Table 1.

Unadjusted incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for gonorrhoea, syphilis^*, genital herpes and genital warts by ethnic group, England, 2013

	Gonorrhoea (N = 25238)				Syphilis (N = 2710)				Genital herpes (N = 28 465)				Genital warts (N = 64 372)
Ethnic group	%	IRR	(95% CI)	P value	%	IRR	(95% CI)	P value	%	IRR	(95% CI)	P value	%	IRR	(95% CI)	P value
White British	56·7	1			53·8	1			74·0	1			78·6	1
White Irish	1·5	2·19	(1·98–2·43)	<0·001	1·7	6·78	(5·06–9·09)	<0·001	0·7	2·15	(1·88–2·46)	<0·001	0·8	2·21	(2·03–2·41)	<0·001
White other	16·2	4·97	(4·80–5·15)	<0·001	22·4	8·76	(7·97–9·63)	<0·001	8·7	2·48	(2·38–2·59)	<0·001	8·3	2·23	(2·17–2·29)	<0·001
Mixed	5·7	3·64	(3·45–3·84)	<0·001	4·2	3·97	(3·28–4·80)	<0·001	3·4	2·32	(2·17–2·47)	<0·001	2·9	1·84	(1·76–1·93)	<0·001
Indian	1·5	0·8	(0·72–0·88)	<0·001	1·6	1·21	(0·89–1·64)	0·216	1·5	0·83	(0·75–0·91)	<0·001	1·1	0·56	(0·52–0·60)	<0·001
Pakistani	1·2	0·82	(0·73–0·91)	<0·001	1·2	1·09	(0·77–1·54)	0·616	0·8	0·5	(0·44–0·57)	<0·001	1·1	0·64	(0·59–0·69)	<0·001
Bangladeshi	0·5	0·91	(0·77–1·08)	0·278	0·3	0·97	(0·50–1·87)	0·924	0·4	0·91	(0·76–1·08)	0·288	0·4	0·77	(0·68–0·87)	<0·001
Chinese	0·6	1·19	(1·01–1·41)	0·038	1·1	6·2	(4·29–8·95)	<0·001	0·3	1·45	(1·19–1·77)	<0·001	0·4	1·46	(1·28–1·65)	<0·001
Asian other	1·1	1·04	(0·92–1·17)	0·554	1·5	2·45	(1·79–3·35)	<0·001	0·9	1·08	(0·96–1·23)	0·196	0·8	0·91	(0·84–0·99)	0·037
Black African	3·9	3·04	(2·85–3·24)	<0·001	3·4	3·09	(2·50–3·82)	<0·001	2·7	1·78	(1·66–1·92)	<0·001	1·9	1·2	(1·14–1·27)	<0·001
Black Caribbean	6·4	8·18	(7·77–8·61)	<0·001	3·8	5·83	(4·77–7·13)	<0·001	3·8	4·24	(3·99–4·51)	<0·001	1·7	1·82	(1·72–1·94)	<0·001
Black other†	2·2	5·76	(5·28–6·29)	<0·001	1·7	6·75	(5·03–9·05)	<0·001	1·3	3·58	(3·23–3·98)	<0·001	0·7	1·87	(1·70–2·04)	<0·001
Other ethnicity	2·6	3·67	(3·39–3·97)	<0·001	3·4	7·22	(5·84–8·92)	<0·001	1·4	2·13	(1·93–2·36)	<0·001	1·2	1·79	(1·67–1·93)	<0·001

CI, Confidence interval.

^*Syphilis is defined as primary, secondary and early latent syphilis.

^†Black other: non-Caribbean/non-African black ethnicity.