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Number of new episodes of selected diagnoses† made by GUM clinics in Northern Ireland,
July - September 2007

	Chlamydia	Gonorrhoea	Syphilis	Herpes	Warts	Total diagnoses*	Total workload*
F	209	9	1	48	217	1,338	1,702
M	239	62	9	31	285	1,672	2,168
% in MSM‡	5%	34%	56%	3%	4%
Total	448	71	10	79	502	3,010	3,870

Number of new episodes of selected diagnoses† made by GUM clinics in Northern Ireland,
January - September 2007

	Chlamydia	Gonorrhoea	Syphilis	Herpes	Warts	Total diagnoses*	Total workload*
F	598	15	1	140	673	3,924	4,891
M	716	116	16	75	798	4,721	6,229
% in MSM‡	4%	30%	44%	4%	3%
Total	1,314	131	17	215	1,471	8,645	11,120

Number of new episodes of selected diagnoses† made by GUM clinics in Northern Ireland,
2000-2006

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Chlamydia
	F	483	474	622	663	750	848	986
	M	480	473	548	645	703	783	993
	% in MSM‡	2%	3%	2%	4%	4%	7%	6%
	Total	963	947	1,170	1,308	1,453	1,631	1,979
Gonorrhoea
	F	24	21	11	27	19	20	32
	M	119	127	106	127	105	162	163
	% in MSM‡	9%	18%	11%	31%	23%	40%	24%
	Total	143	148	117	154	124	182	195
Syphilis
	F	0	2	0	0	10	5	3
	M	0	9	19	10	31	29	27
	% in MSM‡	0%	89%	47%	50%	68%	66%	52%
	Total	0	11	19	10	41	34	30
Herpes
	F	173	165	180	166	153	172	183
	M	108	93	79	60	69	66	91
	% in MSM‡	3%	3%	1%	5%	7%	8%	2%
	Total	281	258	259	226	222	238	274
Warts
	F	999	1,023	1,029	1,065	1,042	1,098	1,014
	M	1,118	1,107	1,147	1,110	1,059	1,208	1,142
	% in MSM‡	2%	3%	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%
	Total	2,117	2,130	2,176	2,176	2,101	2,306	2,156

Total diagnoses*		11,172	11,300	11,867	11,550	11,507	12,847	12,010

Total workload*		6,530	7,886	8,744	13,209	14,383	16,844	15,975

1. ‡'% in MSM' represents the proportion of the total male diagnoses attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM)

2. The increased workload in 2003 could be partly due to changes in the reporting system (the addition of S codes)

Chlamydia - uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection, KC60 code C4a, C4c
Gonorrhoea - uncomplicated gonorrhoea, KC60 code B1, B2
Syphilis - primary and secondary infectious syphilis, KC60 code A1, A2
Herpes -anogenital herpes simplex (first attack), KC60 code C10a
Warts - anogenital warts (first attack), KC60 code C11a

4. *Total diagnoses - all diagnoses made, includes all A, B, C and E KC60 codes
*Total workload - all workload not requiring a diagnoses, includes all D, P and S KC60 codes