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13.4 ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING SYPHILIS\Figure 13.4a Prevalence of syphilis among women and men aged 15-64 years bynumber of lifetime sexual partners, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Syphilis Prevalence (Weighted %)864201.30.20 0.35 0.87No partner/never had sex1 Lifetimepartner1.71.22-3 Lifetimepartners3.5Women2.74+ LifetimepartnersMen1.6 1.7TotalLifetime Sexual PartnersFigure 13.4a The prevalence of syphilis significantly increased with increasingnumbers of lifetime sexual partners.“Total” category includes only those women and men for whom sexual partner data were available.Overall, number of lifetime partners was significantly associated with prevalence of syphilis.Thenumber of lifetime sexual partners a person has had may give some indication of their exposureto syphilis and other <strong>STI</strong>s. Among women, the prevalence of syphilis rose from 0.20% amongthose with no sexual partners to 3.6% among those with four or more partners. Among men,prevalence rose from 0.35% among those with no partners to 2.7% among those with four or morepartners. The non‐zero prevalence among those with no lifetime sexual partners may be explainedby misreported sexual activity or false positive test results.Please note that consistent with other chapters, the information presented here is not adjusted forother factors, including age.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 236

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