Reported cases and rates¹ of gonorrhea by age group and sex, 1980 to 2007²

Hepatitis C and STI Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
Community Acquired Infections Division
Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Public Health Agency of Canada

Note: Footnotes contain important information for the interpretation of the data within these tables. Review is strongly encouraged.

Data were verified with provinces and territories as of April, 2009.

STI Data Tables

Year		Sex	Gonorrhea
			<1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-39	40-59	60+	NS	Total
1980	Cases	Male	10	0	6	43	3921	10821	7505	6542	2241	173	1293	32555
		Female	18	36	34	193	6075	7234	3280	1962	436	31	1186	20485
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	229	231
		Total	28	36	40	236	9997	18055	10786	8504	2677	204	2708	53271
	Rates	Male	5.3	0.0	0.6	4.3	317.8	884.1	678.2	355.9	89.4	12.0		266.6
		Female	10.1	5.2	3.9	20.1	513.1	602.5	298.4	110.0	17.4	1.7		166.5
		Total	7.7	2.5	2.2	12.0	413.5	744.7	489.0	234.8	53.4	6.3		217.3
1981	Cases	Male	5	5	8	54	4435	11991	7906	6959	2179	149	646	34337
		Female	10	28	33	219	6932	8034	3487	2110	476	33	501	21863
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	122	130
		Total	15	33	41	273	11369	20028	11395	9070	2655	182	1269	56330
	Rates	Male	2.7	0.7	0.9	5.4	366.2	959.2	700.1	366.1	85.8	10.0		278.0
		Female	5.6	4.0	3.8	23.2	598.6	654.7	310.8	113.9	18.8	1.8		175.3
		Total	4.1	2.3	2.3	14.1	479.9	808.5	506.2	241.6	52.3	5.4		227.0
1982	Cases	Male	5	3	1	46	4063	11239	7309	6399	2169	147	697	32078
		Female	8	22	32	211	6563	7816	3363	1899	422	21	536	20893
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	96	101
		Total	13	25	33	257	10626	19058	10674	8298	2591	168	1329	53072
	Rates	Male	2.6	0.4	0.1	4.7	345.9	890.9	627.9	326.1	84.4	9.6		256.8
		Female	4.4	3.1	3.7	22.7	587.0	634.0	290.5	98.9	16.5	1.1		165.5
		Total	3.5	1.7	1.8	13.4	463.5	764.0	459.8	213.8	50.5	4.8		211.3
1983	Cases	Male	10	2	3	32	3223	9455	6186	5592	1801	116	586	27006
		Female	6	19	31	185	5469	6904	2934	1719	414	25	442	18148
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	104	111
		Total	16	21	34	217	8692	16364	9120	7311	2217	141	1132	45265
	Rates	Male	5.3	0.3	0.3	3.3	286.9	743.2	518.7	277.7	69.0	7.4		214.2
		Female	3.3	2.7	3.5	20.1	512.4	558.9	247.7	86.9	16.0	1.2		142.3
		Total	4.3	1.4	1.9	11.5	396.7	652.6	383.7	183.1	42.6	3.9		178.4
1984	Cases	Male	7	2	3	51	3094	9024	5966	5226	1828	98	553	25852
		Female	4	22	26	240	5501	6832	2792	1677	365	23	442	17924
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	91	98
		Total	11	24	29	291	8599	15858	8758	6904	2193	121	1086	43874
	Rates	Male	3.7	0.3	0.3	5.3	288.2	704.9	491.8	252.6	69.0	6.1		203.2
		Female	2.2	3.1	3.0	26.4	540.0	553.6	232.6	82.1	13.9	1.1		139.1
		Total	3.0	1.6	1.6	15.6	410.9	630.7	362.9	168.0	41.5	3.3		171.3
1985	Cases	Male	8	1	4	41	2804	8545	5091	4484	1522	88	689	23277
		Female	5	19	26	207	5448	6445	2666	1598	349	18	618	17399
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	55	61
		Total	13	20	30	248	8254	14993	7758	6082	1871	106	1362	40737
	Rates	Male	4.2	0.1	0.4	4.4	270.5	670.4	413.9	210.6	56.5	5.4		181.4
		Female	2.8	2.6	2.9	23.0	554.9	526.6	220.2	75.8	13.1	0.8		133.7
		Total	3.5	1.4	1.7	13.5	409.0	600.1	317.9	143.5	34.9	2.8		157.6
1986	Cases	Male	7	1	6	34	2715	7042	4542	3413	1164	100	434	19458
		Female	7	23	21	227	5128	5690	2513	1394	320	28	393	15744
