Circumstances leading to diagnosis of the self reported STD*
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | 95% CI | No | % | 95% CI | |
| *Percentages are weighted to take into account unequal probabilities. They therefore cannot be directly calculated as the ratio of observed frequencies; 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated and tests were carried out taking into account each sampling design. | ||||||
| Barométre Santé survey | ||||||
| % of adults tested because they: | ||||||
| were notified by an infected sexual partner | 4 | 32 | 5 to 60 | 1 | 4 | 0 to 12 |
| presented symptoms or suspected that they had an STD | 8 | 52 | 23 to 80 | 7 | 41 | 16 to 67 |
| consulted for another reason | 2 | 16 | 0 to 37 | 10 | 55 | 29 to 80 |
| p Value | 0.04 | |||||
| ACSJ survey | ||||||
| % of adolescents tested because they: | ||||||
| were notified by an infected sexual partner | 5 | 36 | 5 to 67 | 2 | 12 | 3 to 27 |
| presented symptoms or suspected that they had an STD | 13 | 60 | 28 to 92 | 17 | 73 | 56 to 90 |
| consulted for another reason | 2 | 4 | 0 to 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 to 31 |
| p Value | 0.23 | |||||