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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Apr 7;182:20–29. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.006

Table 1.

Characteristics of newly diagnosed HIV-infected MSM reporting ≥1 sex partner meeting place (n = 143), Baltimore City, October 2012-June 2014.

Characteristic N %
Age, years
 Median (range) 25 (16, 53)
 <18 5 3.5
 18–24 58 40.6
 25–34 57 39.9
 35–44 15 10.5
 ≥45 8 5.6
Race
 Black 123 86.0
 White 13 9.1
 Other 7 4.9
Number of sex partners, past 12 months
 Median (range) 2 (0, 30)
 <2 42 29.4
 2–4 47 32.9
 5–9 11 7.7
 ≥10 43 30.1
Viral load (copies/mL)
 Geometric mean (range) 6073 (500, 381,259)
 High (>50,000 copies/mL) 9 6.3
 Moderate (1500–50,000 copies/mL) 32 22.4
 Low (<1500 copies/mL) 16 11.2
 Unknown 86 60.1
Venue nominations
 Reports per case, mean (range) 2 (1,11)
Reports by typology (n = 315)
 Internet/app 152 48.3
 Bar/club 73 23.2
 Street/park/neighborhood 41 13.0
 Other 39 12.4
 Market/mall 7 2.2
 Private residence 3 1.0