Figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that a total of 482,696 new STI diagnoses were reported to the agency in 2009, up by nearly 12,000 on the 2008 total.
Of the total, 249,605 of the diagnoses were in men and 231,433 of the diagnoses were in women. In the remaining 1,658 cases the gender of the person being diagnosed was not reported.
Among women, around two-thirds of new STI diagnoses were in those under 25, while among men, more than half of new diagnoses were for those under 25.
Of the women diagnosed with Chlamydia 88 per cent were under 25.
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