n

Life time sex partnersa

Concurrency prevalencea

Syphilis prevalence/incidenceb

South Africa-black ethnic groups

Sotho

209

5.3

13.7

8.6

Zulu

89

4.1

27.1

11.2

Xhosa

357

4.1

22.6

11.7

Tswana

458

5.3

18.4

9.8

Tsonga

28

4.3

22

14.3

Other

40

4.6

28.9

17.5

r = −0.44, P = 0.37

r = 0.77, P = 0.07

South Africa-racial groups

Coloured

348

8.2

6.5

6.3

Black

2237

16.0

9.2

8.3

White

156

4.9

2.0

0.4

Asian

282

9.4

1.4

1.2

r = 0.77, P = 0.22

r = 0.98, P = 0.01

USA

Men

Non Hispanic White

866

3.1

1.8

Non Hispanic Black

164

11.3

106.7

Hispanic

109

8.9

10.3

r = 0.26, P = 0.83

Women

Non Hispanic White

1003

1.3

1.3

Non Hispanic Black

259

3.7

87.8

Hispanic

161

4.9

7

r = 0.76, P = 0.45