Median age (years) | 14.5 |
Ethnicity |
White European | 44 (45) |
Black Afro-Caribbean | 27 (28) |
Bangladeshi | 17 (17) |
Other | 10 (10) |
Details of assault
|
Referral pattern |
Police including CPT* and CID† | 62 (63) |
Self referral | 9 (9) |
Paediatrician | 8 (8) |
General practitioner | 7 (8) |
Social services and others | 4 (4) |
Not recorded | 8 (8) |
Location of assault |
UK | 96 (97) |
Abroad | 2 (3) |
Time between assault and attendance |
<7 days | 17 (17) |
1–4 weeks | 35 (36) |
1–3 months | 22 (23) |
4–6 months | 10 (10) |
>7 months | 12 (12) |
Not recorded | 2 (2) |
Assailants |
Stranger | 28 (29) |
Acquaintance | 26 (27) |
Family member | 22 (22) |
Friend | 15 (15) |
Unknown by patient | 7 (7) |
Nature of assault |
Vaginal penetration (attempted/actual) | 67 (68) |
Oral penetration only | 1 (1) |
Digital penetration only | 4 (4) |
More than one site including anal penetration‡ | 21 (22) |
Unknown by patient | 5 (5) |
Family and social history
|
Accommodation |
Living with parent (s)/carer | 77 (79) |
Local authority | 19 (19) |
Not recorded | 2 (2) |
Family problems | 20 (20) |
Studying | 85 (87) |
School based difficulties/truancy | 24 (25) |
Learning difficulties | 6 (6) |
Previous mental health problems | 30 (31) |
Alcohol and other substance misuse | 31 (32) |
Smoking | 31 (32) |
Previous abuse
|
Sexual | 37 (38) |
Physical/emotional | 13 (13) |
Previous STIs
| 4 (4) |
Previous pregnancy
| 4 (4) |