Trend Analysis of Acquired Syphilis in Mexico from 2003 to 2013

To identify the population group in which syphilis increase was concentrated.

The information was collected from the Mexico health statistical yearbooks. The information disaggregated by sex, age group and state during the period 2003 to 2013 was used to form different databases. Linear regression analysis with confidence interval at 95% was used to evaluate changes over time in different population groups.

• An increase of 0.67 cases per 100,000 population in men was detected from 2010. 
• The increase was concentrated in each group of 20-24 and 25-44. 
• The highest incidence of acquired syphilis was reported in the last two years: 2012 and 2013. 
• The last year reported a 1.85 times higher incidence than reported in 2003. 
• Aguascalientes, Distrito Federal, Durango, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Zacatecas reported that syphilis increased during the study period.

Acquired syphilis may be reemerging in our country among young men; this increase is not uniform across the country, it is necessary to focus intervention measures for this sexually transmitted infection.

Via: http://ht.ly/SDo7u Full article in Spanish [Análisis de la tendencia de sífilis adquirida en México durante el periodo 2003-2013]: http://ht.ly/SDp7l 

By: Herrera-Ortiz A1, Uribe-Salas FJ2, Olamendi-Portugal ML1, García-Cisneros S1, Conde-Glez CJ3, Sánchez-Alemán MA1.

• 1Centro de Investigación sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
• 2El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, México.
• 3Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.

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