Table 1.

Demographic profile of gay and bisexual men in the sample (N=1217)

Country or region of residence	% (n)	*SOPHID%	Highest educational level	% (n)
All England	91.5 (1108)	91.6	None	1.2 (14)
East of England	3.5 (43)	2.8	Primary/Elementary	<1 (5)
East Midlands	2.7 (33)	4.0	Secondary/High School	26.9 (327)
London	44.3 (538)	47.1	University/College	71.2 (862)
North East	2.3 (28)	1.9
North West	11.8 (142)	10.7
South Central	3.8 (46)	3.4
South East Coast	7.8 (96)	8.2	Age
South West	3.8 (47)	4.8	Mean	42.9
West Midlands	7.1 (87)	5.0	Median	42.0
Yorkshire & Humber	4.1 (48)	3.6	Range	17-76
All Wales	4.3 (52)	2.3
All Scotland	2.8 (34)	4.7
All Northern Ireland	1.2 (15)	0.8
Ethnicity	% (n)	*SOPHID%	Time since HIV diagnosis	% (n)
White	94.6 (1146)	87.2	<2 years	19.1 (229)
Black African	0.4 (5)	1.3	2-<5 years	21.3 (256)
Black Caribbean	0.7 (9)	2.1	5-<10 years	21.5 (259)
Black other	0.2 (2)	1.1	>10 years	38.1 (458)
Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi	0.8 (10)	1.1
Other Asian/Oriental	0.8 (10)	1.5
Other and mixed	2.4 (29)	4.9
Receiving antiretroviral therapy	% (n)	*SOPHID%	Sexuality	(% (n)
Yes	73.9 (884)	70.3	Gay	94.7 (1152)
No	26.1 (313)	28.4	Bisexual	4.9 (60)
			Other	<1 (5)

* 2007 SOPHID data for homosexually acquired HIV [21].