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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb;88(1):63–68. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050280

Table 3.

Association between incarceration and current STI by sex: Monitoring STIs in the Population, 2006-09


Current STI

% PR 95% CI adj PR a 95% CI
WOMEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=46) 28.4 2.1 (1.2, 3.8) 1.5 (0.9, 2.7)
 Incarcerated more than one year ago (n=99) 16.0 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) 1 (0.6, 1.7)
 Never incarcerated (n=1175) 13.3 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=206) 30.1 3.3 (2.2, 4.9) 2.3 (1.5, 3.5)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=282) 16.0 1.7 (1.1, 2.8) 1.3 (0.8, 2.1)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=825) 9.2 1 1
MEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=72) 14.4 2.4 (1.1, 5.3) 1.7 (0.8, 3.9)
 Incarcerated more than one year ago (n=114) 6.9 1.2 (0.5, 2.8) 1.2 (0.5, 3.1)
 Never incarcerated (n=610) 6.0 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=30) 16.1 2.5 (0.8, 7.6) 1.6 (0.5, 5.3)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=52) 8.7 1.4 (0.6, 4.0) 1.3 (0.4,3.6)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=709) 6.4 1 1

Note: Current STI indicates infection with trichomoniasis, chlamydial infection, and/or gonorrhea.

a

PRs adjusted for race, age, education, employment status, marital status, and illicit drug use in the past year.