Government of Jersey

Sexually transmitted diseases (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 30 November 2018.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

A
How many people have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

B
How many people have been diagnosed with syphilis over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

C
How many people have been diagnosed with gonorrhoea over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

D
How many people have been diagnosed with HIV over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

E
How many people have visited Jersey's sexual health clinic (GUM) for a STD screening over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

F
How many MALES have visited Jersey's sexual health clinic (GUM) for a STD screening over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

G
How many FEMALES have visited Jersey's sexual health clinic (GUM) for a STD screening over the last five years? Could I please have the figures for each year from 2013 - 2018?

Response

Year	Chlamydia	Herpes	Warts
2013	61	27	111
2014	115	26	68
2015	88	33	113
2016	108	49	100
2017	82	55	81
2018 (up to third quarter)	94	39	82
Totals	548	229	555

Main total 1,332 (see below for syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV)

Syphilis:

Year	Total
2013	<5
2014	<5
2015	<5
2016	6
2017	<5
2018 (up to third quarter)	6
Total	23

Disclosure control has been applied to numbers fewer than five under Article 25 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (the Law).

Gonorrhoea:

Year	Total
2013	13
2014	15
2015	15
2016	15
2017	27
2018 (up to third quarter)	14
Total	99

HIV:

Year	Total
2013	7
2014	8
2015	11
2016	7
2017	7
2018 (up to third quarter)	6
Total	46

Year	Total
2013	1,489
2014	1,727
2015	1,666
2016	1,810
2017	1,955
2018 (up to third quarter)	1,816
Total	*10,463

*The figures are for new episodes only and do not include follow up/reviews

Year	Total
2013	754
2014	861
2015	815
2016	901
2017	925
2018 (up to third quarter)	890
Total	5,146

Year	Total
2013	735
2014	866
2015	851
2016	909
2017	1,030
2018 (up to third quarter)	926
Total	5,317

Article applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2)     Information is absolutely exempt information if –
(a)     it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and
(b)     its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.