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module menu icon STIs in context

  • In 2017, over 420,000 STIs were diagnosed in England.
  • The impact of STIs is greatest in young heterosexual people aged 15-24 years, black ethnic minorities and men who have sex with men.
  • STI rates are usually highest in cities, where the high-risk groups tend to live and the areas of highest deprivation are located.
  • The number of people with genital warts has fallen hugely since the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme.
  • Chlamydia diagnoses went down in 2017, but this is thought to be due to a reduction in services that test for the STI.
  • Cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis were substantially up in 2017 compared to the previous year.
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