Key findings
- By 31 December 2007, 27,331 diagnoses of HIV infection, 10,303 diagnoses of AIDS and 6,767 deaths following AIDS had occurred in Australia.
- The per capita rate of diagnosis of hepatitis C infection in Australia declined by 17% over the past five years to 58.8 per 100,000 population in 2007.
- Chlamydia was the most frequently reported notifiable condition in Australia in 2007 with 51,867 reported diagnoses. The population rate of diagnosis of chlamydia in 2007 was 245 per 100,000 population, a 7%
increase over the rate in 2006, continuing the increase seen over the past ten years. - The population rate of diagnosis of gonorrhoea increased from 33.7 in 2003 to 41.3 in 2006 and declined to 36.1 in 2007.
- The rate of diagnosis of infectious syphilis more than doubled from 3.1 in 2004 to 6.6 in 2007. These increases predominantly occurred among homosexual men.