Description of eligible women offered screening during the chlamydia pilot programme
| Portsmouth | Wirral | |
|---|---|---|
| *Tabulated data excludes 6 participants from Portsmouth and 13 from Wirral where sex is unknown. | ||
| †Age breakdown excludes a further 8 participants from Portsmouth and 36 from Wirral where age is unknown. | ||
| ‡Because of small sample sizes, all non-white ethnic groups have been combined. | ||
| Characteristic | ||
| Total number of eligible participants* | 16 145 | 6541 |
| Total number of screening episodes from eligible participants (tests accepted or refused) | 25 954 | 8733 |
| Age† (% eligible patients) | ||
| <16 years | 358 (2.2) | 316 (4.8) |
| 16–19 years | 7110 (44.0) | 2642 (40.4) |
| 20–24 years | 8671 (53.7) | 3219 (49.2) |
| 25–30 years | 0 | 134 (2.0) |
| >30 years | 0 | 194 (3.0) |
| Ethnicity (% known ethnicity) | ||
| White | 14310 (97.3) | 5242 (98.6) |
| Other‡ | 391 (2.7) | 73 (1.4) |
| Unknown (% total eligible) | 1444 (8.9) | 1226 (18.7) |