Can HIV service data be used for surveillance purposes?: a case study in Guangzhou, China

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Testing and sexual behaviors of MSM recruited in different programs in Guangzhou, China between 2009 and 2013 (N = 7535)

Variables	Testing service^a(n = 5311)		Surveillance (n = 2224)
Variables	Number	Frequency	Number	Frequency
HIV testing record
Never tested	1317	28.0	696	31.3
Tested in the past 6 months	1051	22.3	683	30.7
Ever tested	2339	49.7	845	38.0
No. of male partners in the last 3 months
0	302	10.0	N/A	N/A
1	1512	50.0	N/A	N/A
2 to 3	1016	33.6	N/A	N/A
4 to 9	158	5.2	N/A	N/A
10 or more	36.0	1.2	N/A	N/A
No. of male partners in the last six months
0	N/A	N/A	210	9.4
1	N/A	N/A	687	30.9
2 to 3	N/A	N/A	921	41.5
4 to 9	N/A	N/A	311	14.0
10 or more	N/A	N/A	93	4.2
Condomless anal intercourse with male in the last three months
Yes	1099	37.1	N/A	N/A
No	2963	62.9	N/A	N/A
Condomless anal intercourse with male in the last six months
Yes	N/A	N/A	1286	57.8
No	N/A	N/A	938	42.2
Used condom during the last intercourse with male
Yes	1945	69.0	1383	68.7
No	873	31.0	630	31.3

^aFor HIV service data, 604 cases were not known their HIV testing records were excluded from analysis. The “Ever tested” in HIV service data presented the sample of the date of the last test was not available. For the change of the program data collection plan in 2013, No. of male partners in the last three months, condomless anal intercourse with a male in the last three months, and used a condom during the last intercourse with male information were not available

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