Table 1.

The Denver HIV Risk Score.^*

Variable	Score
Age (years)
<22 or >60	0
22–25 or 55–60	+4
26–32 or 47–54	+ 10
33–46	+ 12
Sex
Female	0
Male	+ 21
Race/ethnicity
Black	+9
Hispanic	+ 3
Other†	0
White	0
Sexual practices
Sex with a male	+ 22
Vaginal intercourse	−10
Receptive anal intercourse	+8
Other risks
Injection drug use	+9
Past HIV test	−4

^*The Denver HIV Risk Score ranges from −14 to +81 and a threshold of ≥30 was used in this study to define “high risk.”

^†Represents American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or non–Hawaiian Pacific Islander.