Trends over time for gonorrhoea positive patients, 1994–8
| 1994 No (%) | 1995 No (%) | 1996 No (%) | 1997 No (%) | 1998 No (%) | p Value non-parametric trend test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *“One visit only” indicates patients who appeared in the entire data set only once. “Repeat visit” indicates patients who had more than one visit. | ||||||
| Number of visits* | ||||||
| One visit only | 2033 (80.9%) | 1812 (74.0%) | 1289 (71.6%) | 1377 (75.7%) | 906 (78.9%) | |
| Repeat visit | 480 (19.1%) | 638 (26.0%) | 511 (28.4%) | 442 (24.3%) | 243 (21.1%) | <0.01 |
| Mean age (years) | 27.8 | 26.7 | 25.5 | 21.9 | 22.5 | <0.01 |
| Patients that were male | 1993 (79.3%) | 1975 (80.6%) | 1495 (83.1%) | 1467 (80.7%) | 920 (80.1%) | 0.31 |
| Patients having ≥2 sex partners in past month | 1040 (41.4%) | 1033 (42.2%) | 787 (43.7%) | 771 (42.4%) | 476 (41.4%) | 0.69 |
| Patients used injection drugs “ever” | 199 (8.3%) | 177 (7.5%) | 117 (6.7%) | 88 (5.0%) | 49 (4.5%) | <0.01 |
| Patients used inhaled cocaine “ever” | 465 (19.6%) | 350 (14.9%) | 259 (14.9%) | 221 (12.7%) | 150 (13.7%) | <0.01 |
| Patient engaged in “exchange sex” ever | 90 (3.8%) | 86 (3.7%) | 62 (3.7%) | 59 (3.5%) | 58 (5.6%) | 0.14 |
| Sexual contact ever with someone who used injection drugs | 170 (7.9%) | 127 (5.8%) | 114 (7.0%) | 84 (5.1%) | 74 (7.1%) | 0.06 |
| Sexual contact ever with someone who engaged in “exchange sex” | 301 (13.2%) | 324 (14.3%) | 208 (12.4%) | 202 (12.2%) | 108 (10.4%) | 0.01 |