Table 4

Effect of limiting screening to single healthcare settings: proportion of positive women (16–24 years) detected

Portsmouth*Wirral†
Healthcare settingNumber positives detected (% total‡)Prevalence of attending population (%, 95% CI)Number positives detected (% total‡)Prevalence of attending population (%, 95% CI)
*Total positive women in Portsmouth = 1175. †Total positive women in Wirral = 551. ‡Note rows are not mutually exclusive therefore percentages sum to greater than 100%. §Combined data for antenatal, colposcopy, gynaecology, and infertility clinics; prevalence cannot be calculated as overall attending population unknown (groups not mutually exclusive).
General practice719 (61%)9.1 (8.5 to 9.7)164 (30%)9.8 (8.5 to 11.3)
Family planning431 (37%)10.8 (9.9 to 11.8)127 (23%)11.0 (9.3 to 13.0)
GUM210 (18%)17.2 (15.2 to 19.4)123 (22%)20.4 (17.3 to 23.8)
Youth sexual health clinics33 (3%)18.6 (13.6 to 25.0)143 (26%)13.3 (11.4 to 15.5)
Termination of pregnancy clinics75 (6%)13.5 (10.9 to 16.6)15 (3%)12.6 (7.8 to 19.8)
Women’s services§27 (2%)75 (14%)