STI rates in indigenous population

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA'S INDIGENOUS POPULATION

RATES COMPARED TO NON-INDIGENOUS:

Gonorrhoea - 14 times higher

Chlamydia and infectious syphilis - 3 times higher

HIV - 1.3 times higher

Hepatitis B - 2 times higher

Hepatitis C - 3 times higher

CASES IN INDIGENOUS CHILDREN UNDER-16 BETWEEN 2008 and 2012:

Chlamydia - 3320, 95 per cent aged 13 to 15

Gonorrhoea - 1892, 94 per cent aged 13 to 15

Infectious syphilis - 54, 94 per cent aged 13 to 15

CASES IN NON-INDIGENOUS CHILDREN UNDER-16 BETWEEN 2008 and 2012:

Chlamydia - 3455, 97 per cent aged 13 to 15

Gonorrhoea - 204, 92 per cent aged 13 to 15

Infectious syphilis - 6, 67 per cent aged 13 to 15