Br J Vener Dis. 1975 Jun;51(3):153-7. doi: 10.1136/sti.51.3.153.
Various aspects of the British statistics relating to sexually-transmitted diseases are examined. Defects in these are illustrated by data from a series of surveys. It is suggested that the information being collected and published is incomplete by an unknown amount, inadequate because it tells only of laboratory diagnoses, and unusable at a local level because it relates to no identifiable population. Some suggestions are made as to how the data collected might be made more useful: the first and most important is that a working party should decide for what purposes the statistics are required.
本文考察了英国性传播疾病统计数据的各个方面。一系列调查的数据揭示了这些数据存在的缺陷。有人指出，所收集和公布的信息不完整，具体缺失程度不明；不够充分，因为仅涵盖实验室诊断结果；在地方层面无法使用，因为这些数据与任何可识别的人群无关。对于如何使所收集的数据更有用，本文提出了一些建议：首要且最重要的一点是，应成立一个工作小组来确定统计数据的用途。
