Under-reporting of sexually transmitted infection with chlamydia trachomatis - a revision of surveillance system is required
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Article Category: Research article
Published Online: May 10, 2016
Page range: 174 - 178
Received: Sep 24, 2015
Accepted: Feb 04, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0022
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The proportion (%) of the 633 notified chlamydia cases to the NIPH with missing information for individual variables, Slovenia, 2007-2010.
| 2007-2010 (%) | |
|---|---|
| SOUNDEX | 0.5 |
| Date of birth | 0.0 |
| Gender | 0.2 |
| Region | 0.6 |
| Citizenship | 1.1 |
| Country of birth | 2.0 |
| Profession/work | 12.9 |
| Marital status | 19.2 |
| Previous STI | 9.7 |
| The number of male sexual partners in the last three months | 25.8 |
| The number of female sexual partners in the last three months | 18.6 |
| The number of foreign male sexual partners in the last three months | 29.7 |
| The number of foreign female sexual partners in the last three months | 28.7 |
| The number of male sexual partners to whom the patient paid for sex in the last three months | 31.0 |
| The number of female sexual partners to whom the patient paid for sex in the last three months | 30.6 |
| Date of diagnosis | 0.0 |
| Date of notification | 0.0 |
| Speciality of the treating physician | 0.3 |
| Place of notification | 0.0 |