文章3：English sexual infection rates highest in UK A. Rates of sexually transmitted infections（STIs）are higher in England than in the rest of the UK，but rates in Scotland and Wales are growing twice as fast，researchers said today. B. The rate of gonorrhoea infections in men in England in 2004 was more than twice the rate for Scotland and Wales，and the rate for women in England was double that in Wales and four times that in Scotland，according to the National Statistics Office. C. Northem Ireland had the lowest rates of gonorrhoea，Chlamydia，genital herpes andgenital warts. D. But the rate of STIs rose faster in Scotland and Wales than in England between 1 994and 2004，according to the study of the UK population’S health. Over that decade，the rate of syphilis in men in England increased seven fold to 7.1 per 1 00，000。In Scotland it in creased thirteen-fold to reach 6.5 per 100.000 in Scotland. E. Rates of gonorrhea remained constant in men and women in England between 1 994and 2004，but rose by 1 4％in men in Scotland and Wales. F. Scotland has the largest proportion of heavy smokers in the UK.with 44.9％of menand 35.3％of women smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day.It also has the highest rate of lungcancer with 89.2 newly diagnosed cases per 1，000 men and 5 1.1 cases per 1，000 women between 2000 and 2002.This amounted to around 20 more cases per 1,000 in the UK as awhole for both men and women. G. The study of the UK’S health also found that Wales had the highest proportion of disabled people in 2003-04.More than a fifth（20.1％）of women aged 1 6-59 and men aged1 6-64 reported they had a phvsical or mental disability.compared to 1 4.7％in England. ……
