Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for first time in a decade

Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by creata on Saturday February 12, 2022 @02:39AM (#30310747)

> "Around 1.7% of males identified themselves as gay or lesbian in 2017"

Another page on the same website says that "Between 2018 and 2019, the number of men identifying as LGB increased from 2.5% to 2.9%", so maybe 0.0145 is a better number than 0.0085?

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/cultural...

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by cato_the_elder on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:00AM (#30310849)

Yes, the ones you found are more up-to-date, and the more recent numbers probably suffer less from the closeted people/stigma bias. Also, as cuteboy19 pointed out, my number excludes the bisexuals. Unfortunately, I can't edit my comment.

I still think the overall point remains valid though.

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by shawabawa3 on Saturday February 12, 2022 @02:53AM (#30310814)

I'm confused, why you are both halving that statistic?

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by cato_the_elder on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:06AM (#30310887)

Because what we have is:

  # of gays / # of males

but what we want is:

  # of gays / the whole population

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