Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of interviewed primary, secondary & early latent syphilis patients in 7 US jurisdictions, 2015-2016
| All Sites | Florida | Louisiana | Michigan | North Carolina | Virginia (2016-2017) |
NYC | San Francisco | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total reported | N= 29,719 | N= 9,433 | N= 2,453 | N= 1,411 | N= 3,779 | N= 1,470 | N= 8,830 | N= 2,343 | ||||||||
| Total interviewed | N= 23,613 | N= 9,388 | N= 2,346 | N= 1,291 | N= 3,727 | N= 1,243 | N= 4,445 | N= 1,173 | ||||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||||||
| Median (IQR) | 31 (25-41) | 33 (26-45) | 26 (22-34) | 28 (24-38) | 30 (24-41) | 29 (24-38) | 31 (26-37) | 38 (30-48) | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 20,603 | 87% | 8,322 | 89% | 1,680 | 72% | 1,121 | 87% | 3,222 | 87% | 1,043 | 84% | 4,110 | 93% | 1,105 | 94% |
| Female | 2,853 | 12% | 1,066 | 11% | 666 | 28% | 131 | 10% | 483 | 13% | 185 | 15% | 276 | 6% | 46 | 4% |
| Transgender | 118 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 22 | 1% | 15 | 1% | 59 | 1% | 22 | 2% |
| Unknown | 39 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 39 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| If male, sex of sex partners 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| MSM | 16,637 | 81% | 6,824 | 82% | 1,032 | 62% | 990 | 88% | 2,515 | 78% | 842 | 81% | 3,379 | 82% | 1,055 | 96% |
| MSW Only | 2,721 | 13% | 1,092 | 13% | 491 | 29% | 106 | 10% | 510 | 16% | 172 | 16% | 312 | 8% | 38 | 3% |
| Unknown Men | 1,245 | 6% | 406 | 5% | 157 | 9% | 25 | 2% | 197 | 6% | 29 | 3% | 419 | 10% | 12 | 1% |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 6,510 | 28% | 3,015 | 32% | 493 | 21% | 468 | 36% | 976 | 26% | 271 | 22% | 700 | 16% | 587 | 50% |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 10,315 | 44% | 3,151 | 34% | 1,782 | 76% | 677 | 52% | 2,374 | 64% | 702 | 57% | 1,488 | 34% | 141 | 12% |
| Hispanic | 4,960 | 21% | 2,794 | 30% | 50 | 2% | 71 | 6% | 246 | 7% | 131 | 11% | 1,393 | 31% | 275 | 23% |
| Other Race, non-Hispanic | 1,412 | 6% | 217 | 2% | 21 | 1% | 30 | 2% | 129 | 4% | 27 | 2% | 829 | 19% | 159 | 14% |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 416 | 2% | 211 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 45 | 4% | 2 | 0% | 112 | 9% | 35 | 1% | 11 | 1% |
| Syphilis stage | ||||||||||||||||
| Primary | 3,844 | 16% | 1,270 | 14% | 397 | 17% | 260 | 20% | 704 | 19% | 166 | 13% | 645 | 15% | 402 | 34% |
| Secondary | 8,756 | 37% | 3,229 | 34% | 1,049 | 45% | 484 | 38% | 1,511 | 41% | 397 | 32% | 1,616 | 36% | 470 | 40% |
| Early latent | 11,013 | 47% | 4,889 | 52% | 900 | 38% | 547 | 42% | 1,512 | 41% | 680 | 55% | 2,184 | 49% | 301 | 26% |
| HIV-Infected 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 11,245 | 48% | 4,785 | 51% | 708 | 30% | 543 | 42% | 1,648 | 44% | 496 | 40% | 2,506 | 56% | 559 | 48% |
| Previous STD diagnosis ever 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Any STD4 | 13,486 | 57% | 4,674 | 50% | 1,278 | 55% | 505 | 39% | 2,571 | 69% | 660 | 53% | 2,955 | 67% | 843 | 72% |
| Syphilis (any stage) | 6,413 | 32% | 2,851 | 30% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1,209 | 32% | 246 | 20% | 1,720 | 39% | 387 | 33% |
1.
MSM=Men who reported sex with men; MSW Only=Men who reported only sex with women; Men who without a reported sex of sex partners and subsequently could not be classified as either “MSM” or “MSW Only” were classified as “Unknown Men”.
2.
HIV infection status was verified by matching to HIV surveillance within each jurisdiction.
3.
Previous STD diagnosis was determined by each jurisdiction and was defined by both self-report and/or matching to STD surveillance.
4.
Any STD was defined by each jurisdiction. STDs include, but are not limited to, syphilis (any stage), chlamydia, and gonorrhea.