Percentage* of subjects who had not notified their sexual partners on diagnosis of an STD, according to the type of partner†
| According to sex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | ||||||
| No | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | p Value | |
| *Percentages are weighted to take into account unequal probabilities 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated and tests were carried out taking into account sampling design. They therefore cannot be directly calculated as the ratio of observed frequencies; †questions concerning partner notification were asked differently in the three surveys; ‡among the 102 subjects who had other partners than a main partner. | ||||||||
| Adults | ||||||||
| ACSF survey (n = 145), percentage of subjects who had not notified: | ||||||||
| their main partner at the time | 15 | 8 | 3 to 13 | 14 | 4 to 24 | 2 | 0 to 5 | 0.002 |
| other partners‡ | 60 | 73 | 62 to 84 | 71 | 58 to 84 | 75 | 56 to 94 | 0.30 |
| any of their sexual partners | 13 | 7 | 2 to 12 | 12 | 3 to 21 | 1 | 0 to 3 | 0.006 |
| Barométre Santé survey (n = 32), percentage of subjects who had not talked about this STD with: | ||||||||
| any current partner at the time | 4 | 11 | 0.2 to 22 | 15 | 0 to 36 | 9 | 0 to 21 | 0.60 |
| some but not all current partners | 7 | 20 | 5 to 35 | 25 | 0.4 to 49 | 16 | 0 to 34 | 0.70 |
| any previous partner | 30 | 96 | 89 to 100 | 95 | 85 to 100 | 96 | 88 to 100 | 0.90 |
| any of their sexual partners | 3 | 9 | 0 to 20 | 10 | 0 to 30 | 9 | 0 to 21 | 0.90 |
| Adolescents | ||||||||
| ACSJ survey (n = 45), percentage of subjects who had not talked about this STD with: | ||||||||
| their current partner at the time | 10 | 32 | 14 to 50 | 51 | 21 to 81 | 9 | 0 to 26 | 0.04 |
| previous partners | 36 | 86 | 77 to 95 | 86 | 73 to 99 | 85 | 70 to 100 | 0.90 |
| any of their sexual partners | 8 | 27 | 9 to 45 | 42 | 12 to 72 | 6 | 0 to 15 | 0.01 |