Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

13.9 REPORTS OF RECENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSDuring the survey, women and men who had ever had sex were asked whether they had an STI in12 months prior to the survey. Table 13.15 shows the percentage of men and women who have ever hadsex who had an STI and associated symptoms. The data show that overall, 6 percent of women and8 percent of men reported that they had either an STI or one of the STI symptoms in the past 12 months.Three percent of women and 5 percent of men reported having had an STI; 3 percent of women and 4percent of men reported having had a genital discharge, and 4 percent of women and 5 percent of menreported having had a genital sore or ulcer. Women in urban areas, those living in Lusaka, Southern, andWestern provinces, and women with secondary or higher education are more likely to report having hadan STI or STI symptoms. There are also variations in the reporting of STIs among men. Men in urbanareas, Copperbelt, Lusaka, and Southern and those with less than higher education are slightly more likelyto report an STI or STI symptoms than other men (Figure 13.2).Table 13.15 Self-reporting of sexually transmitted infections and STI symptomsAmong women and men who ever had sex, percentage who report having an STI and/or associated symptoms in the 12months preceding the survey, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Percentage of women with:Percentage of men with:–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––An STI/An STI/Genital discharge/ Number Genital discharge/ NumberBackground Genital sore/ genital of Genital sore/ genital ofcharacteristic An STI discharge ulcer sore/ulcer women An STI discharge ulcer sore/ulcer men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 1.8 3.2 3.8 5.8 1,038 2.1 3.6 3.4 5.6 29120-24 3.6 3.1 4.7 7.5 1,567 8.2 8.2 7.1 12.3 31925-29 4.0 2.6 5.1 7.2 1,346 6.5 5.3 8.4 10.6 35630-39 2.3 2.9 3.1 5.4 1,732 5.2 4.4 6.1 9.5 52040-49 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.8 1,069 3.4 1.4 2.1 4.2 28650-59 na na na na na 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 171ResidenceUrban 3.5 3.1 4.7 7.2 2,621 7.3 7.2 7.2 10.9 793Rural 2.2 2.5 3.2 5.1 4,130 3.0 2.2 3.8 6.0 1,150ProvinceCentral 1.7 2.4 4.2 6.1 494 3.6 3.2 3.2 5.7 148Copperbelt 2.5 2.1 5.1 6.4 1,301 6.1 5.3 6.1 8.9 415Eastern 1.2 1.5 1.6 3.2 841 2.1 3.8 3.0 6.0 246Luapula 1.5 0.9 1.5 2.2 534 3.7 2.5 3.1 5.5 149Lusaka 4.6 4.3 5.4 8.6 997 5.9 8.2 8.6 12.3 289Northern 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.8 896 2.5 3.2 4.6 6.8 250North-Western 2.0 1.2 1.2 2.7 324 3.3 1.4 1.4 3.3 83Southern 4.4 4.4 5.2 8.6 737 8.7 2.7 6.0 10.4 207Western 4.5 5.7 5.2 9.9 628 4.1 2.8 5.5 6.9 156EducationNo education 1.4 2.0 2.1 3.3 875 2.7 4.9 5.6 8.3 97Primary 2.8 2.8 3.9 6.0 3,989 4.9 4.3 5.8 7.9 975Secondary 3.0 3.1 4.3 7.0 1,679 5.1 4.6 5.0 8.7 745Higher 3.9 3.4 4.1 6.4 208 3.0 1.3 1.4 4.0 126Total 2.7 2.8 3.8 5.9 6,751 4.7 4.2 5.2 8.0 1,943–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––na = Not applicable216 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour