Table 1. Main characteristics of reported cases with gonorrhoea infection by probable travel status, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, 2008–2013 (n = 12,645).

	Total	Travel‑associated cases		Non‑travel‑associated cases
Characteristic	Number	Number	%	Number	%
Total	12,645	3,224	100	9,421	100
Sex
Male	9,635	2,755	85.5	6,880	73.0
Female	3,009	469	14.5	2,540	27.0
Unknown	1	0	NA	1	NA
Age group (years)
< 15	21	2	0.1	19	0.2
15–24	4,438	780	24.2	3,658	38.8
25–34	4,142	940	29.2	3,202	34.0
35–44	2,293	730	22.6	1,563	16.6
45–54	1,181	488	15.1	693	7.4
55–64	430	202	6.3	228	2.4
≥ 65	139	82	2.5	57	0.6
Unknown	1	NA	NA	1	NA
Transmission
Heterosexual	7,149	2196	76.8	4,953	58.4
MSM	4,143	652	22.8	3,491	41.2
Other	46	10	0.3	36	0.4
Unknown	1,307	366	NA	941	NA
Country of residence
Denmark	3,445	365	11.3	3,080	32.7
Finland	1,558	531	16.5	1,027	10.9
Norway	2,299	790	24.5	1,509	16.0
Sweden	5,343	1,538	47.7	3,805	40.4
Origin
Native	4,824	939	84.8	3,885	94.9
Foreign-born	376	168	15.2	208	5.1
Unknown	7,445	2,117	NA	5,328	NA
Year
2008	1,632	460	14.3	1,172	12.4
2009	1,683	461	14.3	1,222	13.0
2010	1,991	568	17.6	1,423	15.1
2011	2,109	575	17.8	1,534	16.3
2012	2,526	571	17.7	1,955	20.8
2013	2,704	589	18.3	2,115	22.4

MSM: men who have sex with men; NA: not applicable.