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Reported cases and rates1 of infectious syphilis2 by province/territory and sex, 1993 to 20093

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 November, 2010.

2 Infectious syphilis includes primary, secondary and early latent stages.

4 Nunavut did not officially become a territory until 1999; prior to 1999, data for Nunavut was combined with Northwest Territories.

5 Unspecified sex includes transgender cases.

6 Due to small counts, NS and PE Cases and Rates have been combined as of 2009 at the request of PE.
Year Sex Infectious Syphilis2
NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU4 Total
1993 Cases Male 0 0 6 0 11 58 2 3 5 12 0 0   97
Female 0 0 9 0 6 53 1 2 1 4 0 0   76
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0   4
Total 0 0 15 0 17 115 3 5 6 16 0 0   177
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.0   0.7
Female  0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0   0.5
Total 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0   0.6
1994 Cases Male 0 0 11 2 16 55 3 11 5 9 0 0   112
Female 1 1 13 2 4 35 1 7 3 3 1 0   71
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0   5
Total 1 1 24 4 20 93 4 18 8 14 1 0   188
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 2.2 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0   0.8
Female  0.3 1.5 2.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 7.0 0.0   0.5
Total 0.2 0.7 2.6 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.4 3.3 0.0   0.6
1995 Cases Male 1 0 1 1 6 58 3 9 3 13 0 0   95
Female 0 0 0 0 8 28 1 10 1 4 0 0   52
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 1 0 1 1 14 86 4 19 4 17 0 0   147
Rates Male  0.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0   0.7
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0   0.4
Total 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0   0.5
1996 Cases Male 0 0 1 0 10 41 1 4 1 16 0 0   74
Female 0 0 2 0 2 32 0 5 0 4 0 0   45
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 0 0 3 0 12 73 1 9 1 20 0 0   119
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0   0.5
Female  0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0   0.3
Total 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0   0.4
1997 Cases Male  0 0 0 0 4 28 0 1 3 29 0 0   65
Female  0 0 1 0 3 21 0 1 4 20 0 0   50
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 0 0 1 0 7 49 0 2 7 49 0 0   115
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0   0.4
Female  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0   0.3
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0   0.4
1998 Cases Male 0 0 1 0 2 25 2 4 6 70 0 0   110
Female 0 0 1 0 2 16 1 2 0 45 0 0   67
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 0 0 2 0 4 41 3 6 6 115 0 0   177
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 3.5 0.0 0.0   0.7
Female  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0   0.4
Total 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.2 2.9 0.0 0.0   0.6
1999 Cases Male 0 0 1 0 2 37 0 0 2 71 0 0   113
Female 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 1 0 58 0 0   78
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 0 0 1 0 4 54 0 1 2 129 0 0   191
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.5 0.0 0.0   0.7
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0   0.5
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 3.2 0.0 0.0   0.6
2000 Cases Male 0 0 0 0 5 29 0 1 13 59 7 0 0 114
Female 0 0 1 0 2 14 1 0 2 36 4 0 0 60
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 7 43 1 1 15 95 11 0 0 174
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.9 44.4 0.0 0.0 0.7
Female  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.8 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.5 2.3 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
2001 Cases Male 0 0 0 0 15 37 1 2 13 103 13 0 0 184
Female 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 7 76 9 0 0 103
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 15 46 1 3 20 179 22 0 0 287
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.8 5.1 84.7 0.0 0.0 1.2
Female  0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 3.7 60.8 0.0 0.0 0.7
Total 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7 4.4 73.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
2002 Cases Male 0 0 1 1 47 207 4 0 9 113 4 0 0 386
Female 0 0 0 1 0 12 2 1 5 72 2 0 0 95
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1 2 47 219 6 1 14 186 6 0 0 482
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.3 3.5 0.7 0.0 0.6 5.6 25.9 0.0 0.0 2.5
