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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 3.

Occurrence (prevalence) of at least 1 injury after sexual intercourse by examination technique, anogenital region, and race/ethnicity

Anogenital region Race/ethnicity Examination technique
Visual Colposcopy Toluidine blue Combined
All Black 23 (37%) 22 (35%) 19 (30%) 27 (43%)
White 33 (58%) 33 (58%) 28 (49%) 39 (68%)
All 56 (47%) 55 (46%) 47 (39%) 66 (55%)
External genitalia Black 12 (19%) 11 (18%) 15 (24%) 15 (24%)
White 24 (42%) 23 (40%) 27 (47%) 32 (56%)
All 36 (30%) 34 (28%) 42 (35%) 47 (39%)
Internal genitalia Black 11 (18%) 10 (16%) 2 (3%) 12 (19%)
White 16 (28%) 16 (28%) 3 (5%) 16 (28%)
All 27 (23%) 26 (22%) 5 (4%) 28 (23%)
Anus Black 4 (6%) 5 (8%) 4 (6%) 6 (10%)
White 3 (5%) 3 (5%) 4 (7%) 5 (9%)
All 7 (6%) 8 (7%) 8 (7%) 11 (9%)

Values represent number of cases with at least 1 injury and (%) for total sample (N = 120) and within each racial/ethnic group (white, n = 57; black, n = 63).