AQW 10601/17-22 Ms Claire Sugden Independent East Londonderry
Tabled Date: 19/11/2020 Answered On Date: 16/12/2020 Priority Written: No
Question: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in Northern Ireland, broken down by Trust area, for each of the previous five years.
Answer:
The information requested on the diagnoses of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Northern Ireland has been provided in tabulated form below. As requested, the information has been broken down by Health and Social Care Trust and for the time period 2015/6-2019/20. Sexually Transmitted Infection Related1 Admissions2, 2015/16-2019/20 | | HSC Trusts | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | Belfast | 57 | 34 | 29 | 42 | 58 | Northern | 19 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 20 | South Eastern | 31 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 29 | Southern | 25 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 19 | Western | 24 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 14 | Total | 156 | 119 | 95 | 126 | 140 |
Source: Hospital Inpatient System, Hospital Information Branch, Information & Analysis Directorate, Department of Health, NI. 1 The following ICD-10 codes were used to denote a diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infection in each of the 17 diagnostic fields: A50 Congenital syphilis A51 Early syphilis A52 Late syphilis A53 Other and unspecified syphilis A54 Gonococcal infection A55 Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum) A56 Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases A57 Chancroid A58 Granuloma inguinal A59 Trichomoniasis A60 Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections A63 Other predominantly sexually transmitted diseases, not elsewhere classified A64 Unspecified sexually transmitted disease A74 Other diseases caused by chlamydia B20 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in infectious and parasitic diseases B21 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in malignant neoplasms B22 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in other specified diseases B23 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in other conditions B24 Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease B85.2 Pediculosis, unspecified B85.3 Phthiriasis B85.4 Mixed pediculosis and phthiriasis B86 Scabies O98.1 Syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium O98.2 Gonorrhoea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium O98.3 Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Z20.2 Contact with and exposure to infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission Z20.6 Contact with and exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] Z21 Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status Z22.4 Carrier of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission 2 Figures do not include admissions to mental health or learning disability programmes of care which account for less than 1% of all hospital admissions. Admissions are approximated through deaths and discharges. These figures do not denote individuals
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