Reports on HIV/AIDS: 1990

OCTOBER 5,1990, MMWR, Vol 39, No. 39, pp. 685-689
TABLE 1. Characteristics of 341 patients interviewed in a sexually transmitted
disease (STD) clinic - San Francisco, October-December, 1989
Men Women
Characteristic No. (%) No. (%)
Mean age ~ SD* (yrs) 29 ~7.8 27 ~7.6
Race/Ethnicity
Black 61 ( 38) 75 (42)
Hispanic 27 ( 17) 15 ( 8)
White 57 (35) 73 (41)
Other 17 (10) 16 ( 9)
Annual incomet
<$5000 73 ( 45) 83 (46)
$5000-$9999 29 ( 18) 43 (24)
>$10,000 58 ( 36) 45 ( 25)
Reason for visit
STD symptoms 108 ( 67) 114 ( 64)
Reported exposure to sex
partner with STD or request
for an examination 24 ( 15) 36 ( 20)
Follow-up appointment 24 ( 15) 18 ( 10)
Other 6 ( 4) 11 ( 6)
No. sex partners in past yr*
1 32 (20) 45 (25)
2 or 3 55 (34) 75 (42)
4 or 5 28 (17) 21 (12)
>6 44 (27) 37 (21)
Total 162 (100) 179 (100)
*Standard deviation.
tlncome unknown for some patients.
'Number of sex partners unknown for some patients.
FIGURE 1. Sexually transmitted disease-clinic patients who reported using condoms
at least once, by sex and period within which condom use occurred - San Francisco,
October-December 1989

100
80

I Male N Female

60
40
20

Ever Last
12 Months

Last Last Sex
2 Months Encounter

Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health.

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