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Table 2 Sexual orientation, steady partner and behaviors of MSM who completed the online surveys in each Brazilian city. 2016–2018

From: How heterogeneous are MSM from Brazilian cities? An analysis of sexual behavior and perceived risk and a description of trends in awareness and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis

 

Total

Sexual Orientation (Gay or homosexual)

Steady partner

Binge drinkinga

Use of Stimulants a, b

STIa, c

HIV testing (never)

Sex with > 5 mena

Condomless receptive anal sexa

The HIV Incidence Risk Index for MSM

(HIRI-MSM)d

HIV perceived riske

Low Risk

High risk

No risk

Low risk

High risk

North

 Manaus

297

242 (83.2)

72 (24.2)

191 (64.3)

30 (10.1)

32 (10.9)

75 (25.5)

114 (38.4)

118 (39.9)

120 (40.4)

177 (59.6)

59 (21.5)

134 (48.9)

81 (29.6)

 Belém

290

240 (83.9)

56 (19.5)

203 (70.0)

31 (10.7)

32 (11.1)

76 (26.5)

105 (36.2)

122 (42.2)

116 (40.0)

174 (60.0)

64 (23.5)

144 (52.9)

64 (23.5)

 Porto Velho

37

31 (83.8)

6 (16.7)

28 (75.7)

5 (13.5)

4 (10.8)

7 (19.4)

13 (35.1)

19 (52.8)

9 (24.3)

28 (75.7)

3 (8.6)

19 (54.3)

13 (37.1)

 Palmas

34

29 (85.3)

9 (26.5)

25 (73.5)

3 (8.8)

6 (17.6)

5 (15.2)

9 (26.5)

17 (50.0)

11 (32.4)

23 (67.6)

4 (11.8)

16 (47.1)

14 (41.2)

 Boa Vista

31

27 (87.1)

10 (32.3)

22 (71.0)

6 (19.4)

6 (19.4)

1 (3.2)

12 (38.7)

13 (41.9)

12 (38.7)

19 (61.3)

7 (22.6)

18 (58.1)

6 (19.4)

 Rio Branco

23

23 (100.0)

7 (31.8)

18 (78.3)

3 (13.0)

7 (30.4)

3 (13.0)

11 (47.8)

10 (43.5)

8 (34.8)

15 (65.2)

3 (13.0)

15 (65.2)

5 (21.7)

 Macapá

18

13 (72.2)

6 (33.3)

10 (55.6)

3 (16.7)

3 (17.6)

3 (16.7)

7 (38.9)

9 (50.0)

7 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

3 (16.7)

6 (33.3)

9 (50.0)

Northeast

 Recife

636

550 (87.0)

173 (27.3)

437 (68.8)

81 (12.7)

64 (10.2)

130 (20.4)

251 (39.5)

255 (40.3)

253 (39.8)

383 (60.2)

121 (20.2)

329 (54.9)

149 (24.9)

 Salvador

628

555 (88.8)

147 (23.6)

451 (71.8)

113 (18.0)

73 (11.8)

106 (17.0)

277 (44.1)

251 (40.2)

241 (38.4)

387 (61.6)

119 (20.2)

312 (53.1)

157 (26.7)

 Fortaleza

418

391 (93.8)

94 (22.7)

288 (68.9)

56 (13.4)

46 (11.2)

103 (25.0)

151 (36.1)

158 (38.3)

173 (41.4)

245 (58.6)

70 (17.6)

214 (53.8)

114 (28.6)

 Natal

171

155 (91.2)

33 (19.5)

118 (69.0)

19 (11.1)

23 (13.5)

43 (25.3)

66 (38.6)

76 (45.0)

67 (39.2)

104 (60.8)

22 (13.2)

96 (57.5)

49 (29.3)

 Joao Pessoa

115

106 (93.0)

30 (26.1)

75 (65.2)

17 (14.8)

14 (12.3)

18 (15.8)

52 (45.2)

44 (38.3)

46 (40.0)

69 (60.0)

16 (14.7)

55 (50.5)

38 (34.9)

 Aracaju

108

93 (86.1)

20 (18.7)

77 (71.3)

12 (11.1)

10 (9.3)

36 (33.6)

34 (31.5)

39 (36.4)

49 (45.4)

59 (54.6)

24 (23.3)

53 (51.5)

26 (25.2)

 Teresina

100

84 (85.7)

25 (26.0)

63 (63.0)

6 (6.0)

9 (9.4)

26 (27.1)

35 (35.0)

37 (37.4)

43 (43.0)

57 (57.0)

18 (18.9)

42 (44.2)

35 (36.8)

 Maceió

91

79 (86.8)

26 (29.2)

65 (71.4)

11 (12.1)

6 (6.9)

20 (22.2)

33 (36.3)

35 (38.5)

35 (38.5)

56 (61.5)

15 (17.9)

54 (64.3)

15 (17.9)

