Gong X, Zhang J, Wang Q
National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, Nanjing.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1998 Oct;19(5):259-62.
In order to understand the trends and epidemiological characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases among children below the age of 15 at national STD surveillance sites which will lead to the development of strategies on prevention and control, STD surveillance at selected national sites had been consecutively monitored during the period of 1987-1996 with data collected and analyzed. The epidemiological characteristics of STD among children below age 15 were found as follows: (1) Incidence rates of STD in children appeared to be ascending yearly, from 0.51/100,000 in 1987 to 8.62/100,000 in 1996. (2) Gonorrhea was the most frequently seen sexually transmitted disease among children, constituting 85.58% of the kinds of STDs on average. However, the proportion of gonorrhea cases in children is declining with the increase of NGU and syphilis. (3) Incidence rates among girls were consistently higher than the rates for boys, with a sex ratio of 2.35:1. (4) Incidence rate in group--0 was 44.68 per 100,000 population in 1996, much higher than the rates in other groups of children. (5) Incidence rates among children in both urban and minority areas were higher than the rates in rural area. The STD situation in children at the national STD surveillance sites has become crucial which calls for more attention.
为了解全国性传播疾病（STD）监测点15岁以下儿童性传播疾病的流行趋势和流行病学特征，以便制定防控策略，于1987 - 1996年期间对选定的全国监测点进行了连续性STD监测，并收集和分析了数据。15岁以下儿童STD的流行病学特征如下：（1）儿童STD发病率呈逐年上升趋势，从1987年的0.51/10万上升至1996年的8.62/10万。（2）淋病是儿童中最常见的性传播疾病，平均占STD病种的85.58%。然而，随着非淋菌性尿道炎（NGU）和梅毒病例的增加，儿童淋病病例的比例在下降。（3）女孩的发病率始终高于男孩，男女比例为2.35:1。（4）1996年0组的发病率为每10万人口44.68例，远高于其他儿童组。（5）城市和少数民族地区儿童的发病率高于农村地区。全国STD监测点儿童的STD状况已变得至关重要，需要更多关注。
