Sensitivity and specificity of HEDIS criteria of sexual activity using administrative data (gold standard: self-reported sexual debut)
| Sensitivity | Specificity | |
| Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | |
| Any HEDIS criteria | 91.4% (90.1% to 92.6%) | 46.0% (43.1% to 49.0%) |
| Prior history of STD | ||
| No | 78.4% (72.2% to 84.1%) | 73.3% (70.0% to 76.7%) |
| Yes | 93.1% (91.8% to 94.3%) | 7.6% (5.4% to 10.4%) |
| Prior pregnancy | ||
| No | 91.3% (89.6% to 92.9%) | 48.3% (45.3% to 51.4%) |
| Yes | 91.4% (88.9% to 93.6%) | 9.0% (3.4% to 18.5%) |
| Self–reported age of sexual debut (years) | ||
| 12 or younger | 88.0% (84.0% to 91.5%) | 70.5% (26.3% to 32.7%) |
| 13 | 91.2% (88.2% to 93.6%) | 88.5% (79.2% to 94.6%) |
| 14 | 93.5% (91.1% to 95.5%) | 85.3% (77.7% to 91.0%) |
| 15 | 94.1% (90.8% to 96.5%) | 84.5% (75.0% to 91.5%) |
| 16 or older | 84.4% (76.4% to 90.5%) | 76.7% (64.0% to 86.6%) |
| Age at clinical presentation (years) | ||
| 11–13 | 51.3% (34.8% to 67.6%) | 85.0% (81.6% to 88.1%) |
| 14–15 | 89.2% (85.1% to 92.5%) | 32.4% (26.5% to 38.7%) |
| 16–17 | 98.1% (96.5% to 99.1%) | 5.8% (2.9% to 10.1%) |
| 18–19 | 93.2% (90.5% to 95.3%) | 4.5% (1.7% to 9.5%) |
| 20 or older | 86.9% (83.5% to 89.8%) | 17.1% (9.9% to 26.6%) |