STIs - Report produced in June 2011 by Terrence Higgins Trust.

EAST OF ENGLAND

Between 2009 & 2010, numbers of new diagnoses of:

• Chlamydia fell by 6%

• Gonorrhoea fell by 6%

• Syphilis rose by 9%

• Herpes rose by 16%

• Genital warts fell by 4%

• Herpes continues to rise at the highest rate with a 27% increase from 2008-10

• Total new diagnoses 37,540, down by 4% on 2009

• In 2009 there were an estimated 5,000 people living with HIV in the region, 4,192 accessing care with an additional 26% undiagnosed.

• There were 418 new HIV diagnoses recorded in 2009 in the East of England. This figure represents a 10% reduction on the 466 reported in 2008 and a decrease of 25% on the 558 cases reported in the peak year of 2005.

• Annual HIV diagnoses have increased by 118% since 2000 (192/418).

• Of the 418 new cases in 2009, 202 were men and 216 were women and at least 87 infections were acquired through sex between men.

Data sources: Health Protection Agency; Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office of National Statistics

N.B. Annual STI diagnoses, HIV diagnoses & HIV Care Access figures are issued independently & at different times of the year