Table 1.

Absolute numbers of reported Chlamydia trachomatis cases in the canton of Basel-Stadt (2002–2010) comparing laboratory-based^* and SFOPH^† records

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Cases recorded by SFOPH†	164	178	227	227	262	229	327	249	259
Cases reported by four private laboratories*‡	63	82	114	125	141	110	168	139	148
% reported by private laboratories	38%	46%	50%	55%	54%	48%	51%	56%	57%
Cases reported by two public sector laboratories‡							122	101	103
% reported by public sector laboratories							37%	41%	40%
Total number of cases reported by laboratories	63	82	114	125	141	110	290	240	251
% total reported	38%	46%	50%	55%	54%	48%	89%	96%	97%

^*Data of two hospital laboratories were obtained for 3 years only and are, therefore, listed separately.

^†SFOPH (Swiss Federal Office of Public Health), unpublished data.

^‡Records classified as repeated tests were excluded (the time interval of 90 days between two tests was applied to make numbers comparable to the SFOPH data source).