Figure 9.1.16: Syphilis by sex
Rate of syphilis (all types) 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].Between 2005 and 2018, rates of all types of syphilis significantly increased among both female and male residents of Middlesex-London.
In all but two years the rate among males was significantly higher than the rate among females.