Gonorrhea Screening: What Do the Data Tell Us?

Gonorrhea Screening:What Do the Data Tell Us? Region II IPP Advisory Meeting May 31, 2006 Kelly Opdyke, MPH Cicatelli Associates Inc.

Region II IPPStrategic Plan 2005-2009 • PRIORITY 1: Target/Expand Chlamydia Screening to Young Sexually Active Women and Men at Risk for Infection in Public and Private Settings. • GOAL: All at risk men and women under the age of 25 will be screened at least annually. • OBJECTIVE 1B: By December 2006, decrease routine Ct and GC screening by 50% in women ≥30 years of age in FP clinics where the prevalence of Ct is less than 2%

Gonorrhea Positivity by Sex N = 162,003 N = 172,116 N = 209,421

Female Positivity for Gonorrhea byAge Group and Provider Type N = 1,065 N = 35,625 N = 54,099 N = 32,183 N = 37,777

FP Female GC Testing & Positivity by Project Area and Age Group Region II IPP CY2005

STD Female GC Testing & Positivity by Project Area and Age Region II IPP CY2005 *No GC tests reported by NYS STD sites for females in CY2005

Female Positivity for Gonorrhea by Race/Ethnicity N = 43,202 N = 40,235 N = 2,320 N = 559 N = 7,084 N = 64,443

Male Positivity for Gonorrhea byAge Group and Provider Type N = 915 N = 8,175 N = 11,681 N = 8,734 N = 17,366

STD Male GC Testing & Positivity by Project Area and Age Region II IPP CY2005

Male Positivity for Gonorrhea by Race/Ethnicity N = 7,183 N = 18,536 N = 600 N = 334 N = 3,007 N = 12,189

Gonorrhea Screening: What Do the Data Tell Us?