Title page
Contents
1. Summary 4
Implications for prevention 5
PHE's key messages 7
2. Charts, tables and maps 8
3. Information on data sources 16
3.1. GUMCAD surveillance system 16
3.2. CTAD surveillance system 16
3.3. New STIs 16
3.4. Calculations 17
4. Further information 18
5. About Field Epidemiology Services 19
6. Acknowledgements 19
Table 1. Percentage change in new STI diagnoses: South East residents 9
Table 2. Proportion of South East residents diagnosed with a new STI by ethnicity: 2016 10
Table 3. Percentage change in new STI diagnoses in MSM diagnosed in specialist SHCs: South East residents 12
Table 4. Number of diagnoses of new STIs by PHEC of residence, data source and data subset: 2016 15
Table 5. Number of diagnoses of the 5 main STIs in the South East by STI, data source and data subset: 2016 15
Figure 1. New STI diagnoses by Public Health England centre (PHEC) of residence: England 2016 8
Figure 2. Number of diagnoses of the five main STIs: South East residents, 2012-2016 8
Figure 3. Diagnosis rates of the five main STIs: South East residents, 2012-2016 9
Figure 4. Rate of new STIs per 100,000 residents by age group in the South East, 2016 10
Figure 5. Rates by ethnicity per 100,000 population of South East residents diagnosed with a new STI: 2016 10
Figure 6. Proportions of South East residents diagnosed with a new STI by world region of birth: 2016 11
Figure 7. Diagnoses of the five main STIs among MSM in specialist SHCs: South East residents, 2012-2016 11
Figure 8a. Rate of new STI diagnoses per 100,000 population among South East residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2016 12
Figure 8b. Rate of new STI diagnoses (excluding chlamydia diagnoses in persons aged 15-24 years) per 100,000 population aged 15-64 years among South East residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2016 13
Figure 9. Chlamydia detection rate per 100,000 population aged 15-24 years in South East residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2016 13
Figure 10. Rate of gonorrhoea diagnoses per 100,000 population in South East residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2016 14
Figure 11. Map of new STI rates per 100,000 residents by upper tier local authority in the South East: 2016 14