Characteristics of gonorrhoea index cases and their named sexual contacts in Alberta, Canada, 1999–2001
| Index cases (n = 107) | Named contacts* (n = 75) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 49) | Women (n = 58) | Men (n = 43) | Women (n = 32) | |
| No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | |
| *Sexual contacts include people identified by an index case and those treated as a recent sexual partner of a case; includes 32 subjects who were positive for gonorrhoea; counts for subject characteristics may not sum to total because of missing data. | ||||
| †Percentages calculated from 17 men and 36 women who answered the question. | ||||
| NA = data not available. | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| Median (interquartile range) | 26 (20, 31) | 22 (19, 29) | NA | NA |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 3 (6.1) | 4 (6.9) | 3 (9.0) | 1 (5.3) |
| Aboriginal | 46 (93.9) | 54 (94.8) | 29 (88.9) | 18 (94.7) |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.0) | 0 |
| Residence | ||||
| Community A | 5 (10.2) | 9 (15.5) | 6 (17.1) | 3 (15.0) |
| Community B | 12 (24.5) | 22 (37.9) | 17 (48.6) | 6 (30.0) |
| Community C | 20 (40.8) | 17 (29.3) | 9 (25.7) | 9 (45.0) |
| Other | 12 (24.5) | 10 (17.2) | 3 (8.6) | 2 (10.0) |
| Places patronised or visited (in year preceding gonorrhoea diagnosis)† | ||||
| Motel bar (in community A) | 6 (35.3) | 12 (33.3) | NA | NA |
| Pool Hall (in community A) | 4 (23.5) | 6 (16.7) | ||
| Bars in neighbouring town | 5 (29.4) | 1 (2.8) | ||
| Neighbouring province with recent gonorrhoea outbreak | 0 | 0 | ||