Urethritis in men in Belgium. Results of registration by a network of general practitioners
Stroobant, A.; Piot, P.; Meheus, A.; Fontaine, J.
Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique 33(6): 432-436
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0398-7620 PMID: 3832193 Document Number: 262663
With the recruitment of 100 strategically located General Practitioners caring for an estimated 117 800 population in Belgium, the number of all cases of urethritis occurring in 1982-83 was recorded and stratified by age, marital status and source of infection: 292 cases of urethritis were reported from which it is estimated that there were 66.8 cases per 10 000 men/year. The peak age was 25-29 years, with mostly single men affected. Casual partners and prostitutes accounted for 61.4%. The majority of cases occurred between July and September. It is estimated that in Belgium a third of urethritis is due to gonorrhoea and two thirds to non-gonococcal urethritis.G.W. Csonka.