Key findings
- By 31 December 2009, 29,395 diagnoses of HIV infection, 10,446 diagnoses of AIDS and 6,776 deaths following AIDS had occurred in Australia.
- The per capita rate of diagnosis of hepatitis B infection in Australia in 2005 – 2009 was stable at around 31 per 100,000 population. The rate of diagnosis of newly acquired hepatitis B infection was also stable at 1.2 per 100,000 population in 2005 – 2009.
- The per capita rate of diagnosis of hepatitis C infection declined by 12% to 51.9 per 100,000 population in 2009.
- Chlamydia was the most frequently reported condition in Australia in 2009 with 62,613 reported diagnoses. The population rate of diagnosis of chlamydia in 2009 was 272 per 100,000 population, a 4% increase over the rate in 2008, continuing the increase seen over the past ten years.
- The population rate of diagnosis of gonorrhoea was stable in 2005 – 2009 at 36 per 100,000 population. The rate of diagnosis of infectious syphilis doubled from 3.2 in 2005 to 6.6 in 2007 and declined to 5.8 in 2009. The increases in infectious syphilis have largely occurred among men who have sex with men.