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The BC Centre for Disease Control tracks the number of cases of reportable STIs over time to see if there are increases or decreases in infection rates. In 2017, there were 15,426 cases of chlamydia and 2,654 cases of gonorrhea diagnosed...

  Reportable STIs BC Centre for Disease Control. STI/HIV Annual Reports. HPV Moore RA, Ogilvie G, Fornika D, et al. Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus in 5,000 British Columbia women—implications for...

Here are some links to other websites that you may find helpful, both for your own practice and to share with your clients. Clinical and public health guidelines BC Centre for Disease Control – BC guidelines for the diagnosis, clinical...

Want to stay in touch with the latest in sexual health? If you’re a health care provider or other health professional working in the area of sexual health in British Columbia, you’ve come to the right place. Here you’ll find STI Updates –...

The statistics reported in this section give a snapshot of STIs in the BC population based on surveillance and research data that is available. These statistics have the following important limitations: The true number of people with an...

STIs do not affect everyone in the population equally. It is important to remember that while some groups are more affected by certain STIs than others, sexual behaviours ultimately determine a person’s individual risk for an STI. STI data...

Cases In 2016, the rate of new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia (BC) was 5.1 (241 cases) per 100,000 population which is identical to the rate in 2015 (240 cases).  The highest rates of new HIV diagnoses were in Vancouver Coastal and...

Background Provincial sexually transmitted infection (STI) data was used to describe the number of new STI (i.e., chlamydia, gonorrhea and infectious syphilis) case reports in BC overall (1991-2013) and to describe trends for the past ten...

Background In British Columbia (BC), there has been a steady increase in reported gonococcal (GC) infections since 1998. Most notably, there was a 70% increase in GC infections in 2015 (3,160 cases) compared with 2014 (1,803 cases). In...

In this update, we present the final number of new HIV diagnoses in BC for 2012, and describe recent trends by gender, region, and exposure category. Methods We used provincial HIV surveillance data to describe the number of new HIV...

Background We present the final number of new HIV diagnoses in BC for 2013 and describe recent trends by gender, region and exposure category. Methods We used provincial HIV surveillance data to describe the number of new HIV diagnoses in...

Genital Chlamydia In 2014, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 288.4 per 100,000 population, continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998. The highest rates were in Vancouver, Northwest and Northeast...

HIV In 2014, the rate of new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia was 5.6 (261 cases) per 100,000 population, a slight decrease from 5.8 (267 cases) in 2013. Demographic groups The highest rates of new HIV diagnoses were in Vancouver...

Genital chlamydia In 2016, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 317.6 (15,057 cases) per 100,000 population in British Columbia (BC), continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998.  The highest rates...

Background Case reports are the basis of most sexually-transmitted infection (STI) reporting systems, but reliance on case data alone is limited by an inability to describe trends among key populations, such as gay, bisexual and other men...

Emerging multi-drug resistant gonorrhea is a global concern. In response, we at BCCDC Clinical Prevention Services (CPS) have been working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to produce updates to the Gonorrhea Chapter treatment...

Background In February, we reported on key findings from our ongoing investigation into increasing infectious syphilis trends in British Columbia. In 2012, BC saw the highest rate of infectious syphilis in more than 30 years, a trend which...

The provincial annual surveillance report describing trends in HIV and AIDS for 2011 is now available online.  In comparison to previous annual surveillance reports, this report provides a greater description of trends by subgroups...

New for 2016, the Clinical Prevention Services surveillance team has developed “dashboard” reports on the status of sexually transmitted infections and HIV trends in British Columbia. These reports will be posted quarterly in the STI...

This is the dashboard report on STI and HIV trends for the second quarter of 2016 (April – June). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in British Columbia. The dashboard below...