Table 1 Chlamydia test data collected from 15 Australian laboratories obtained over a three-year period displayed by year

Female patients

<16

2,174

3,172

2,761

279

352

367

12.8

11.1

13.3

0.56

16-19

21,403

25,265

22,190

2,539

2,937

2,826

11.9

11.6

12.7

<0.01

20-24

40,124

48,076

42,943

3,237

3,780

3,562

8.1

7.9

8.3

0.2

25-29

32,570

38,999

34,178

1,468

1,723

1,457

4.5

4.4

4.3

0.14

30-39

16,161

27,834

20,009

382

643

554

2.4

2.3

2.8

0.02

40+

8,711

16,734

11,765

93

218

127

1.1

1.3

1.1

0.98

all

121,143

160,080

133,846

7,998

9,653

8,893

6.6

6

6.6

0.50

Male patients

<16

895

1,145

1,242

77

82

111

8.6

7.2

9

0.64

16-19

6,019

7,307

6,710

856

1,072

1,102

14.2

14.7

16.4

<0.01

20-24

14,789

17,794

16,205

1,979

2,328

2,165

13.4

13.1

13.4

0.99

25-29

13,431

15,597

13,922

1,261

1,404

1,253

9.4

9

9

0.28

30-39

8,070

12,458

9,583

488

775

581

6.1

6.2

6.1

0.91

40+

8,425

13,747

10,218

287

513

314

3.4

3.7

3.1

0.17

all

51,629

68,048

57,880

4,948

6,174

5,526

9.6

9.1

9.6

0.93

Total

172,772

228,128

191,726

12,946

15,827

14,419

7.5

6.9

7.5

0.56