Table 2

African American adolescents who had a primary preventive health visit in past two years and were screened for an STD according to selected STD risk factors, San Francisco, 1997

Males (n=53)Females (n=40)
*Ever diagnosed with or treated for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease, or genital herpes.
No % Screened No % Screened
Age (years)
12–141216.7728.6
15944.4580.0
161127.31450.0
172123.81478.6
History of at least one STD*
Yes633.3771.4
No4725.53357.6
Lifetime number of sex partners
11241.72454.2
2812.5475.0
31136.4333.3
≥42119.1977.8