The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7310 p138
31 July 2004

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STI rates continue to increase

Sexually transmitted infection rates rose again last year, continuing a trend that started in 1993.

Overall, new cases of STIs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland rose by 4 per cent last year. New cases of chlamydia rose by 9 per cent and new cases of syphilis by 28 per cent. Cases of genital warts also rose (2 per cent), but gonorrhoea and genital herpes fell by 3 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively.

Health Protection Agency chairman Sir William Stewart said: “This is the time of year when many young people go on holiday and these figures are a timely reminder of how important it is for people to take responsibility for their own and their partners’ sexual health.”