Gonorrhoea - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022
For 2022, 70 881 confirmed cases of gonorrhoea were reported in 28 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries, with a crude notification rate of 17.9 cases per 100 000 population, representing a 48% increase in the crude notification rate compared with 2021 and an 59% increase compared with 2018.
Executive summary
- For 2022, 70 881 confirmed cases of gonorrhoea were reported in 28 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries, with a crude notification rate of 17.9 cases per 100 000 population, representing a 48% increase in the crude notification rate compared with 2021 and an 59% increase compared with 2018.
- The gonorrhoea notification rate for the EU/EEA in 2022 is the highest recorded since European surveillance of sexually transmitted infections began in 2009.
- National rates of reported gonorrhoea infection varied considerably across the EU/EEA in 2022,between less than one case to more than 75 cases per 100 000 population.
- Age-specific rates were highest among 20- to 24-year-olds, both for men (99.6 cases per 100 000population) and women (48.1 cases per 100 000 population). Women aged 20 to 24 years old had the highest increase in notification rate in 2022: 63% compared with 2021.
- Men who have sex with men (MSM) accounted for more than half the reported cases (60%) in 2022.
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