Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort with index positive tests (n = 6530), proportions retested and positive on retesting
Patient characteristicsa | Males | Females | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index Positive | Retested 6wks-6mths | Positive on retest | Index Positive | Retested 6wks-6mths | Positive on retest | |||||
n | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Total | 2140 | 383 | (17.9) | 81 | (21.1) | 4390 | 1536 | (35.0) | 266 | (17.3) |
Index infection | ||||||||||
Chlamydia | 1825 | 330 | (18.1) | 67 | (20.3) | 4139 | 1454 | (35.1) | 245 | (17.5) |
Gonorrhoea | 220 | 44 | (20.0) | 9 | (20.5) | 105 | 30 | (28.6) | 3 | (10.0) |
Both | 95 | 9 | (9.5) | 5 | (55.6) | 146 | 52 | (35.6) | 18 | (34.6) |
Age-band | ||||||||||
10–14 | 0 | -b | − | − | − | 39 | 18 | (46.2) | 6 | (33.3) |
15–19 | 301 | 40 | (13.3) | 14 | (35.0) | 1277 | 524 | (41.0) | 129 | (24.6) |
20–24 | 842 | 157 | (18.6) | 39 | (24.8) | 1840 | 646 | (35.1) | 96 | (14.9) |
25–29 | 422 | 66 | (15.6) | 9 | (13.6) | 673 | 206 | (30.6) | 19 | (9.2) |
30–34 | 209 | 37 | (17.7) | 5 | (13.5) | 292 | 82 | (28.1) | 12 | (14.6) |
35–39 | 131 | 25 | (19.1) | 3 | (12.0) | 129 | 31 | (24.0) | 3 | (9.7) |
40–44 | 96 | 17 | (17.7) | 4 | (23.5) | 71 | 13 | (18.3) | 1 | (7.7) |
45–49 | 62 | 16 | (25.8) | 2 | (12.5) | 42 | 9 | (21.4) | 0 | (0.0) |
50–54 | 41 | 14 | (34.1) | 4 | (28.6) | 17 | 6 | (35.3) | 0 | (0.0) |
55–59 | 15 | 2 | (13.3) | 1 | (50.0) | 5 | 1 | (20.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
60+ | 21 | 9 | (42.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | 0 | (0.0) | − | − |
Ethnicity | ||||||||||
European | 951 | 201 | (21.1) | 36 | (17.9) | 1817 | 716 | (39.4) | 95 | (13.3) |
NZ Maori | 440 | 62 | (14.1) | 21 | (33.9) | 1485 | 533 | (35.9) | 113 | (21.2) |
Pacific | 245 | 34 | (13.9) | 9 | (26.5) | 618 | 163 | (26.4) | 37 | (22.7) |
Asian | 105 | 31 | (29.5) | 3 | (9.7) | 221 | 80 | (36.2) | 15 | (18.8) |
MELAA/Otherc | 42 | 12 | (28.6) | 3 | (25.0) | 47 | 22 | (46.8) | 4 | (18.2) |
Not known | 357 | 43 | (12.0) | 9 | (20.9) | 202 | 22 | (10.9) | 2 | (9.1) |
Socioeconomic deprivation (NZDep) | ||||||||||
Least deprived (1–3) | 425 | 77 | (18.1) | 14 | (18.2) | 773 | 290 | (37.5) | 40 | (13.8) |
Moderately dep (4–7) | 538 | 94 | (17.5) | 19 | (20.2) | 1362 | 522 | (38.3) | 83 | (15.9) |
Most deprived (8–10) | 730 | 157 | (21.5) | 37 | (23.6) | 1981 | 689 | (34.8) | 140 | (20.3) |
Not known | 447 | 55 | (12.3) | 11 | (20.0) | 274 | 35 | (12.8) | 3 | (8.6) |
Test location/clinicd | ||||||||||
General Practice | 913 | 142 | (15.6) | 37 | (26.1) | 2069 | 606 | (29.3) | 109 | (18.0) |
Sexual Health | 604 | 134 | (22.2) | 20 | (14.9) | 208 | 45 | (21.6) | 3 | (6.7) |
Student/Youth | 323 | 59 | (18.3) | 17 | (28.8) | 999 | 434 | (43.4) | 80 | (18.4) |
Family Planning | 300 | 48 | (16.0) | 7 | (14.6) | 1114 | 451 | (40.5) | 74 | (16.4) |