Figure 9.1.5: Gonorrhea by sex
Rate of gonorrhea infections reported per 100,000 population by sex, 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 2013, the rate of gonorrhea infections was comparable between females and males, and generally decreased. Since 2014, the rate among males has been significantly higher than the rate among females.
The rates for both males and females have increased in the most recent five years.