TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Patients With at Least 1 Specimen Collected for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Culture and Those With at Least 1 Positive Culture, SURRG, 2018–2019
| Characteristics | Patients With Specimen(s) Collected for Culture* |
Patients With N. gonorrhoeae-Positive Culture(s)*† |
|---|---|---|
| n = 46,822 (%) | n = 10,121 (%) | |
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| Jurisdiction | ||
| Denver County, CO | 3211 (6.9%) | 1272 (12.6%) |
| Guilford County, NC | 21,941 (46.9%) | 1022(10.1%) |
| Honolulu County, HI | 1319(2.8%) | 340 (3.4%) |
| Marion County, IN | 2142(4.6%) | 1271 (12.6%) |
| Milwaukee City, WI | 4602 (9.9%) | 1095 (10.8%) |
| New York City, NY | 8040 (17.2%) | 2975 (29.4%) |
| San Francisco County, CA | 2763 (6.0%) | 953 (9.4%) |
| Seattle-King County, WA | 2804 (6.0%) | 1193 (11.8%) |
| Clinic type | ||
| STD clinic | 34,073 (72.8%) | 8874 (87.7%) |
| Non-STD health center‡ | 12,749 (27.2%) | 1247 (12.3%) |
| Gender§ | ||
| Male | 25,463 (54.4%) | 9021 (89.1%) |
| Female | 21,079 (45.0%) | 1018(10.1%) |
| Transgender male | 31 (0.1%) | 10(0.1%) |
| Transgender female | 148 (0.3%) | 25 (0.3%) |
| Other gender identity | 93 (0.2%) | 43 (0.4%) |
| Unknown | 8 (0.0%) | 4 (0.0%) |
| Sex partners among men¶ | ||
| MSM | 11,732 (46.0%) | 4238 (46.9%) |
| MSMW | 881 (3.5%) | 357 (4.0%) |
| MSW | 9551 (37.5%) | 3605 (39.9%) |
| Unknown | 3329(13.1%) | 831 (9.2%) |
| Age, y | ||
| 12–19 | 3773 (8.1%) | 677 (6.7%) |
| 20–29 | 19,373 (42.2%) | 4797 (47.4%) |
| 30–39 | 12,177 (26.0%) | 2843 (28.1%) |
| 40+ | 7061 (15.1%) | 1802(17.8%) |
| Unknown | 82 (0.2%) | 2 (0.0%) |
| Race/Hispanic ethnicity# | ||
| Black/African-American | 25,128 (53.7%) | 4652 (46.0%) |
| White | 9513 (20.3%) | 2541 (25.1%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7033 (15.0%) | 1751(17.3%) |
| Asian | 1388 (3.0%) | 415 (4.1%) |
| Multirace/other | 1680 (3.6%) | 480 (4.7%) |
| Unknown | 2080 (4.4%) | 282 (2.8%) |
| Symptomatic|| | ||
| 18,842 (40.2%) | 6859 (67.8%) | |
One or more specimen(s) collected per patient.
Among those who had at least 1 specimen collected for culture.
Non-STD health centers included: emergency rooms, infectious disease practices, LGBTQ-focused health centers, HIV testing sites, federally qualified health centers, Planned Parenthood health centers, and women's health practices.
Patient self-identified gender categories.
Self-reported gender of sex partners in the previous 2–3 months (timeframe varied by clinic) among male patients (cismale and transgender male). Men who reported unknown, nonbinary, or other gender sex partners were classified as unknown/other.
All classifications other than Hispanic/Latino are non-Hispanic.
Symptomatic at the anatomic site(s) from which specimen(s) collected.
MSM, men who have sex with men; MSMW, men who have sex with men and women; MSW, men who have sex with women.