Table 1.
Epidemiological characteristics of cases diagnosed of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), by sexual conduct and sex. Barcelona, 2007–2011
| Epidemiological characteristics | HIV | Syphilis | Gonorrhea | LGV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||
| 1388 | 172 | 1033 | 91 | 1031 | 130 | 150 | ||||
| MSM* | MSW** | WSM*** | MSM* | MSW** | WSM*** | MSM* | MSW** | WSM*** | MSM* | |
| 1096 | 228 | 172 | 834 | 112 | 91 | 528 | 244 | 130 | 143 | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 34.7 (8.7) | 38.6 (12.3) | 36.6 (9.9) | 36.4 (9.3) | 37.3 (12.3) | 36.4 (11) | 32.7 (7.5) | 31.8 (9.4) | 31.2 (10) | 37.1 (7.5) |
| Age group (%) | ||||||||||
| 15 – 24 years | 120 (10.9) | 21 (9.2) | 18 (10.5) | 49 (5.9) | 15 (13.4) | 11 (12.1) | 57 (10.8) | 51 (20.9) | 28 (21.5) | 3 (3.1) |
| 25 – 34 years | 503 (45.9) | 80 (35.3) | 67 (39) | 343 (41.1) | 35 (31.3) | 33 (36.3) | 282 (53.4) | 120 (49.2) | 61 (46.9) | 54 (37.8) |
| 35 – 44 years | 346 (31.6) | 70 (30.5) | 52 (30.2) | 311 (37.3) | 35 (31.3) | 31 (34.1) | 150 (28.4) | 46 (18.9) | 24 (18.5) | 65 (45.5) |
| 45 years or older | 127 (11.6) | 57 (25) | 35 (20.3) | 131 (15.7) | 27 (24.1) | 16 (17.6) | 39 (7.4) | 27 (11.1) | 16 (12.3) | 21 (14.7) |
| Country of Birth (%) | ||||||||||
| Spain | 548 (50) | 133 (58.3) | 86 (50) | 421 (50.5) | 37 (33) | 19 (20.9) | 286 (54.2) | 134 (54.9) | 52 (40) | 79 (55.2) |
| Western Europe, United States, Canada and Australia | 131 (12) | 8 (3.5) | 7 (4.1) | 124 (14.9) | 7 (6.3) | 3 (3.3) | 89 (16.9) | 13 (5.3) | 12 (9.2) | 25 (17.5) |
| Eastern Europe | 22 (2) | 18 (8.8) | 6 (3.5) | 18 (2.2) | 7 (6.3) | 9 (9.9) | 13 (2.5) | 8 (3.3) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (1.4) |
| Latin America | 369 (33.7) | 43 (18.9) | 41 (23.8) | 243 (29.1) | 31 (27.7) | 51 (56) | 116 (22) | 50 (20.5) | 54 (41.5) | 35 (24.5) |
| Sub–saharan Afrika | 6 (0.5) | 11 (4.8) | 25 (14.5) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (0.2) | 10 (4.1) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
| Other | 19 (1.7) | 13 (5.7) | 7 (4.1) | 17 (2.1) | 27 (23.2) | 7 (7.7) | 10 (1.9) | 22 (9) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.7) |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (1.2) | 3 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 13 (2.5) | 7 (2.6) | 5 (3.8) | 1 (0.7) |
| Condom use | ||||||||||
| Yes | 201 (24.1) | 12 (10.7) | 11 (15.5) | 96 (18.2) | 31 (12.7) | 37 (31.6) | 12 (8.4) | |||
| No | 425 (51) | 67 (59.8) | 37 (40.7) | 348 (65.9) | 167 (68.4) | 65 (58.1) | 98 (68.5) | |||
| Missing | 208 (24.9) | 33 (29.5) | 43 (47.3) | 84 (15.9) | 46 (18.9) | 25 (19.3) | 33 (23.1) | |||
| Number of sexual partners | ||||||||||
| Median (min – max) | 10 (1 – 400) | 2 (1 – 60) | 1 (1 – 100) | 9 (1 – 210) | 3 (1 – 50) | 2 (1–100) | 15 (1 – 100) | |||
*MSM: Men who have sex with men
**MSW: Men who have sex with women
***WSM: Women who have sex with men
SD Standard deviation