Characteristics of the population
| Characteristics | MSM, N=10 154 | Heterosexual male, N=16 667 | Heterosexual female, N=19 081 |
| Age at visit, n (%) | |||
| <25 years | 2179 (21) | 4575 (27) | 7516 (39) |
| 25–29 years | 2649 (26) | 4851 (29) | 5905 (31) |
| 30–39 years | 3342 (33) | 4452 (27) | 4175 (22) |
| 40+ years | 1984 (20) | 2789 (17) | 1485 (8) |
| Never been married | 8408 (84) | 12 247 (75) | 14 520 (77) |
| Country of birth, n (%) | |||
| Australia | 4986 (49) | 6459 (39) | 5735 (30) |
| England | 1102 (11) | 3108 (19) | 2561 (13) |
| Asian countries* | 498 (5) | 339 (2) | 1277 (7) |
| Missing | 3568 (35) | 6761 (41) | 9508 (50) |
| Usually live in, n (%) | |||
| Metropolitan Sydney/eastern suburbs | 6613 (65) | 10 258 (62) | 10 417 (57) |
| English spoken at home, n (%) | 8781 (86) | 14 387 (86) | 12 922 (68) |
| Travellers†, n (%) | 2775 (27) | 6265 (38) | 9766 (51) |
| CALD‡, n (%) | 1276 (13) | 2155 (13) | 6003 (31) |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||
| Employed | 6737 (67) | 10 604 (65) | 9173 (49) |
| Unemployed | 1021 (10) | 2210 (14) | 2327 (12) |
| Student | 1555 (16) | 2118 (13) | 4665 (25) |
| Current sex worker, n (%) | 91 (1) | 41 (<1) | 3745 (20) |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 2969 (29) | 5096 (31) | 6627 (35) |
| Excess alcohol§, n (%) | 429 (4) | 1453 (9) | 2526 (13) |
| Injecting drug use ever, n (%) | 723 (7) | 630 (4) | 595 (3) |
| Sex overseas (Asia) (last 12 months), n (%) | 895 (9) | 2320 (14) | 1920 (10) |
| Inconsistent condom use (last 3 months), n (%) | 3987 (40) | 3389 (21) | 3579 (19) |
| Male sex partners (last 3 months), n (%) | |||
| None | 1193 (12) | – | 2855 (15) |
| One | 2828 (28) | – | 11 610 (61) |
| Two | 1679 (17) | – | 3013 (16) |
| Three or more | 7860 (78) | – | 1498 (7) |
| Female sex partners (last 3 months), n (%) | |||
| None | – | 1989 (12) | – |
| One | – | 7642 (46) | – |
| Two or more | – | 6913 (41) | – |
| Reason for presentation, n (%) | |||
| HIV testing | 1194 (12) | 1154 (7) | 843 (4) |
| STI test | 3515 (35) | 4131 (25) | 6282 (33) |
| STI contact | 568 (6) | 796 (5) | 761 (4) |
| Prophylaxis | 305 (3) | 29 (<1) | 17 (<1) |
| Genital/anal symptoms, n (%) | 3392 (33) | 8998 (54) | 7891 (41) |
| Past diagnosis, n (%) | |||
| Chlamydia | 1450 (14) | 2300 (14) | 1796 (9) |
| Gonorrhoea | 1587 (16) | 659 (4) | 264 (1) |
| Syphilis | 365 (4) | 84 (1) | 71 (<1) |
| HPV | 975 (10) | 1777 (11) | 1882 (10) |
| Genital herpes | 481 (5) | 629 (4) | 1117 (6) |
| Not tested/not sure of HIV status, n (%) | 2199 (22) | 7894 (47) | 9168 (48) |
| Current diagnosis, n (%) | |||
| Chlamydia | 656 (6) | 1124 (7) | 973 (5) |
| Gonorrhoea | 516 (5) | 207 (1) | 79 (<1) |
| Syphilis | 109 (1) | 10 (1) | 12 (<1) |
| HPV | 628 (6) | 1623 (10) | 1172 (6) |
| Genital herpes | 183 (2) | 594 (4) | 749 (4) |
| HIV | 113 (1) | 11 (<1) | 17 (<1) |
* China (excludes SARs and Taiwan), Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
† Born outside Australia and arrived in Australia in last 2 years.
‡ Born outside Australia and does not speak English at home.
§ Average alcohol intake of 280 g for men and 140 g for women per week.
CALD, culturally and linguistically diverse; HPV, human papillomavirus; MSM, men who have sex with men; STI, sexually transmissible infection.