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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2012 May 5;89(1):32–37. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050470

Table 1.

Characteristics of men who have sex with men seeking HIV testing in publicly-funded programs or newly diagnosed with HIV in King County, Washington

Characteristic Median (IQR) or n (%)
STD Clinic Gay City Health Project Surveillancea

N 14,385 9851 1031

Time period Jan. 1, 2003 to Oct. 6, 2010 Feb. 2, 2004 to Oct. 6, 2010 Jan. 1, 2004 to Oct. 6, 2010

Age (years) 32 (25 to 41) 32 (25 to 40) 35 (27 to 42)

Raceb
White 10,619 (80%) 7089 (79%) 727 (71%)
Black 979 (7%) 401 (4%) 85 (8%)
Asian 955 (7%) 729 (8%) 47 (5%)
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 180 (1%) 97 (1%) 6 (0.6%)
Native American/Alaskan Native 162 (1%) 56 (0.6%) 5 (0.5%)
Multiracial 389 (3%) 566 (6%) 35 (3%)

Hispanic/Latinob,c 1511 (11%) 1225 (13%) 126 (12%)

Sex with men & women, last year (versus men only) 2328 (16%) 1030 (10%) n/a

≥ 10 male sex partners, last year 4505 (33%) 2423 (26%) n/a

Non-concordant UAI, last year 4148 (29%) 2022 (21%) n/a

History of STId 5921 (41%) 1263 (26%) n/a

Methamphetamine use, last year 1161 (8%) 544 (6%) n/a

Inhaled nitrite use, last year 2038 (14%) 1908 (19%) n/a

Injection drug usee 388 (3%) 86 (0.9%) 111 (11%)

Newly HIV-diagnosed 357 (2.5%) 154 (1.6%) 1031 (100%)

IQR = interquartile range. UAI = unprotected anal intercourse. STI = sexually transmitted infection (syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydial infection).

a

Data from Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) core HIV/AIDS surveillance and HIV incidence surveillance.

b

Surveillance data report race and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity as a single characteristic.

c

Any race.

d

At GCHP, history of STI was only collected from 2008 to 2010.

e

Reported any injection drug use in last year (STD Clinic and GCHP) or MSM/injection drug use reported as mode of transmission (Surveillance).