 São Luís

53

50 (94.3)

10 (18.9)

33 (62.3)

5 (9.4)

9 (17.0)

18 (34.0)

21 (39.6)

22 (41.5)

21 (39.6)

32 (60.4)

9 (19.1)

22 (46.8)

16 (34.0)

Central-west

 Brasília

890

795 (89.6)

250 (28.2)

632 (71.1)

206 (23.1)

110 (12.5)

113 (12.7)

399 (44.8)

359 (40.5)

322 (36.2)

568 (63.8)

133 (15.8)

481 (57)

230 (27.3)

 Goiânia

570

509 (89.9)

123 (21.7)

405 (71.3)

103 (18.1)

89 (16.1)

126 (22.1)

230 (40.4)

227 (40.0)

213 (37.4)

357 (62.6)

104 (19.7)

267 (50.7)

156 (29.6)

 Cuiabá

119

102 (86.4)

22 (18.6)

84 (70.6)

19 (16.0)

19 (16.4)

22 (18.6)

52 (43.7)

53 (45.3)

36 (30.3)

83 (69.7)

15 (13.5)

56 (50.5)

40 (36.0)

 Campo Grande

115

98 (85.2)

19 (16.5)

80 (69.6)

25 (21.7)

20 (17.9)

22 (19.1)

44 (38.3)

50 (44.2)

40 (34.8)

75 (65.2)

16 (14.3)

60 (53.6)

36 (32.1)

Southeast

 São Paulo

5764

5201 (90.6)

1341 (23.3)

4005 (69.6)

1421 (24.7)

763 (13.4)

790 (13.7)

2664 (46.2)

2375 (41.4)

1951 (33.8)

3813 (66.2)

911 (16.8)

3033 (55.9)

1484 (27.3)

 Rio de Janeiro

3166

2820 (89.6)

775 (24.6)

2287 (72.3)

624 (19.8)

398 (12.7)

541 (17.1)

1438 (45.4)

1331 (42.1)

1104 (34.9)

2062 (65.1)

499 (16.9)

1640 (55.6)

810 (27.5)

 Belo Horizonte

967

881 (91.3)

227 (23.6)

693 (71.7)

180 (18.6)

123 (13.0)

177 (18.3)

386 (39.9)

392 (40.9)

362 (37.4)

605 (62.6)

134 (14.5)

504 (54.7)

283 (30.7)

 Campinas

260

235 (91.1)

56 (21.6)

173 (66.5)

59 (22.7)

31 (12.1)

47 (18.1)

97 (37.3)

115 (45.3)

102 (39.2)

158 (60.8)

35 (14.2)

137 (55.5)

75 (30.4)

 Vitória

160

148 (94.9)

34 (21.5)

115 (71.9)

36 (22.5)

21 (13.4)

22 (13.8)

58 (36.2)

72 (46.2)

44 (27.5)

116 (72.5)

22 (14.9)

83 (56.1)

43 (29.1)

 Santos

101

92 (91.1)

28 (27.7)

68 (67.3)

14 (13.9)

16 (16.0)

12 (11.9)

38 (37.6)

39 (39.0)

41 (40.6)

60 (59.4)

21 (22.1)

46 (48.4)

28 (29.5)

South

 Porto Alegre

648

555 (88.8)

167 (25.9)

441 (68.2)

129 (20.0)

77 (12.1)

93 (14.4)

295 (45.5)

274 (42.3)

238 (36.7)

410 (63.3)

89 (14.6)

361 (59.2)

160 (26.2)

 Curitiba

499

455 (91.5)

110 (22.2)

335 (67.1)

102 (20.4)

68 (13.9)

63 (12.7)

217 (43.5)

197 (39.6)

170 (34.1)

329 (65.9)

70 (14.8)

255 (53.9)

148 (31.3)

 Florianópolis

358

324 (90.8)

79 (22.1)

262 (73.2)

82 (22.9)

66 (18.6)

56 (15.7)

160 (44.7)

156 (43.7)

111 (31.0)

247 (69.0)

59 (17.4)

177 (52.2)

103 (30.4)

Total

16,667

14,909 (89.9)

3955 (23.8)

11,684 (70.2)

3401 (20.4)

2145 (13.1)

2754 (16.6)

7269 (43.6)

6865 (41.4)

5945 (35.7)

10,722 (64.3)

2665 (17.0)

8629 (55.0)

4387 (28.0)

  1. aDuring the previous 6 months
  2. bCocaine, poppers, crack, or amphetamines
  3. cSyphilis, gonorrhea, or rectal chlamydia
  4. dThe HIRI-MSM was calculated based on sexual behavior in the previous 6 months (number of partners, condomless receptive anal intercourse, sex with HIV-positive partner), age and use of stimulants, being stratified in low risk (< 10 points) and high risk (≥10 points; PrEP is recommended). “Unknown” answers scored 0 points on the HIRI-MSM
  5. eIn the next 12 months