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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Jun;47(6):361–368. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001170

TABLE 2.

CT Test Visit Positivity by Anatomic Site Among MSM Attending STD Clinics, N = 139,718 Visits—STD Surveillance Network, 2015–2019

Jurisdiction CT Testing at ≥ 1 Anatomic Site at Visit Urethral CT Testing at Visit Rectal CT Testing at Visit Pharyngeal CT Testing at Visit Extragenital CT Testing at visit*






Tested Tested Positive Tested Tested Positive Tested Tested Positive Tested Tested Positive Tested Tested Positive










N n (%) N n (%) N n (%) N n (%) N n (%)

Total 139,718 18,639 126,747 6412 101,338 12,631 93,172 1721 121,946 13,589
Weighted total positivity (95% Cl) 13.3 (12.7–13.9) 5.2 (4.6–5.8) 12.6(11.8–13.4) 1.8(1.6–2.0) 11.4(10.6–12.2)
Unweighted positivity by jurisdiction
Baltimore, MD 2214 352 (15.9) 1993 144 (7.2) 1313 204 (15.5) 1719 37 (2.2) 1829 230 (12.6)
Los Angeles County, CA, 7083 955 (13.5) 6993 323 (4.6) 4963 706 (14.2) 4963 706 (14.2)
Miami, FL 4065 464(11.4) 3989 152 (3.8) 2844 301 (10.6) 2844 301 (10.6)
Boston, MA 1066 130(12.2) 1041 40 (3.8) 896 94 (10.5) 211 5 (2.4) 927 97 (10.5)
Multnomah County, OR 8623 1136(13.2) 8358 385 (4.6) 6274 778 (12.4) 7800 141 (1.8) 7919 852 (10.8)
Minneapolis, MN 17,714 2356 (13.3) 17,361 792 (4.6) 12,762 1735 (13.6) 124 3 (2.4) 12,830 1737 (13.5)
New York City, NY 46,495 6434 (13.8) 44,278 2422 (5.5) 33,766 4143 (12.3) 34,574 728 (2.1) 41,185 4569 (11.1)
Philadelphia. PA 9989 1436 (14.4) 9533 540 (5.7) 6505 899 (13.8) 9432 157(1.7) 9530 997 (10.5)
San Francisco, CA 28,448 3556 (12.5) 27,541 1134(4.1) 20,864 2405 (11.5) 25,878 434(1.7) 26,364 2643 (10.0)
Seattle, WA 14,021 1820 (13.0) 5660 480 (8.5) 11,151 1366 (12.3) 13,434 216(1.6) 13,555 1457 (10.8)
*

Rectal and/or pharyngeal test visit.

Data obtained in 2019 from participating clinics were not available for this analysis.

Participating clinics did not perform pharyngeal CT testing.