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 3.5 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.6
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.4 4.5 19.8 0.0 0.0 1.5
2003 Cases Male 1 0 10 3 148 362 21 5 33 172 3 0 0 758
Female 0 0 0 1 5 24 16 1 9 89 2 1 0 148
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Total 1 0 10 4 154 386 37 6 42 262 5 1 0 908
Rates Male  0.4 0.0 2.2 0.8 4.0 6.0 3.6 1.0 2.0 8.4 19.0 0.0 0.0 4.8
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 2.7 0.2 0.6 4.3 13.2 4.9 0.0 0.9
Total 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.5 2.1 3.2 3.2 0.6 1.3 6.4 16.1 2.3 0.0 2.9
2004 Cases Male 0 0 14 3 218 428 17 2 58 227 1 1 0 969
Female 0 0 0 1 14 16 6 0 16 78 0 1 1 133
Unspecified 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 0 0 14 4 233 445 23 2 74 305 1 2 1 1104
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 3.1 0.8 5.9 7.0 2.9 0.4 3.5 11.0 6.2 4.5 0.0 6.1
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.0 1.0 3.7 0.0 4.8 7.0 0.8
Total 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 3.1 3.6 2.0 0.2 2.3 7.3 3.2 4.6 3.3 3.5
2005 Cases Male 2 0 2 1 240 341 27 1 85 202 1 0 0 900
Female 0 0 0 0 5 19 2 1 51 85 0 0 0 163
Unspecified5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 2 0 2 1 245 360 29 2 136 288 1 0 0 1064
Rates Male  0.8 0.0 0.4 0.3 6.4 5.5 4.6 0.2 5.1 9.7 6.1 0.0 0.0 5.6
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.1 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Total 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.2 4.1 6.9 3.1 0.0 0.0 3.3
2006 Cases Male 0 0 2 0 361 334 15 14 151 254 0 0 0 1131
Female 0 0 0 0 6 27 0 3 67 77 0 0 0 180
Unspecified5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 2 0 367 361 15 17 218 331 0 0 0 1311
Rates Male  0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 9.6 5.3 2.5 2.8 8.7 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
Female  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 4.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
Total 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 4.8 2.9 1.3 1.7 6.4 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
2007 Cases Male 1 0 3 2 219 368 26 9 176 243 0 0 0 1047
Female 1 1 0 0 7 18 1 1 74 55 0 0 0 158
Unspecified5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 2 1 3 2 226 386 27 10 250 299 0 0 0 1206
Rates Male  0.4 0.0 0.7 0.5 5.8 5.8 4.4 1.8 9.8 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.4
Female  0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 4.3 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Total 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.3 2.9 3.0 2.3 1.0 7.1 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7
2008 Cases Male 6 1 4 5 359 412 10 8 144 286 0 31 0 1266
Female 2 0 0 1 8 31 3 4 100 41 0 22 0 212
Unspecified5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Total 8 1 4 6 369 444 13 12 244 328 0 53 0 1482
Rates Male  2.4 1.5 0.9 1.4 9.4 6.5 1.7 1.6 7.8 13.2 0.0 136.8 0.0 7.7
Female  0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 5.7 1.9 0.0 104.4 0.0 1.3
Total 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 4.8 3.4 1.1 1.2 6.8 7.5 0.0 121.2 0.0 4.4
20096 Cases Male 3 23 8 356 689 8 16 184 188 3 23 0 1501
Female 0 1 1 17 22 0 7 87 28 0 18 0 181
Unspecified5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 3 24 9 374 711 8 23 271 216 3 41 0 1683
Rates Male  1.2 4.4 2.2 9.2 10.7 1.3 3.1 9.8 8.5 17.5 102.3 0.0 9.0
Female  0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.4 4.8 1.2 0.0 85.9 0.0 1.1
Total 0.6 2.2 1.2 4.8 5.4 0.7 2.2 7.3 4.8 8.9 94.4 0.0 5.0

 

1 Rate per 100,000 population. Population estimates provided by Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Demographic Estimates Section, July Population Estimates, 1997-2005 final intercensal estimates, 2006 final postcensal estimates, 2007-2008 updated postcensal estimates, 2009 preliminary postcensal estimates.)

2 Infectious syphilis includes primary, secondary and early latent stages.

3 2009 data are preliminary and changes are anticipated. Data were verified with provinces and territories as of November, 2010.

4 Nunavut did not officially become a territory until 1999; prior to 1999, data for Nunavut was combined with Northwest Territories.

5 Unspecified sex includes transgender cases.

6 Due to small counts, NS and PE Cases and Rates have been combined as of 2009 at the request of PE.

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, 2010.

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.

Date Modified: 2011-02-23

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