Figure 9.1.6: Gonorrhea by age and sex
Rate of gonorrhea infections reported per 100,000 population by age and sex, Middlesex-London, 2014 to 2018 annual average
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].For both females and males, the highest rate of gonorrhea infections was among those 20-24 years of age.
Beyond the 20-24 year-old age group, rates decreased with increasing age, and rates among males were consistently significantly higher than among females.