Demographic and behavioural characteristics of 319 PEP presentations to RPA Sexual Health
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| <30 | 134 (42.0) |
| 30–39 | 111 (34.8) |
| ≥40 | 74 (23.2) |
| Gender* | |
| Male | 302 (95.0) |
| Female | 16 (5.0) |
| Year of PEP prescription | |
| 2008 | 86 (27.0) |
| 2009 | 73 (22.9) |
| 2010 | 83 (26.0) |
| 2011 | 77 (24.1) |
| Highest risk exposure leading to PEP† | |
| Receptive penile-anal† | 203 (63.6) |
| Insertive penile-anal† | 87 (27.4) |
| Receptive penile-vaginal‡ | 12 (3.8) |
| Insertive penile-vaginal | 0 (0) |
| Receptive penile-oral§ | 5 (1.6) |
| Needle-sharing¶ | 4 (1.3) |
| Needlestick injury¶ | 5 (1.6) |
| Other** | 3 (0.9) |
| Clinic of original PEP prescription | |
| RPA Sexual Health | 147 (46.1) |
| Other | 172 (53.9) |
| Number of male sexual partners in past year | |
| <5 | 76 (27.2) |
| 5–10 | 70 (21.9) |
| 11–20 | 51 (16.0) |
| 21–50 | 55 (17.2) |
| >50 | 27 (8.5) |
| Missing | 40 (12.5) |
| Condom use for anal and/or vaginal sex with casual partners in past year | |
| No casual partner(s) | 21 (6.6) |
| 0% | 8 (2.5) |
| >0% but <50% | 20 (6.3) |
| ≥50% but <100% | 125 (39.2) |
| 100% | 131 (41.1) |
| Missing | 14 (4.4) |
| Condom use for anal and/or vaginal sex with regular partners in past year | |
| No regular partner(s) | 114 (35.7) |
| 0% | 34 (10.7) |
| >0% but <50% | 20 (6.3) |
| ≥50% but <100% | 58 (18.2) |
| 100% | 80 (25.1) |
| Missing | 13 (4.1) |
*Excludes one transgender participant.
†All anal exposures were between males.
‡3/12 known HIV-positive source; 2/12 bisexual male source of unknown HIV serostatus; 5/12 sexual assault by unknown male.
§4/5 sources HIV-positive.
¶All sources HIV-positive.
**All potential high-risk blood-to-blood contact due to trauma/injury.
PEP, post-exposure prophylaxis.