Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009-2014: ecological analysis of hospital data.

Goller, Jane L; De Livera, Alysha M; Guy, Rebecca J; Low, Nicola; Donovan, Basil; Law, Matthew; Kaldor, John M; Fairley, Christopher K; Hocking, Jane S (2018). Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009-2014: ecological analysis of hospital data. Sexually transmitted infections, 94(7), pp. 534-541. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053423

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OBJECTIVE

To analyse yearly rates of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and ectopic pregnancy (EP) diagnosed in hospital settings in Australia from 2009 to 2014.

METHODS

We calculated yearly PID and EP diagnosis rates in three states (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland) for women aged 15-44 years using hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) attendance data, with population and live birth denominators. We stratified PID diagnoses as chlamydial-related or gonorrhoeal-related ( (CT)-related or (NG)-related), acute, unspecified and chronic, and analysed variations by year, age and residential area using Poisson regression models.

RESULTS

For PID, the rate of all admissions in 2014 was 63.3 per 100 000 women (95% CI 60.8 to 65.9) and of all presentations in EDs was 97.0 per 100 000 women (95% CI 93.9 to 100.2). Comparing 2014 with 2009, the rate of all PID admissions did not change, but the rate of all presentations in EDs increased (adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR) 1.34, 95% CI 1.24 to 1.45), and for admissions by PID category was higher for CT-related or NG-related PID (aIRR 1.73, 95% CI 1.31 to 2.28) and unspecified PID (aIRR 1.09, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.19), and lower for chronic PID (aIRR 0.84, 95% CI 0.74 to 0.95). For EP, in 2014 the rate of all admissions was 17.4 (95% CI 16.9 to 17.9) per 1000 live births and of all ED presentations was 15.6 (95% CI 15.1 to 16.1). Comparing 2014 with 2009, the rates of all EP admissions (aIRR 1.06, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.08) and rates in EDs (aIRR 1.24, 95% CI 1.18 to 1.31) were higher.

CONCLUSIONS

PID and EP remain important causes of hospital admissions for female STI-associated complications. Hospital EDs care for more PID cases than inpatient departments, particularly for young women. Updated primary care data are needed to better understand PID epidemiology and healthcare usage.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Low, Nicola

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

1368-4973

Publisher:

BMJ Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Beatrice Minder Wyssmann

Date Deposited:

04 Feb 2019 08:57

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/sextrans-2017-053423

PubMed ID:

29720385

Uncontrolled Keywords:

chlamydia infection gonorrhoea pelvic inflammatory disease women

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125466

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125466

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