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Table 1 Percentage of sexually active young people in the sexual activity survey, estimated target population and response rate stratified by age and gender

From: Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection among young men and women in Spain

			Women								Men
			Sexual activity survey				Prevalence survey				Sexual activity survey				Prevalence survey
Age	Census₁	RD ₂	SA ₃	SA% ₅(CI₄95%)	Target population₆	RD	Response rate % ₇	Age	Census	RD	SA	SA% (CI³95%)	Target population	RD	Response rate %
15	44	35	4	11.4	5	3	60	15	44	26	4	15.3	7	4	59
16	42	41	21	51.2	22	12	56	16	50	41	17	41.4	21	12	58
17	42	36	23	63.9	27	21	78	17	44	25	13	52	23	8	35
18	55	30	25	83.3	46	25	55	18	62	27	22	81.4	51	22	44
19	54	30	27	90	49	27	56	19	65	36	32	88.8	58	31	54
20	71	48	47	97.9	70	47	68	20	50	27	26	96.2	48	26	54
21	54	33	31	93.9	51	30	59	21	50	25	23	92	46	23	50
22	51	27	26	96.3	49	26	53	22	56	23	23	100	56	23	41
23	72	44	44	100	72	44	61	23	63	33	33	100	63	33	52
24	34	44	44	100	34	42	124	24	45	29	28	96.5	43	28	64
Age group								Age group
15-19	237	172	100	58.1	138	88	63.9	15-19	265	155	88	56.7	150	77	51.2
				(50.4-65.8)								(48.6-64.8)
20-24	282	196	192	97.9	276	189	68.4	20-24	264	137	133	97	256	133	51.9
				(94.8-99.4)								(92.6-99.1)
15-24	519	368	292	79.3	412	277	67.2	15-24	529	292	221	75.7	400	210	52.4
				(75.1-83.6)								( 70.6-80.8)
Women and Men
			Sexual activity survey				Prevalence survey
Age group	Census	RD	SA	SA% (CI 95%)	Target population	RD	Response rate %
15-24	1048	660	513	77.7	815	487	59.8
				(74.7-80.9)

1 Census: population data that referred to a point halfway through the study period (31st May 2011); 2 RD: Responders; 3 SA: Sexually active; 4 CI: confidence interval; 5 SA%: Rate of sexually active youth in the Sexual activity survey; 6 Target population: estimated sexually active population in the Census; 7 Response rate %: Rate between sexually active young people who underwent the CT test and the target population.

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