Fig 1.
Number of attendances and consultations (A) and gonorrhoea diagnoses (B) at sexual health services by gender identity, England, 2023.
A. Attendances and consultations at sexual health services by gender identity. B. Gonorrhoea diagnoses at sexual health services by gender identity. Data source: Routine sexual health services’ submissions to the GUMCAD Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance System. Note: Gender identity was reported by 91% (219/241) sexual health services in England in 2023, representing 88% of the overall number of attendances or consultations at sexual health services in 2023.
Cisgender people are those for whom their gender identity is the same as the sex registered at birth. Gender diverse is defined as identifying as non-binary or in any other way.
Fig 2.
Number of attendances and sexual health screens (A), and gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses (B) at sexual health services by the numbers of recent sex partners (last 3 months), by gender identity and sexual orientation group, England, 2023.
A. Attendances and screens at sexual health services by the numbers of recent sex partners. B. Gonorrhoea diagnoses at sexual health services by the numbers of recent sex partners. Different scales are used on the y-axes of each of the graphs above. Data source: Routine sexual health services’ submissions to the GUMCAD Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance System. WSM – women who have sex with men; MSW – men who have sex with women (exclusively); GBMSM – gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men; WSW – women who have sex with women (exclusively). In this figure, ‘women’ refers to both cisgender and transgender women, and ‘men’ refers to both cisgender and transgender men. Note: The number of recent sex partners was reported by 88% (206/235) of sexual health services (SHS) in England in 2023. Therefore, the graphs above only include data from the equivalent 88% of SHS – so the numbers of consultations, sexual health screens (tests for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis or HIV), gonorrhoea diagnosis and infectious syphilis diagnoses are lower than the overall total.