RATES OF PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE AND ECTOPIC PREGNANCY ARE NO LONGER DECLINING: AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND EMERGENCY PRESENTATION DATA, 2009-2014

Abstract

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and ectopic pregnancy (EP) among women are important sequelae of sexually transmissible infections (STIs). We assessed recent trends in these STI-related morbidities in three Australian states (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland). Hospital admission and emergency presentation PID and EP rates among women 15–44 years were extracted and analysed by residential postcode for 2009–2014 using population and live birth denominators where relevant. Final data were available in 2017. Zero Inflated Poisson (ZIP) models were used to assess variation in rates by year, age, socio-economic disadvantage and area of residence. A sub-analysis of acute and/or STI-confirmed..