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. 2016 Dec 9;11(12):e0167938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167938

Table 1. Number of patients with STD and rate per 100,000 person-years in HIRA, South Korea from 2009 to 2014.

Years* 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Average
Syphilis
No. of patients 23,916 22,046 22,537 22,535 21,608 22,334 22,496
Incidence rate** 49.2 45.1 45.7 45.4 43.2 44.4 45.5
Gonorrhea
No. of patients 21,451 19,704 18,924 16,962 14,191 14,139 17,562
Incidence rate 44.1 40.3 38.4 34.2 28.4 28.4 35.6
Chlamydia
No. of patients 26,474 26,462 25,517 25,781 24,904 26,980 26,020
Incidence rate 54.5 54.1 51.8 51.9 49.8 53.6 52.6
Trichomoniasis
No. of patients 126,572 120,771 125,703 123,875 156,262 160,543 137,036
Incidence rate 260.4 264.3 255.0 249.4 312.6 319.1 276.8
Genital Herpes
No. of patients 113,549 118,820 123,858 122,525 117,555 119,776 119,347
Incidence rate 234 243 251 247 235 238 241

* For 2009–2014, data were reported for the calendar year ending December, 31.

** Number of patients per 100,000 persons registered in HIRA per year.