Table 1.

Chat room profile data (N=509)

Characteristic	Mean (±SD) or n (%)
Age in years	37.1 (±10.9) Range 18–78
Location
Within the 16 county catchment area (Alamance, Chatham, Davison, Forsyth, Guilford, Davie, Rowan, Randolph, Montgomery, Moore, Lee, Iredell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin Counties)	364 (71.5)
Outside NC	41 (8.1)
Undisclosed	27 (5.3)
Sexual orientation
Gay	295 (58.0)
Bisexual	91 (17.8)
Undisclosed	123 (24.2)
Race/ethnicity
African/African American/Black	15 (3.0)
Asian/Pacific Islander	3 (0.6)
Latino	9 (1.8)
Mixed race/ethnicity	12 (2.4)
White/European	363 (71.3)
Undisclosed	106 (20.8)
HIV status
HIV+	8 (1.6)
Undisclosed	115 (22.6)
Outness
Undisclosed	392 (77.0)
Not out at all	22 (4.3)
Not out at work	6 (1.2)
To some people	45 (8.8)
To all but family	3 (0.6)
Totally	37 (7.3)