Table 1.
Characteristics of MSM Participants in the American Men's Internet Survey by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 2015
| Total | Black, non-Hispanic | Hispanic | White, non-Hispanic | Other or multiple races | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant Characteristics | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 15–19 | 907 | (10.9) | 29 | (5.3) | 184 | (15.2) | 591 | (10.2) | 103 | (13.6) |
| 20–24 | 1,786 | (21.4) | 72 | (13.2) | 320 | (26.4) | 1,194 | (20.5) | 200 | (26.3) |
| 25–29 | 1,477 | (17.7) | 102 | (18.8) | 249 | (20.5) | 972 | (16.7) | 154 | (20.3) |
| 30–34 | 789 | (9.5) | 70 | (12.9) | 133 | (11.0) | 517 | (8.9) | 69 | (9.1) |
| 35–39 | 565 | (6.8) | 63 | (11.6) | 101 | (8.3) | 348 | (6.0) | 53 | (7.0) |
| 40–44 | 498 | (6.0) | 50 | (9.2) | 64 | (5.3) | 338 | (5.8) | 46 | (6.1) |
| 45–49 | 673 | (8.1) | 49 | (9.0) | 58 | (4.8) | 516 | (8.9) | 50 | (6.6) |
| 50–54 | 884 | (10.6) | 59 | (10.8) | 61 | (5.0) | 714 | (12.3) | 50 | (6.6) |
| 55–59 | 752 | (9.0) | 50 | (9.2) | 44 | (3.6) | 623 | (10.7) | 35 | (4.6) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Midwest | 1,753 | (21.0) | 77 | (14.2) | 124 | (10.2) | 1,412 | (24.3) | 140 | (18.4) |
| Northeast | 1,669 | (20.0) | 95 | (17.5) | 196 | (16.1) | 1,240 | (21.3) | 138 | (18.2) |
| South | 3,040 | (36.5) | 305 | (56.1) | 476 | (39.2) | 2,026 | (34.9) | 233 | (30.7) |
| West | 1,863 | (22.4) | 66 | (12.1) | 414 | (34.1) | 1,135 | (19.5) | 248 | (32.6) |
| U.S. dependent areas | 6 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.1) |
| Population densitya | ||||||||||
| Rural | 1,537 | (18.4) | 67 | (12.3) | 126 | (10.4) | 1,180 | (20.3) | 164 | (21.6) |
| Urban/Suburban | 6,785 | (81.4) | 476 | (87.5) | 1,083 | (89.2) | 4,631 | (79.7) | 595 | (78.3) |
| Self-reported HIV status | ||||||||||
| Positive | 712 | (8.5) | 116 | (21.3) | 130 | (10.7) | 406 | (7.0) | 60 | (7.9) |
| Negative | 5,782 | (69.4) | 355 | (65.3) | 797 | (65.7) | 4,112 | (70.7) | 518 | (68.2) |
| Unknown | 1,837 | (22.1) | 73 | (13.4) | 287 | (23.6) | 1,295 | (22.3) | 182 | (23.9) |
| TOTAL | 8,331 | 544 | (6.5) | 1,214 | (14.6) | 5,813 | (69.8) | 760 | (9.1) | |
a
There were 9 participants missing information needed to determine the population density of the area where they lived.