Chlamydia cases on the rise in city (From Daily Echo)
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Chlamydia cases on the rise in Southampton
5:30am Friday 1st June 2012 in News
By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter
Chlamydia cases on the rise in city
CASES of Chlamydia have risen by ten per cent in Southampton over the last two years.
Latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency revealed that a total of 1,225 cases were diagnosed in the city last year, compared to 1,108 in 2009.
A breakdown of these figures showed that there was a 24 per cent drop in the number of cases among those over 25, but there was a rise by 18 per cent among those aged between 15 and 24.