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	81	85
		Total	14	24	27	261	7843	12732	7058	4808	1484	128	908	35287
	Rates	Male	3.7	0.1	0.6	3.7	266.0	563.5	362.5	156.3	42.3	5.9		150.2
		Female	3.9	3.2	2.4	25.6	530.3	475.6	205.1	64.3	11.7	1.3		119.7
		Total	3.8	1.6	1.5	14.4	394.6	520.5	284.8	110.5	27.1	3.3		135.2
1987	Cases	Male	3	7	4	35	2288	5361	3307	2447	897	74	332	14755
		Female	6	18	30	195	4357	4578	2017	1084	298	17	323	12923
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	239	240
		Total	9	25	34	230	6646	9939	5324	3531	1195	91	894	27918
	Rates	Male	1.6	0.9	0.4	3.8	227.7	443.5	259.2	109.6	31.6	4.3		112.4
		Female	3.3	2.5	3.3	21.9	456.9	396.5	162.5	48.9	10.6	0.8		97.0
		Total	2.4	1.7	1.8	12.6	339.3	420.6	211.5	79.4	21.2	2.3		105.6
1988	Cases	Male	2	1	4	26	1558	3604	2395	1840	667	48	236	10381
		Female	5	11	25	139	3209	3293	1531	828	220	14	226	9501
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	220	220
		Total	7	12	29	165	4767	6897	3926	2668	887	62	682	20102
	Rates	Male	1.1	0.1	0.4	2.8	156.2	312.5	185.3	80.5	22.8	2.7		78.1
		Female	2.8	1.5	2.7	15.5	338.7	298.2	121.7	36.4	7.6	0.6		70.3
		Total	1.9	0.8	1.5	9.0	245.1	305.5	153.9	58.5	15.2	1.5		75.0
1989	Cases	Male	7	1	2	26	1503	3355	2345	2009	735	54	241	10278
		Female	3	22	18	144	3083	2850	1445	822	221	10	160	8778
		Unspecified	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	45	54
		Total	10	24	20	170	4587	6208	3792	2833	956	64	446	19110
	Rates	Male	3.6	0.1	0.2	2.7	151.1	301.4	178.5	85.1	24.3	3.0		76.0
		Female	1.6	3.0	1.9	15.9	326.2	265.7	113.0	35.1	7.4	0.4		63.8
		Total	2.6	1.6	1.1	9.2	236.4	284.0	146.2	60.2	15.9	1.5		70.0
1990	Cases	Male	5	1	3	21	1140	2373	1791	1553	553	57	184	7681
		Female	9	13	9	139	2168	1911	918	564	176	10	107	6024
		Unspecified	1	0	0	0	3	7	1	4	0	0	101	117
		Total	15	14	12	160	3311	4291	2710	2121	729	67	392	13822
	Rates	Male	2.4	0.1	0.3	2.2	114.6	219.5	136.9	64.2	17.8	3.0		55.9
		Female	4.6	1.7	1.0	15.2	229.8	183.2	72.0	23.4	5.7	0.4		43.1
		Total	3.7	0.9	0.6	8.5	170.8	202.0	104.9	44.0	11.8	1.6		49.9
1991	Cases	Male	4	0	0	22	576	1141	897	831	344	41	3230	7086
		Female	2	12	3	109	1082	958	454	319	93	5	2315	5352
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	19
		Total	6	12	3	131	1658	2100	1351	1150	437	46	5563	12457
	Rates	Male	1.9	0.0	0.0	2.3	58.1	107.4	70.6	33.6	10.7	2.1		51.0
		Female	1.0	1.6	0.3	11.8	115.5	93.4	36.7	13.0	2.9	0.2		37.9
		Total	1.5	0.8	0.2	6.9	86.0	100.6	53.9	23.3	6.8	1.0		44.4
1992	Cases	Male	8	0	1	19	781	1485	1175	1138	428	51	62	5148
		Female	7	9	6	140	1644	1195	582	381	85	12	32	4093
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	12
		Total	15	9	7	159	2427	2682	1761	1520	514	63	96	9253
	Rates	Male	3.9	0.0	0.1	1.9	78.8	140.8	95.5	45.3	13.0	2.6		36.6
		Female	3.6	1.2	0.6	14.9	175.4	117.5	48.4	15.2	2.6	0.5		28.6
		Total	3.7	0.6	0.4	8.2	125.9	129.5	72.4	30.3	7.8	1.4		32.6
1993	Cases	Male	1	1	3	8	596	1013	884	845	323	26	38	3738
		Female	0	11	3	88	1185	997	402	298	79	4	19	3086
		Unspecified	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	8
		Total	1	12	7	97	1783	2010	1286	1143	402	31	60	6832
	Rates	Male	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.8	59.9	96.9	74.6	33.0	9.5	1.3		26.3
		Female	0.0	1.4	0.3	9.2	126.0	99.1	34.8	11.7	2.3	0.2		21.3
		Total	0.3	0.7	0.4	5.0	92.2	98.0	54.9	22.4	5.9	0.7		23.8
1994	Cases	Male	3	0	1	10	433	796	821	971	386	34	23	3478
