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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Oct;26(8):857–866. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.11.025

Table 2.

Injury occurrence (prevalence) and frequency by anogenital region, injury type, and race/ethnicity for consensual intercourse participants

Anogenital region Measure Race/ethnicity Tears Ecchymoses Abrasions Redness Swelling
External Genitalia Prevalence Total 31 (26%) 0 (0%) 17 (14%) 11 (9%) 0 (0%)
Black 11 (18%) 0 (0%) 4 (6%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
White 20 (35%) 0 (0%) 13 (23%) 10 (18%) 0 (0%)
Frequency Total 59 0 22 17 0
Black 19 0 4 2 0
White 40 0 18 15 0
Internal genitalia Prevalence Total 3 (3%) 10 (8%) 5 (4%) 16 (13%) 0 (0%)
Black 1 (2%) 6 (10%) 2 (3%) 6 (10%) 0 (0%)
White 2 (4%) 4 (7%) 3 (5%) 10 (18%) 0 (0%)
Frequency Total 6 12 5 18 0
Black 1 8 2 6 0
White 5 4 3 12 0
Anus Prevalence Total 5 (4%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 5 (4%) 1 (1%)
Black 4 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%)
White 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 3 (5%) 1 (2%)
Frequency Total 11 0 1 5 1
Black 9 0 0 2 0
White 2 0 1 3 1

Prevalence values represent n and (%) of participants with at least one injury and frequency values represent total injury count by anogenital region and injury type for total sample (N = 120) and within each racial/ethnic group (white, n = 57; black, n = 63).