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Chlamydia diagnosis rate per 100,000 population aged 25 years and over (8168) Metric type
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- This metric represents all chlamydia diagnoses among people aged 25 years and above accessing sexual health services SHS) in England, expressed as a rate per 100,000 population. Includes those diagnosed through NHS and local authority commissioned testing and excludes those diagnosed through private testing. Data exclude people accessing services located in England who are residents in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or abroad. The England total includes tests which did not have sufficient location information to be attributed to a local authority of residence.
Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in England. By diagnosing and treating asymptomatic chlamydia infections, chlamydia screening can reduce the duration of infection, which will reduce an individuall's chance of developing complications, and also reduce the time when someone is at risk of passing the infection on, which in turn will reduce the spread of chlamydia in the population.
Numbers between 1 and 4 with a population less than 10,000 are suppressed. Where counts for Isles of Scilly or City of London are between 1 and 4, these are combined with Cornwall or Hackney respectively.
- Modified
- 20 Nov 2023
- Data last updated
- 21 Nov 2023
- Short label
- Chlamydia diagnosis rate / 100,000 aged 25+
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Rate per 100000 People
- Dataset
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles (annual)
- Collection
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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