Table 1

Demographic characteristics of and use of services by females attending GUM clinics in England in 2011 by sex worker status

	Female sex workers		Other female attendees
	(n=2704)		(n=696 941)
Demographic characteristics	n	%	n	%	p Value
Age*
<19	118	4.4	128 781	18.5
20–24	681	25.2	210 452	30.2
25–29	659	24.4	135 951	19.5
30–34	483	17.9	81 062	11.6
35–44	529	19.6	88 752	12.7
45+	228	8.4	51 865	7.4	<0.001
Median	29 years		25 years		<0.001
Ethnicity†
White	1695	62.7	508 377	72.9
Mixed	129	4.8	23 972	3.4
Asian or Asian British	99	3.7	24 523	3.5
Black or Black British	155	5.7	74 029	10.6
Other	346	12.8	16 860	2.4	<0.001
Sexual orientation‡
Heterosexual	2495	92.3	607 332	87.1
Homosexual	57	2.1	9 314	1.3
Bisexual	56	2.1	3 023	0.4	<0.001
Migrant status§
UK-born	858	31.7	527 065	75.6
Migrant	1666	61.6	124 663	17.9	<0.001
Services used
Sexual health screen	2424	89.7	467 676	67.1	<0.001
HIV test¶	2405	89.5	443 740	64.4	<0.001
Contraception	878	32.5	73 702	10.6	<0.001
Smear test	337	12.5	10 520	1.5	<0.001
Vaccination (hepatitis B)**	853	31.9	6 595	1.0	<0.001
PEPSE	19	0.7	723	0.1	<0.001

Significant differences (p Value <0.05) highlighted in bold.
*Age was unknown for 6 female sex workers and 78 other female attendees.
†Ethnicity was unknown for 280 female sex workers and 49 180 other female attendees.
‡Sexual orientation was unknown for 96 female sex workers and 45 213 other female attendees.
§Migrant status was unknown for 180 female sex workers and 45 213 other female attendees.
¶Excluding individuals who were known HIV positive, or where a HIV test was not appropriate (n/2686 for female sex workers and n/689 254 for other female attendees).
**Excluding individuals who were hepatitis B immune (n/2676 for female sex workers and n/696 265 for other female attendees).
GUM, genitourinary medicine; PEPSE, postexposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure.