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. 2019 Jan 24;95(4):285–291. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053363

Table 2.

MSM-specific burden of STIs and HIV. Yearly rates per 10 000 MSM; prevalence in %; with 95%-credible-intervals for single postal code areas

PCA Index city HIV/year HCV/year Syphilis/year Gonorrhoea/year Prevalent HIV Infectious HIV
80 Zurich 39 (36–41) 5.4 (5.0–5.8) 55 (51–59) 58 (54–62) 12.9 (12.0–13.8) 3.5 (3.3–3.8)
12 Geneva 33 (29–36) 2.9 (2.6–3.3) 78 (70–87) 77 (69–86) 12.0 (10.8–13.4) 3.3 (2.9–3.7)
40 Basel 16 (14–19) 0.6 (0.6–0.7) 31 (27–35) 29 (26–33) 6.3 (5.6–7.3) 1.7 (1.5–2.0)
10 Lausanne 23 (21–26) 2.6 (2.3–2.9) 50 (45–56) 52 (46–58) 9.0 (8.1–10.1) 2.5 (2.2–2.7)
30 Bern 22 (20–25) 1.5 (1.4–1.7) 14 (12–16) 22 (20–25) 6.2 (5.5–7.0) 1.7 (1.5–1.9)
84 Winterthur 30 (24–21) 3.8 (3.1–4.8) 19 (15–24) 30 (24–38) 7.9 (6.4–10.0 2.2 (1.7–2.7)
60 Lucerne 22 (19–26) 3.3 (2.8–4.0) 30 (25–36) 24 (21–29) 5.8 (4.9–7.0) 1.6 (1.3–1.9)
90 St.Gallen 16 (13–20) 2.0 (1.6–2.6) 20 (16–26) 10 (08–13) 6.7 (5.3–8.4) 1.8 (1.5–2.3)
69 Lugano 17 (14–21) 5.7 (4.6–7.2) 27 (22–33) 21 (17–26) 8.9 (7.3–11.2) 2.4 (2.0–3.1)
All other PCAs 23 2.0 24 33 5.7 1.6
Switzerland 26 2.8 40 41 8.0 2.2

gonorrhoea/year, notified diagnoses of gonorrhoea, mean 2010-2013; HCV/year, notified diagnoses, mean 2010-2013; HIV/year, notified diagnoses, mean 2010-2013; MSM, men who have sex with men; PCA, postal code area; infectious HIV, prevalence of non-suppressed HIV (undiagnosed, untreated, not effectively treated); prevalent HIV, prevalence of HIV (diagnosed and undiagnosed); syphilis/year, notified diagnoses, mean 2010–2013.