| Of
the total respondents, 96% had sex with men and just under
4% had sex with both men and women. |
|
The
average age was 30 years old with the youngest respondent
being 16 and the oldest being 64. |
| The
majority of respondents were white British (89%) with 7%
being black, Chinese or of mixed ethnic backgrounds. |
|
42%
currently had no partner with another 42% having a partner
of the same HIV status as they were. 14% did not know the
HIV status of their partner. |
| One
of the questions focused on the number of sexual partners
respondents had had in the last year. For Norfolk, the responses
were: 17% had one, 21% had under four, 39% had between 5
and and 12, 17% had between 13 and 19 and only 3% had over
30 partners in the last year. |
|
In
Norfolk, respondent knowledge of HIV was good. However,
there was less knowledge about other sexually transmitted
infections, especially Gonorrhoea. This is particularly
relevant because both oral and anal gonorrhoea are significant
co-factors in HIV transmission. |
| When
asked about having an HIV test, 53% had never been tested
and 46% had had an HIV test. Areas with similar numbers
of people never having tested were Liverpool, Blackburn
and parts of the north east and Birmingham. Areas that had
greater percentage of tested men were the urban areas of
London, Hull, Brighton and Manchester. All of these cities
have had high profile HIV testing campaigns in the last
year. |
|
Just
over 46% of respondents knew someone who was HIV positive,
this was comparable with other non-metropolitan cities.
London, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton showed significant
numbers of men who knew another positive person. This could
be because these cities had significant HIV treatment centres
which may be the reason for greater concentrations of HIV
positive men. |
| Norfolk
respondents topped the list in terms of condom availability,
with 92% saying that they did not have any problem with
getting hold of condoms (although the survey did not look
at actual condom use). |
|
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