Title page
Contents
1. Summary 4
Implications for prevention 5
PHE's messages 6
2. Charts, tables and maps 7
3. Information on data sources 14
3.1. Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset (GUMCAD) 14
3.2. Chlamydia Testing Activity Dataset (CTAD) 14
3.3. New STIs 14
3.4. Calculations 15
4. Further information 16
5. About field epidemiology services 17
6. Acknowledgements 17
Table 1. Percentage change in new STI diagnoses: East of England residents 8
Table 2. Proportion of East of England residents diagnosed with a new STI by ethnicity: 2015 9
Table 3. Percentage change in new STI diagnoses in men who have sex with men (MSM) diagnosed in GUM clinics: East of England residents 10
Figure 1. New STI diagnoses by public health centre (PHEC) of residence: England 2015 7
Figure 2. Diagnoses of the five main STIs: East of England residents, 2011-2015 7
Figure 3. Diagnosis rates of the five main STIs: East of England residents, 2011-2015 8
Figure 4. Rate of new STIs per 100,000 residents by age group in the East of England, 2015 9
Figure 5. Rates by ethnicity per 100,00 population of East of England residents diagnosed with a new STI: 2015 9
Figure 6. Diagnoses of the five main STIs among MSM in GUM clinics: East of England residents, 2011-2015 10
Figure 7a. Rate of new STI diagnoses per 100,000 population among East of England residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 11
Figure 7b. Rate of new STI diagnoses (excluding chlamydia diagnoses in persons aged 15-24 years) per 100,000 population aged 15-64 years among East of England residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 11
Figure 8. Chlamydia detection rate per 100,000 population aged 15-24 years in East of England residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 12
Figure 9. Rate of gonorrhoea diagnoses per 100,000 population in East of England residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 12
Figure 10. Map of new STI rates per 100,000 residents by upper tier local authority in the East of England: 2015 13