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Abortion Statistics - year end 31 December 2009

In 2009 there were 13,005 abortions performed compared to 13,817 in 2008. This drop in numbers is a change to the pattern seen in the previous six years, when numbers increased year on year. In 2009,...

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Genito-urinary Medicine Statistics, year ending December2009

In 2009, as seen in previous years, more new acute STIs were diagnosed in men compared to women, with the number of diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea, genital warts, NSGI (non-specific genital...

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Key Clinical Indicators for Sterilisation, Termination of Pregnancy, Long...

Female Sterilisation: 10.9 women per 10,000 (aged 15 – 49) had a sterilisation procedure in 2009, compared to 12.3 in 2008.Vasectomy: A total of 38.4 per 10,000 men (aged 15 – 59) in Scotland had a...

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Key Clinical Indicators for Sexual Health: Population Based Indicators Report...

ChlamydiaBetween 2008 and 2009 there was little change observed in the number of chlamydia tests performed in men and women (267,854). However, 20% more tests were carried out in 2009 compared to...

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Scotland's Sexual Health Information (SSHI) Report: Year of Publication - 2010

Diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among heterosexual men and women continue to increase; young people, aged less than 25, are the group most at risk of being infected with an STI.Just...

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Abortions Statistics - Year ending 31 December 2010

For the past two years there has been a fall in the number and rate of abortions with 12,826 in 2010 compared to 13,108 in 2009 and 13,902 in 2008 (representing rates of 12.3 per 1000 women aged 15-44...

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Termination of Pregnancy Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

Note that these statistics are secondary analyses of previous published official statistics.The proportion of early terminations has been rising steadily in more recent years, with 65.2% of all...

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Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

The majority (10 out of 13) of NHS boards have increased their uptake of these very long acting or ‘lasting’ methods.The contraceptive implant continues to be the most popular method of LARC.

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HIV Therapy Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

A high proportion of those eligible for HIV treatment and care in Scotland are receiving it.Therapy continues to be successful: 95% of patients undergoing treatment for at least six months during 2010...

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Sterilisation Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

9.6 women per 10,000 (aged 15-49) had a sterilisation procedure in 2010, compared with 10.9 in 2009.A total of 5,367 vasectomies were carried out in 2010 across multiple settings in Scotland. This...

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Chlamydia Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

In Scotland during 2010, the majority of chlamydia testing (73%) was performed on women; this has been a consistent observation over the past five years.As in previous years, while the majority of...

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Abortions Statistics, 2011

For the past three years there has been a fall in the number and rate of abortions with 12,471 in 2011 compared to 13,903 in 2008 (representing rates of 12.0 per 1000 women aged 15-44 in 2011, and 13.3...

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Teenage Pregnancies, year ending 31st December 2010

The teenage pregnancy rate has seen a small but consistent decline over the last 4 years. In 2010, in the under 16 age group there were 7.1 pregnancies per 1,000, no change from 2009. The rates in the...

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Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Key Clinical Indicator (KCI)

The uptake of LARC has shown a decrease.The uptake of very long acting methods (the contraceptive implant, IUDs (the coil) and Mirena (IUS)) in Scotland decreased from 60.6 per 1000 women aged 15-49 in...

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Abortion Statistics, 2012

For the past four years there has been a fall in the number and rate of abortions with 12,447 in 2012 compared to 13,904 in 2008 (representing rates of 12.0 per 1000 women aged 15-44 in 2012, and 13.3...

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Teenage Pregnancies, year ending 31st December 2011

The teenage pregnancy rate has seen a consistent decline over recent years across all three age groups; under 16s, under 18s and under 20s. In 2011 in the under 16 age group there were 5.7 pregnancies...

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