Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Perspective
Effects of Sexual Network Connectivity and Antimicrobial Drug Use on Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
and Ilan S. Schwartz
Table 1
Number of partners of MSM and heterosexual men from Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom*
| Survey description | Sexual orientation of participants | Mean no. lifetime sex partners (95% CI or SD) | Median no. lifetime sex partners (IQR) | Mean (95% CI) or median no. recent sex partners† | Median no. recent sex partners (IQR)† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHR II‡ | MSM | 143.1 (95.7–190.6) | 22 (7–100) | 6.8 (5.1–8.5) | 1 (1–10) |
| Heterosexual men |
17.9 (17.1–18.7) |
8 |
1.4 (1.3–1.4) |
1 |
|
| NHANES§ | MSM | 26.9 (7.8) | 22 (4–100) | NA | NA |
| Heterosexual men |
14.8 (1.6) |
8 (3–20) |
NA |
NA |
|
| NATSAL II¶ | MSM | NA | NA | 24.1 | 4 |
| Heterosexual men | NA | NA | 3.8 | 1 |
*ASHR II, Australian Study of Health and Relationships II; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available; NATSAL, National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (United Kingdom); NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (United States).
†For ASHR and NHANES, recent refers to the previous 12 months; for NATSAL II, recent refers to the previous 5 years.
‡ASHR II is a nationally representative sample of adults 16–59 y in Australia. Data were collected during 2012–2013 (n = 20,094).
§NHANES is a nationally representative sample of civilian, noninstitutionalized adults 18–69 y in the United States. Data were collected during 2009–2012 (n = 13,374).
¶NATSAL is a national probability sample of adults 16–44 y in the United Kingdom. Data were collected during 2000 (n = 11,161).