Table 1. Comparison of sexually transmitted infection rates reported for North America’s Arctic countries, 2003–2006.
| Yearly rate* | United States | Alaska, USA | Canada | Northern territories,† Canada | Southern provinces,† Canada | Denmark | Greenland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlamydial infection | |||||||
| 2003 | 301.7 | 601.1 | 189.4 | 1,433 | 185 | 342 | 3,255 |
| 2004 | 316.7 | 609.4 | 197.1 | 1,805 | 195 | 401 | 3,208 |
| 2005 | 332.5 | 664.4 | 200.4 | 1,952 | 195 | 441 | 4,762 |
| 2006 | 347.8 | 682 | 202.2 | 1,922 | 197 | 458 | 4,527 |
| 2006 standardized‡ |
470.9 |
715 |
205 |
1,693 |
200 |
681 |
5,543 |
| Gonorrhea | |||||||
| 2003 | 115.2 | 88.3 | 26.0 | 264 | 25 | 3.5 | 1,162 |
| 2004 | 113.5 | 87.4 | 28.9 | 215 | 29 | 7.7 | 1,148 |
| 2005 | 115.6 | 91.5 | 27.8 | 212 | 28 | 8.2 | 1,350 |
| 2006 | 120.9 | 95 | 33.1 | 281 | 32 | 7.5 | 1,418 |
| 2006 standardized | 164.4 | 101 | 33 | 247 | 32 | 6.5 | 1,738 |
*Per 100,000 population. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006 (12); Public Health Agency of Canada, 2007 (14); Office of the Chief Medical Officer in Greenland (15,16); Statens Serum Institute surveillance Epi-data online (www.ssi.dk). †Canadian Northern territories: Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut; Southern provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. ‡2006 standardized estimates are directly standardized to the year 2000 US population distributed by age and sex.