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Vital Statistics - The Gay Men's Sex Survey

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This website provides a single point of access to data from the Gay Men’s Sex Survey (GMSS) also known as Vital Statistics. It is intended to help those people involved in HIV health promotion including NHS commissioners and providers of services, policy makers, civil servants and other researchers.

<em>Gay Men's Sex Survey</em> 2007 reportGay Men's Sex Survey 2007 report
Find here our final report for GMSS 2007 which reports on sexual risk behaviour, HIV prevention needs and intervention uptake amog 6205 men.

All annual GMSS reports

GMSS feedback to participantsGMSS feedback to participants
A new GMSS feedback report, published in Boyz and outnorthwest, which covers findings about HIV testing and use of clinical sexual health services.

All community feedback reports

Problems with alcohol and drugsProblems with alcohol and drugs
This report uses GMSS 2007 data and qualitative interviews to examine problematic alcohol and drug use among gay and bisexual men.

More about the project

Briefing on targeting by ethnicityBriefing on targeting by ethnicity
This briefing is part of a series on key target groups for HIV prevention. It examines variation in GMSS findings by ethnicity and recommends targeting black and Asian gay men.

Views on criminal prosecutionsViews on criminal prosecutions
This report uses GMSS 2006 data to examine gay and bisexual men's views on criminal prosecutions for sexual HIV transmission.

News item on report

Briefing on targeting by ageBriefing on targeting by age
This briefing is part of a series on key target groups for HIV prevention. It examines variation in GMSS findings by age and recommends targeting young gay men.