes:
1. Data are provided by the year of onset of infection (or the best estimate thereof) for all diseases, excepting non-infectious syphilis, for which data are categorised by the year in which the notification is received by the Department.
2. *Data for 2015 are for the period 1 January to 15 October 2015 and hence are incomplete.
STI
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015*
Chlamydia
597
569
652
632
702
666
668
513
Gonorrhoea
625
463
358
592
657
527
522
326
Infectious Syphilis
27
20
9
10
0
0
11
30
Non-infectious syphilis
45
24
11
12
6
4
2
0
HIV infection
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
2
Donovanosis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chancroid
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Notes:
1. Data are provided by the year of onset of infection (or the best estimate thereof) for all diseases, excepting non-infectious syphilis, for which data are categorised by the year in which the notification is received by the Department.
2. *Data for 2015 are for the period 1 January to 15 October 2015 and hence are incomplete.
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