Decreasing fertility rates across England & Wales and its relationship with increased cases of sexually transmitted infections seen in Genito-urinary medicine clinics: A case study.
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Decreasing fertility rates across England & Wales and its relationship with increased cases of sexually transmitted infections seen in Genito-urinary medicine clinics: A case study Over the past two decades England & Wales have been experiencing total fertility rates (TFR) lower than the necessary value for replacement of generations. At the same time new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) reported by Genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics have been steadily increasing. This case aimed to analyse the potential relationship between decreasing fertility rates in England & Wales and the number of new cases of STI's reported by GUM clinics. Using raw data from the Annual abstract of statistics and the Department of health & social security, TFR between 1951-98 were calculated and correlated, using SPSS, with the total number of new cases of STI's. As a result a significant relationship between TFR & STI's was found. It finishes by explaining the...

