Table 1 Characteristics of people tested by registration type (NSW DBS Pilot, November 2016- December 2020)
| Â | People tested | Online self-registration | Assisted registration community | Assisted registration prison | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | p | |
Total | 7392 | Â | 1559 | Â | 2523 | Â | 3310 | Â | Â |
Test performed | |||||||||
 HIV + HCV | 5467 | 74% | 269 | 17% | 2275 | 90% | 2923 | 88% |  |
 HIV only | 1441 | 19% | 1282 | 82% | 123 | 5% | 36 | 1% |  |
 HCV only | 484 | 7% | 8 | 1% | 125 | 5% | 351 | 11% | < 0.001 |
Gender | |||||||||
 Male | 5752 | 78% | 1340 | 86% | 1626 | 64% | 2786 | 84% |  |
 Female | 1573 | 21% | 205 | 13% | 855 | 34% | 513 | 15% |  |
 Other | 67 | 1% | 14 | 1% | 42 | 2% | 11 | 0% | < 0.001 |
Age | |||||||||
 = < 25 | 1194 | 16% | 490 | 31% | 152 | 6% | 552 | 17% |  |
 25–34 | 2308 | 31% | 607 | 39% | 394 | 16% | 1307 | 39% |  |
 35–44 | 1981 | 27% | 243 | 16% | 832 | 33% | 906 | 27% |  |
 45–54 | 1279 | 17% | 120 | 8% | 760 | 30% | 399 | 12% |  |
 > 55 | 630 | 9% | 99 | 6% | 385 | 15% | 146 | 4% | < 0.001 |
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | |||||||||
 No | 5255 | 71% | 1499 | 96% | 1791 | 71% | 1965 | 59% |  |
 Yes | 2137 | 29% | 60 | 4% | 732 | 29% | 1345 | 41% | < 0.001 |
Major city postcodea | |||||||||
 No | 894 | 21% | 354 | 23% | 540 | 21% |  |  |  |
 Yes | 3188 | 78% | 1205 | 77% | 1983 | 79% |  |  | 0.328 |
Men who have sex with men | |||||||||
 No | 6054 | 82% | 548 | 35% | 2287 | 91% | 3219 | 97% |  |
 Yes | 1338 | 18% | 1011 | 65% | 236 | 9% | 91 | 3% | < 0.001 |
Sexual partner from Asia or Africa | |||||||||
 No | 6171 | 83% | 981 | 63% | 2300 | 91% | 2890 | 87% |  |
 Yes | 1221 | 17% | 578 | 37% | 223 | 9% | 420 | 13% | < 0.001 |
Born outside of Australia | |||||||||
 No | 5896 | 80% | 845 | 54% | 2145 | 85% | 2906 | 88% |  |
 Yes, Asia or Africa | 757 | 10% | 489 | 31% | 108 | 4% | 160 | 5% |  |
 Yes, other | 739 | 10% | 225 | 14% | 270 | 11% | 244 | 7% | < 0.001 |
Speaks English at home | |||||||||
 No | 813 | 11% | 418 | 27% | 142 | 6% | 253 | 8% |  |
 Yes | 6579 | 89% | 1141 | 73% | 2381 | 94% | 3057 | 92% | < 0.001 |
Recently injected drugs | |||||||||
 No | 3780 | 51% | 1436 | 92% | 756 | 30% | 1588 | 48% |  |
 Yes | 3360 | 45% | 98 | 6% | 1655 | 66% | 1607 | 49% |  |
 Prefer not to say | 250 | 3% | 23 | 1% | 112 | 4% | 115 | 3% | < 0.001 |