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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Nov 1;48(11):873–880. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001440

Table 2:

Demographic characteristics at cohort entry of 148,465 HIV-negative individuals diagnosed with a reportable sexually transmitted infection in Tennessee from 1/1/2013–12/31/2017 shown by outcome of incident HIV diagnosis during study period.

Remained HIV-Negative Incident HIV Diagnosis
n=147,992 n=473
Characteristic n % n %
Age, years a
 13–17 15,840 10.7 14 3.0
 18–24 78,947 53.4 241 51.0
 25–29 27,078 18.3 98 20.7
 30–34 12,234 8.3 47 9.9
 35–40 6,230 4.2 27 5.7
 40–44 3,214 2.2 18 3.8
 ≥45 4,449 3.0 28 5.9
Gender
 Male 55,062 37.2 421 89.0
 Female 92,918 62.8 52 10.7
 Unknown 12 0.0 0 0.0
Race/Ethnicity
 Black non-Hispanic 71,818 48.5 328 69.3
 White non-Hispanic 61,525 41.6 133 28.1
 Hispanicb 6,190 4.2 12 2.5
 Other 2,248 1.5 0 0.0
 Unknown 6,211 4.3 0 0.0
MSM
 Yes 3,609 2.4 222 46.9
 Noc 144,383 97.6 251 53.1
PWID
 Yes 612 0.4 12 2.5
 No 147,380 99.6 461 97.5
TN Regions and Metropolitan Areas
 Memphis/Shelby County 37,535 25.4 161 34.0
 Nashville/Davidson County 20,588 13.9 108 22.8
 West TN 14,845 10.0 40 8.5
 Middle TN 34,483 23.3 64 13.5
 East TN 40,541 27.4 100 21.1

Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted Infection; MSM, men who have sex with men; PWID, people who inject drugs; TN, Tennessee.

a

Age is age at time of cohort entry STI diagnosis.

b

Hispanic of any race.

c

Includes both heterosexual men and women