National Ano-Genital Warts database

Data Collection Type
National data collections of health and social care in Ireland
Organisation

HSE, Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Year established

1995 — aggregate data collated.
2001 — HPSC collates and reports on national ano-genital wart (AGW) data.

Statement of purpose

1. To monitor trends in new notifications of AGW in Ireland over time by demographic characteristics.
2. To analyse and interpret the data and disseminate reports to the general public, public health colleagues and other healthcare professionals.

Coverage

National — though there are gaps in data completeness which are highlighted in annual reports since 2012.

Description

National AGW database is the principal source of national data on AGW notifications in Ireland.

Data content

National AGW database collects gender, age group, year, quarter and notification source.

Data providers

Departments of Public Health.

Data collection methodology

Notification data are collated by departments of public health and reported to HPSC in aggregate format each quarter.

Data dictionary

Not available.

Clinical coding scheme

Not in use.

Size of national collection

1,843 cases reported in 2015.

Publication frequency

Annual reports are available on the HPSC website.

Accessing data

Data requests can be submitted via hpsc@hse.ie and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Open data portal access

No

Email contact
Telephone contact