Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the general population in Germany – a triangulation of data from two population-based health surveys and a laboratory sentinel system

Table 2 Weighted chlamydia prevalence estimates in adult women and men (18–79 years), based on data from health examination survey of adults in Germany (DEGS1, 2008–11)

		All participants			Participants sexually active in the last 12 months^b
Sex	Age groups (years)	Positive participants/ all participants (n/N)	Weighted point estimate (%)	95% confidence interval (%)	Positive participants/ all participants (n/N)	Weighted point estimate (%)	95% confidence interval (%)
Women	18–24	7/290	2.3	1.0–5.3	7/229	3.1	1.3–7.0
	25–29	4/224	1.2	0.4–3.5	3/192	0.9	0.3–3.2
	30–34	2/181	1.5	0.3–7.2	2/158	1.7	0.3–8.4
	35–39	0/228			0/194
	40–44	1/296	0.8	0.1–5.3	1/259	0.9	0.1–5.9
	45–49	2/357	0.6	0.1–3.0	2/306	0.7	0.1–3.7
	50–54	2/409	0.3	0.1–1.3	2/312	0.4	0.1–1.8
	55–59	1/325	0.3	0.0–1.9	1/226	0.4	0.1–2.8
	60–64	1/337	1.0	0.1–6.8	1/186	1.9	0.3–12.1
	≥ 65	1/888	0.0	0.0–0.4	1/324	0.1	0.0–1.0
	*Total*	21/3,535	0.7	0.4–1.2	20/2,386	1.0	0.6–1.6
Men	18–24	6/299	1.9	0.8–4.2	5/230	2.2	0.9–5.2
	25–29	9/197	3.5	1.6–7.7	8/169	3.3	1.3–7.8
	30–34	2/183	2.1	0.5–8.4	2/159	2.5	0.6–9.7
	35–39	2/205	1.0	0.2–4.0	2/185	1.1	0.3–4.6
	40–44	2/261	1.1	0.3–4.5	1/225	0.8	0.1–5.6
	45–49	0/316			0/269
	50–54	2/323	0.7	0.2–2.7	2/279	0.8	0.2–3.2
	55–59	1/294	0.2	0.0–1.1	1/241	0.2	0.0–1.3
	60–64	0/299			0/235
	≥ 65	2/887	0.2	0.0–1.3	0/516
	*Total*	26/3,264	1.0	0.6–1.5	21/2,508	1.0	0.6–1.7

^b Information on sexual activity missing for 98 women (all negative for chlamydia) and 142 men (2 positive for chlamydia)

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