To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of gonorrhoea have been diagnosed in each of the last 30 years.
Answered on
8 January 2025
The following table shows the number of gonorrhoea diagnoses in sexual health services in England between 1994 and 2023:
Year | Number of gonorrhoea diagnoses |
1994 | 9,631 |
1995 | 9,890 |
1996 | 11,828 |
1997 | 12,332 |
1998 | 12,457 |
1999 | 15,450 |
2000 | 20,297 |
2001 | 22,198 |
2002 | 24,123 |
2003 | 23,346 |
2004 | 20,669 |
2005 | 17,632 |
2006 | 17,191 |
2007 | 17,119 |
2008 | 14,985 |
2009 | 16,141 |
2010 | 16,839 |
2011 | 21,090 |
2012 | 26,909 |
2013 | 31,200 |
2014 | 37,150 |
2015 | 41,290 |
2016 | 36,545 |
2017 | 44,839 |
2018 | 56,690 |
2019 | 71,133 |
2020 | 50,678 |
2021 | 49,321 |
2022 | 79,268 |
2023 | 85,223 |
Source: UK Health Security Agency
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Department of Health and Social Care
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