Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and schistosomiasis by age among 980 rural adult men, Tanzania
| Trichomonas vaginalis* | Neisseria gonorrhoeae* | Chlamydia trachomatis* | Non-specific urethritis† | Urethritis‡ | Schistosoma haematobium | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | No | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % |
| *7 mixed infections: 3 T vaginalis + N gonorrhoeae, 1 N gonorrhoeae + C trachomatis, 3 T vaginalis + C trachomatis. | |||||||||||||
| †≥5 PMNs/HPF and excludes cases with T vaginalis, N gonorrhoeae, C trachomatis. | |||||||||||||
| ‡One or more of the following: T vaginalis +/− N gonorrhoeae +/− C trachomatis +/− ≥5 PMNs/HPF. | |||||||||||||
| 15–19 | 176 | 12 | 7% | 2 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 29 | 16% | 44 | 25% | 118 | 67% |
| 20–24 | 199 | 19 | 10% | 2 | 1% | 4 | 2% | 27 | 14% | 50 | 25% | 98 | 49% |
| 25–29 | 138 | 11 | 8% | 1 | 1% | 3 | 2% | 18 | 13% | 32 | 23% | 63 | 46% |
| 30–34 | 137 | 16 | 12% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 21 | 15% | 38 | 28% | 29 | 21% |
| 35–44 | 168 | 21 | 13% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 2% | 17 | 10% | 39 | 23% | 26 | 15% |
| 45–54 | 162 | 30 | 19% | 3 | 2% | 2 | 1% | 12 | 7% | 46 | 28% | 30 | 19% |
| Total | 980 | 109 | 11% | 8 | 1% | 15 | 2% | 124 | 13% | 249 | 25% | 364 | 37% |