		Female	1	4	3	83	947	817	363	293	92	7	35	2645
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	35	44
		Total	4	4	4	93	1382	1615	1185	1268	478	41	93	6167
	Rates	Male	1.5	0.0	0.1	1.0	43.0	76.9	71.9	37.3	11.0	1.7		24.2
		Female	0.5	0.5	0.3	8.6	99.5	82.0	32.6	11.4	2.6	0.3		18.1
		Total	1.0	0.2	0.2	4.7	70.5	79.5	52.5	24.5	6.8	0.9		21.2
1995	Cases	Male	3	2	0	9	425	769	710	980	360	36	28	3322
		Female	1	4	2	75	888	761	347	243	51	1	12	2385
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	8
		Total	4	6	2	84	1315	1530	1059	1224	412	37	42	5715
	Rates	Male	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.9	41.7	74.8	63.9	37.4	10.0	1.7		22.9
		Female	0.5	0.5	0.2	7.7	92.2	76.9	32.0	9.4	1.4	0.0		16.1
		Total	1.0	0.4	0.1	4.2	66.3	75.8	48.3	23.5	5.7	0.8		19.5
1996	Cases	Male	1	2	1	5	345	688	614	820	320	26	23	2845
		Female	2	3	2	64	844	652	320	210	60	2	9	2168
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	10
		Total	3	5	3	69	1189	1341	934	1034	380	28	37	5023
	Rates	Male	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.5	33.3	67.2	56.1	31.3	8.6	1.2		19.4
		Female	1.1	0.4	0.2	6.5	86.3	66.1	29.9	8.1	1.6	0.1		14.5
		Total	0.8	0.3	0.1	3.4	59.1	66.7	43.2	19.9	5.1	0.6		16.9
1997	Cases	Male	0	0	0	2	333	599	570	765	337	23	17	2646
		Female	0	0	2	56	716	578	235	184	42	4	5	1822
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	4	9
		Total	0	0	2	58	1049	1179	805	951	379	28	26	4477
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	31.9	58.1	52.5	29.3	8.7	1.1		17.8
		Female	0.0	0.0	0.2	5.7	72.5	58.2	22.1	7.2	1.1	0.1		12.0
		Total	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.9	51.7	58.3	37.5	18.4	4.9	0.6		14.9
1998	Cases	Male	0	0	3	5	327	665	571	898	406	32	14	2921
		Female	3	5	3	51	799	575	245	196	53	5	3	1938
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	9
		Total	3	5	6	56	1126	1242	816	1094	459	37	24	4868
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	31.1	64.0	53.0	34.9	10.2	1.5		19.5
		Female	1.8	0.7	0.3	5.2	80.2	57.7	23.3	7.7	1.3	0.2		12.7
		Total	0.9	0.3	0.3	2.8	55.0	61.0	38.3	21.4	5.7	0.7		16.1
1999	Cases	Male	1	0	1	2	337	737	597	1077	518	45	7	3322
		Female	0	4	5	49	798	636	293	193	71	2	3	2054
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5
		Total	1	4	6	51	1136	1373	890	1271	589	47	13	5381
	Rates	Male	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	31.8	70.0	55.7	42.4	12.6	2.0		22.0
		Female	0.0	0.6	0.5	5.0	79.5	63.0	28.0	7.7	1.7	0.1		13.3
		Total	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.5	55.1	66.6	42.0	25.2	7.1	0.9		17.6
2000	Cases	Male	1	1	0	6	432	824	656	1246	612	46	5	3829
		Female	1	1	0	47	969	732	300	223	71	6	3	2353
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	7
		Total	2	2	0	53	1402	1556	956	1469	686	52	11	6189
	Rates	Male	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.6	40.6	77.3	61.4	49.6	14.4	2.0		25.1
		Female	0.6	0.1	0.0	4.7	96.0	71.8	28.7	9.0	1.7	0.2		15.1
		Total	0.6	0.1	0.0	2.6	67.6	74.6	45.2	29.5	8.0	1.0		20.1
2001	Cases	Male	0	0	0	4	467	980	740	1224	704	53	4	4176
		Female	3	0	3	58	1007	852	310	236	96	4	2	2571
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	9
		Total	3	0	3	62	1476	1834	1051	1463	800	57	7	6756
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	42.9	90.8	70.3	49.8	16.1	2.3		27.2
		Female	1.9	0.0	0.3	5.7	97.9	82.6	30.4	9.8	2.2	0.1		16.4
		Total	0.9	0.0	0.1	3.0	69.7	86.9	50.7	30.0	9.1	1.1		21.8
