Research Article

Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive United States Military Personnel

Table 3

Characteristics of United States active duty military personnel with sexually transmitted infections after their human immunodeficiency virus-1 diagnosis.

ChlamydiaGonorrheaSyphilisHSVHPV
No. individualsIncident casesaRate
(per 100,000 HIV p-yrs)
No. individualsIncident casesaRate
(per 100,000 HIV p-yrs)
No. individualsIncident casesaRate
(per 100,000 HIV p-yrs)
Incident casesaRate
(per 100,000 HIV p-yrs)
Incident casesaRate
(per 100,000 HIV p-yrs)

Total911101,960.01571863,314.23123646,485.3841,496.72133,795.3

Sex

Male871041,922.81531853,420.33123646,729.7801,479.12073,827.1
Female462,949.741491.6000.041,966.562,949.7

Age group

17–19232,464.5332,464.5786,571.921,643.064,928.9
20–2440442,348.170794,215.81041186,297.1261,387.5784,162.5
25–2931412,900.645634,457.1911087,640.7271,910.2584,103.3
30–3411141,177.221211,765.845524,372.6161,345.4352,943.1
35–39781,124.515182,530.238466,466.1111,546.2243,373.6
40–44000.032868.9212410,427.42868.9114,779.2
45–49000.0000.0458,758.200.011,751.6
50+0 00.0000.02319,675.900.000.0

Race

White, non-Hispanic1115910.125251,516.957643,883.2231,395.5764,611.3
Black, non-Hispanic68822,764.41031284,315.21972327,821.2461,550.81023,438.6
Hispanic9101,666.514193,166.435426,999.4101,666.5223,666.4
Other331,084.212124,336.619227,950.531,084.2113,975.3
Unknown000.0321,652.1443,304.221,652.121,652.1
Rank
Enlisted901092,125.51521803,509.92983476,766.4781,521.01963,821.9
 Junior enlisted43502,120.285954,028.41281426,021.5351,484.2954,028.4
 Senior enlisted47592,129.967853,068.51702057,400.5431,552.31013,646.1
Warrant officer112,766.4000.02411,065.712,766.412,766.4
Commissioned officer000.0561,339.912132,903.251,116.6163,573.2

Educational level

No high school000.011 1,491.2357,455.911,491.211,491.2
High school841002,200.81421703,741.32582996,580.3681,496.51813,983.4
College or more7101,189.113141,664.848576,778.0141,664.8293,448.5
Unknown000.011623.5331,870.61623.521,247.1

Marital status

Single25762,017.7431333,531.0932506,637.1601,592.91514,008.8
Married62291,735.4108462,752.82111066,343.3221,316.5563,351.2
Other452,981.8674,174.5884,770.821,192.763,578.1

Service

Army49622,891.956663,078.51281436,670.1391,819.1713,311.7
Air Force28321,186.472873,225.51381696,265.5371,371.71124,152.3
Navy463,650.4321,216.812127,300.721,216.874,258.8
Marines991,832.523285,701.229326,515.74814.5183,665.1
Coast Guard11865.3332,595.9586,922.421,730.654,326.5

HSV: herpes simplex virus.
HPV: human papillomavirus.
aEach individual was only eligible to be an incident case once per 30-day period for chlamydia and gonorrhea, once per 13-month period for syphilis, and once per lifetime for HSV and HPV.