Title page
Contents
1. Summary 4
2. Charts, tables and maps 7
3. What's going on in the North West? 14
4. Information on data sources 18
5. Further information 20
6. About field epidemiology services 21
7. Acknowledgements 21
Table 1. Percentage change in new STI diagnoses: North West residents 8
Table 2. Proportion of North West 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: North West 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: North West residents, 2011-2015 7
Figure 3. Diagnosis rates of the five main STIs: North West residents, 2011-2015 8
Figure 4. Rate of new STIs per 100,000 residents by age group in the North West, 2015 9
Figure 5. Rates by ethnicity per 100,000 population of North West residents diagnosed with a new STI: 2015 9
Figure 6. Diagnoses of the five main STIs among MSM in GUM clinics: North West residents, 2011-2015 10
Figure 7a. Rate of new STI diagnoses per 100,000 population among North West 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 North West residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 11
Figure 8. Chlamydia detection rate per 100,000 population aged 15-24 years in North West residents by upper tier local authority of residence: 2015 12
Figure 9. Rate of gonorrhoea diagnoses per 100,000 population in North West 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 North West: 2015 13