2002	Cases	Male	0	0	0	8	472	1122	814	1341	767	60	5	4589
		Female	2	2	3	62	1049	872	374	301	97	4	4	2770
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	6
		Total	2	2	3	70	1521	1995	1188	1644	865	64	11	7365
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	43.2	102.1	76.5	55.3	17.1	2.5		29.5
		Female	1.3	0.3	0.3	6.0	101.5	83.0	36.2	12.6	2.1	0.1		17.5
		Total	0.6	0.1	0.2	3.3	71.5	92.8	56.6	34.2	9.6	1.2		23.5
2003	Cases	Male	0	0	0	5	535	1242	890	1362	906	73	12	5025
		Female	1	2	0	59	1225	1032	418	346	117	7	3	3210
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	6
		Total	1	2	0	64	1761	2275	1308	1709	1023	81	17	8241
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	49.1	110.8	82.7	57.2	19.6	3.0		32.0
		Female	0.6	0.3	0.0	5.7	118.5	96.4	40.0	14.8	2.5	0.2		20.1
		Total	0.3	0.1	0.0	3.0	82.9	103.8	61.6	36.2	11.1	1.5		26.0
2004	Cases	Male	0	0	0	7	632	1469	1019	1539	1121	93	8	5888
		Female	1	0	1	69	1311	1099	465	337	134	5	0	3422
		Unspecified	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
		Total	1	0	1	76	1943	2568	1487	1877	1256	98	10	9317
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	57.9	129.0	93.0	65.8	23.7	3.7		37.2
		Female	0.6	0.0	0.1	6.7	126.5	101.1	43.6	14.6	2.8	0.2		21.2
		Total	0.3	0.0	0.1	3.6	91.3	115.4	68.8	40.4	13.2	1.7		29.1
2005	Cases	Male	0	0	0	7	614	1398	1083	1439	1110	93	5	5749
		Female	2	1	2	92	1231	1170	460	341	127	10	4	3440
		Unspecified3	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	0	1	10
		Total	2	1	2	99	1847	2571	1545	1782	1237	103	10	9199
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	55.8	121.7	97.3	62.1	23.0	3.6		35.9
		Female	1.2	0.1	0.2	9.0	117.5	106.6	42.4	15.0	2.6	0.3		21.1
		Total	0.6	0.1	0.1	4.7	86.0	114.5	70.3	38.8	12.8	1.8		28.5
2006	Cases	Male	0	1	0	5	760	1633	1261	1613	1406	139	26	6844
		Female	4	3	6	85	1523	1422	668	507	232	14	15	4479
		Unspecified3	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	0	1	11
		Total	4	4	6	90	2284	3059	1931	2122	1639	153	42	11334
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	68.3	141.1	111.6	69.8	28.7	5.2		42.3
		Female	2.4	0.4	0.7	8.3	143.8	128.7	60.4	22.3	4.7	0.4		27.2
		Total	1.2	0.3	0.3	4.3	105.2	135.2	86.3	46.3	16.7	2.6		34.7
2007	Cases	Male	0	0	0	12	828	1782	1326	1482	1343	116	23	6912
		Female	1	5	10	82	1640	1671	748	582	194	13	9	4955
		Unspecified3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	6
		Total	1	5	10	94	2468	3455	2074	2067	1537	129	33	11873
	Rates	Male	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	72.1	153.1	118.0	65.4	27.1	4.2		42.3
		Female	0.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	150.6	151.1	67.5	26.1	3.9	0.4		29.8
		Total	0.3	0.4	0.6	4.6	108.7	152.2	93.0	45.9	15.5	2.1		36.1

 

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¹ Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 1997-2000 final intercensal estimates, 2001-2003 final postcensal estimates, 2004-2007 updated postcensal estimates.)

² 2006 and 2007 data are preliminary and changes are anticipated. Data were verified with provinces and territories as of April, 2009.

³ Unspecified sex includes transgender cases.

Source: Hepatitis C and STI Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2009.

Note: Small variability may exist between data reported by the provinces/territories and the Public Health Agency of Canada. Provincial/territorial data are definitive should a discrepancy exist.