Table 4.

Demographics and positivity rate of persons attending the University College Hospital London emergency department between January and June 2015 for whom a residual sample was available and tested for BBV

	Persons tested	HBsAg-positive		Anti-HCV-positive		HCV PCR-positive		Anti-HIV- and p24Ag-positive
	n = 1546	n = 12	%	n = 24	%	n = 15	%	n = 25	%
Sex
Male	749	6	0.8	19	2.5	10	1.3	22	2.9
Female	797	6	0.8	5	0.6	5	0.6	3	0.4
Age group
18–35	503	5	1.0	4	0.8	3	0.6	8	1.6
36–55	451	3	0.7	17	3.8	10	2.2	11	2.4
⩾56	592	5	0.8	3	0.5	2	0.3	6	1.0
Ethnicity
White	829	2	0.2	18	2.2	11	1.3	11	1.3
Asian	96	3	3.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0
Black	105	2	1.9	1	1.0	1	1.0	6	5.7
Other/mixed	104	2	1.9	1	1.0	1	1.0	4	3.8
Not reported	412	3	0.7	4	1.0	2	0.5	3	0.7
Re-attendance
Yes	577	6	1.0	14	2.4	9	1.6	15	2.6
No	969	6	0.6	10	1.0	6	0.6	10	1.0
Registered with a GP
Yes	1319	8	0.6	18	1.4	10	0.8	22	1.7
No	227	4	1.8	6	2.6	5	2.2	3	1.3
Time of attendance
00:00–07:59	120	2	1.7	3	2.5	2	1.7	2	1.7
08:00–15:59	978	6	0.6	14	1.4	9	0.9	16	1.6
16:00–23:59	448	4	0.9	7	1.6	4	0.9	7	1.6
Day of attendance
Weekday	1250	10	0.8	20	1.6	12	1.0	20	1.6
Weekend	296	2	0.7	4	1.4	3	1.0	5	1.7
Reason for attendance
Trauma and orthopaedics	238	2	0.8	7	2.9	6	2.5	6	2.5
Infections	113	0	0.0	2	1.8	1	0.9	2	1.8
Cardiac conditions	56	1	1.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Haematology	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Central nervous system conditions	178	1	0.6	2	1.1	2	1.1	3	1.7
Respiratory conditions	100	1	1.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	1	1.0
Gastrointestinal conditions	234	2	0.9	3	1.3	1	0.4	1	0.4
Urological conditions	67	1	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Obstetrics and gynaecological conditions	44	2	4.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Diabetes	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Dermatology conditions and allergy	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	10.5
Maxillofacial, ENT conditions and ophthalmology	47	0	0.0	1	2.1	0	0.0	2	4.3
Psychological and social	26	0	0.0	1	3.8	0	0.0	2	7.7
Not reported	412	2	0.5	4	1.0	2	0.5	6	1.5