Table 1

Coverage, positivity, chlamydia diagnosis rate and unadjusted PRs for the association between achieving a chlamydia diagnosis rate of ≥2300 cases per 100 000 by quintile of socioeconomic deprivation (IMD) and sex for LAs in England in 2012

IMD quintileNo of LAsLAs meeting recommendation (%)Coverage (%)Positivity (%)Chlamydia diagnosis rate per 100 000Unadjusted PR (95% CI)
NPer centMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD
Women
 1*655280.0039.6511.917.971.09317611287.43 (3.65 to 15.11)
 2653655.3837.3614.437.271.4026519465.14 (2.47 to 10.70)
 3642742.1932.8416.197.311.36235711473.92 (1.84 to 8.35)
 4651726.1526.547.636.761.1817915962.43 (1.08 to 5.46)
 5†65710.7727.3416.626.431.161713966Reference
Men
 1*651421.5419.228.479.902.9817727567.00 (1.66 to 29.58)
 265710.7716.559.459.522.6914345863.50 (0.76 to 16.22)
 36457.8114.1810.119.193.1511756452.54 (0.51 to 12.61)
 4650011.114.898.852.31921291
 5†6523.0812.478.828.362.36919448Reference
  • *IMD 1 is the most-deprived quintile.

  • †IMD 5 is the least-deprived quintile.

  • ‡Data omitted because no LAs in IMD quintile 4 met chlamydia diagnosis rate recommendation.

  • IMD, index of multiple deprivation; LA, local authority; PR, prevalence ratio.