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

Table 2

Characteristics of unique United States military personnel with ≥1 sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis after human immunodeficiency virus-1 diagnosis.

	1 STI diagnosis		2 STI diagnoses		≥3 STI diagnoses
	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
Total	471	100.0	157	100.0	39	100.0
Sex
Male	459	97.5	155	98.7	38	97.4
Female	12	2.5	2	1.3	1	2.6
Age group
17–19	10	2.1	2	1.3	2	5.1
20–24	152	32.3	59	37.6	19	48.7
25–29	129	27.4	54	34.4	9	23.1
30–34	71	15.1	23	14.6	6	15.4
35–39	66	14.0	13	8.3	3	7.7
40–44	35	7.4	6	3.8	0	0.0
45–49	5	1.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
50+	3	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Race
White, non-Hispanic	134	28.5	33	21.0	4	10.3
Black, non-Hispanic	255	54.1	94	59.9	29	74.4
Hispanic	53	11.3	19	12.1	3	7.7
Other	24	5.1	8	5.1	3	7.7
Unknown	5	1.1	3	1.9	0	0.0
Rank
Enlisted	440	46.7	147	46.8	39	50.0
Junior enlisted	196	41.6	66	42.0	22	56.4
Noncommissioned officer	244	51.8	81	51.6	17	43.6
Warrant officer	3	0.6	1	0.6	0	0.0
Commissioned officer	28	5.9	9	5.7	0	0.0
Education level
No high school	5	1.1	2	1.3	0	0.0
High school	390	82.8	133	84.7	35	89.7
Some college or more	69	14.6	22	14.0	4	10.3
Unknown	7	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
Marital status
Married	143	30.4	39	24.8	10	25.6
Single	314	66.7	112	71.3	28	71.8
Other	14	3.0	6	3.8	1	2.6
Service
Army	172	36.5	69	43.9	15	38.5
Navy	233	49.5	65	41.4	18	46.2
Air Force	17	3.6	6	3.8	0	0.0
Marine Corps	40	8.5	15	9.6	5	12.8
Coast Guard	9	1.9	2	1.3	1	2.6