The Moral of the Story Is....
Today at work I had to sit through a presentation about disease transmission. Topics covered included high risk behavior and its effect on transmission rates of various diseases, how to physically assess a patient for communicable disease, and how to identify various gang tattoos. My job is complicated.
So, for your education, a highlight of the presentation.
So, for your education, a highlight of the presentation.
Sex Act/ Relative Risk of Acquiring HIV
Insertive Fellatio (giver) = 1
Receptive Fellatio (receiver) = 2
Insertive Vaginal Sex (giver) = 10
Receptive Vaginal Sex (receiver) = 20
Insertive Anal Sex (giver) = 13
Receptive Anal Sex (receiver) = 100
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Condom Use:
Yes = 1
No = 20
The risks are almost double for the receptive partner than that of the insertive.
Finally a study proving once and for all that 'tis better to give, than to receive.
Labels: Public Health, Work
posted by mance01 @ 13:41
3 Comments:
I did not find this post easy to understand.
Also, are those risks percentages, or odds - because odds are given as a fraction of one, which would mean "Insertive Fellatio" guarantees the giver gets HIV, and makes all your other stats meaningless.
Ok, so, I assume it's percentages, but you should make it more clear ;)
It's relative risk...the probability of the event occurring in the exposed group versus the control. Look it up on Wikipedia..very easy to understand...especially for a math guy. :)
Also, I think it lost a lot in the formatting. I had the numbers and everything all spread out, but stupid blogger kept bunching them up together.
Stupid blogger.
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