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Sex Transm Infect 80:145-150 doi:10.1136/sti.2003.006288
  • Sexual health strategy

Trends in, and determinants of, HIV testing at genitourinary medicine clinics and general practice in England, 1990–2000

Table 2

Distribution of HIV prevalence within exposure categories by source and region

London Outside London Total
GP GUM OR* (95% CI) GP GUM OR* (95% CI)
*Odds ratios compare HIV prevalence of GP to GUM (GP  =  general practice; GUM  =  genitourinary medicine).
Homosexual and bisexual men
Total number tested 141 13734 520 8290 22685
HIV prevalence 15.6% 8.5% 1.98 (1.20–3.16) 3.7% 4.1% 0.89 (0.53 to 1.44) 6.8%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 20–24 20–24 25–29
Injecting drug users
Total number tested 981 2273 1556 2408 7175
HIV prevalence 1.3% 4.4% 0.29 (0.15 to 0.52) 0.5% 1.3% 0.38 (0.15 to 0.85) 2.1%
Modal age group 30–34 25–29 20–24 20–24 25–29
Female heterosexuals:
Total number tested (%) 472 (100) 26289 (100) 1654 (100) 26670 (100) 55085 (100)
HIV prevalence 2.5% 1.6% 1.64 (0.83 to 2.92) 0.4% 0.3% 1.45 (0.56 to 3.14) 0.9%
Modal age group 20–24 20–24 20–24 20–24 20–24
High risk partner
Total number tested (%) 74 (16) 1740 (7) 311 (19) 1957 (7) 4082 (7)
HIV prevalence 0.0% 0.6% n/a 0.0% 0.2% n/a 0.3%
Modal age group 20–24 25–29 25–29 20–24 20–24
Lived in Africa
Total number tested (%) 65 (14) 1754 (7) 78 (5) 394 (1) 2291 (4)
HIV prevalence 16.9% 16.1% 1.06 (0.50–2.09) 7.7% 9.1% 0.83 (0.28 to 2.09) 14.6%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 25–29 25–29 25–29
Other
Total number tested (%) 333 (71) 22795 (87) 1265 (76) 24319 (91) 48712 (88)
HIV prevalence 0.3% 0.5% 0.57 (0.01 to 3.25) 0.1% 0.2% 0.49 (0.01 to 2.92) 0.3%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 25–29 25–29 25–29
Male heterosexuals:
Total number tested (%) 399 (100) 21129 (100) 1854 (100) 26340 (100) 49722 (100)
HIV prevalence 3.8% 1.4% 2.71 (1.48 to 4.60) 0.2% 0.3% 0.68 (0.18 to 1.80) 0.8%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 20–24 20–24 25–29
High risk partner
Total number tested (%) 13 (3) 446 (2) 118 (6) 505 (2) 1082 (2)
HIV prevalence 0.0% 1.6% n/a 0.0% 0.6% n/a 0.9%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 25–29 20–24 25–29
Lived in Africa
Total number tested (%) 76 (19) 1869 (9) 176 (9) 609 (2) 2730 (5)
HIV prevalence 13.2% 10.0% 1.37 (0.62 to 2.74) 1.7% 6.2% 0.26 (0.05 to 0.84) 8.7%
Modal age group 25–29 25–29 35–39 25–29 25–29
Other
Total number tested (%) 310 (78) 18814 (89) 1560 (84) 25226 (96) 45910 (92)
HIV prevalence 1.6% 0.6% 2.87 (0.91 to 6.97) 0.1% 0.2% 0.38 (0.01 to 2.21) 0.3%
Modal age group 20–24 25–29 20–24 20–24 25–29

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