Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Dispatch
Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2014
Hamish Mohammed
, Holly Mitchell, Bersabeh Sile, Stephen Duffell, Anthony Nardone, and Gwenda Hughes
, Holly Mitchell, Bersabeh Sile, Stephen Duffell, Anthony Nardone, and Gwenda Hughes
Table 2
Diagnoses of selected sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men attending sexual health clinics, by patient characteristics, England, 2014*
| Patient characteristic | Syphilis† | Gonorrhea | Chlamydia | Genital herpes‡ | Genital warts‡ | No STI§ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. diagnoses | 3,477 | 18,029 | 11,468 | 1,474 | 3,456 | NA |
| Median age (interquartile range), y | 36 (29–44) | 31 (25–38) | 32 (26–41) | 31 (25–38) | 28 (23–36) | 34 (26–44) |
| % White or white British | 78.9 | 78.8 | 77.4 | 80.1 | 82.6 | 80.4 |
| % London residents | 58.9 | 60.3 | 56.3 | 49.7 | 40.4 | 48.7 |
| % Born in the United Kingdom | 60.3 | 61.0 | 61.6 | 69.5 | 71.4 | 65.9 |
| % Born in Europe outside the United Kingdom) | 18.4 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 14.5 |
| % HIV positive | 44.3 | 22.9 | 26.1 | 18.4 | 8.0 | 29.6 |
*Genitourinary medicine (GUM) and integrated GUM/sexual and reproductive health clinics. NA, not applicable.
†Primary, secondary, or early latent.
‡First episode.
§N = 2,549,652 attendances at SHCs where no sexually transmitted infection was diagnosed.
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