Figure 9.1.15: Syphilis type by year
Rate of infectious and other syphilis infections reported per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London, 2005 to 2018
Source:
Public Health Ontario Infectious Disease Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 8 [cited 2019 May 13].From 2005 to 2018 the rate of infectious syphilis significantly increased among Middlesex-London residents.
Since 2010, the rate of infectious syphilis cases has been higher than the rate of other types of syphilis; this difference was significant in both 2017 and 2018.