Disclaimer This report or document (the Report) is given by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) solely for the benefit of the Ministry of Health, Public Health Services Providers and other Third Party Beneficiaries as defined in the Contract between ESR and the Ministry of Health, and is strictly subject to the conditions laid out in that Contract. [...] • The proportion of infectious syphilis cases by ethnicity in 2022 increased among Māori and Pacific groups and decreased among European/Other compared with 2021, with those of European ethnicity accounting for 41% of all MSW cases compared to 47% in 2021, Māori accounting for 33% compared to 30%, Pacific accounting for 15% compared to 13% and Asian accounting for 8% compared to 9% in 2021. [...] • The highest number of cases by ethnicity and age-group in 2022 were reported amongst those of European/other ethnicity aged 30–39 years and 40+ years (17 and 23 of 138 cases) followed by those of Māori ethnicity aged 30–39 years and 40+ years (12 and 13 out of 138 cases). [...] The purposes on New Zealand STI surveillance system are: • to understand the burden of disease (as an input to planning, policy development, prioritisation and resource allocation), • to monitor inequalities in the burden of disease between population groups, • to monitor trends in the burden of disease over time, • to identify emerging problems, and outbreaks or clusters of disease, and • to eval. [...] • Testing coverage rates (people tested): the number of people tested based on NHI and patient ID numbers and using the age and location of the individual at the time of the first test of the year.
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