Prestage Garrett, Ferris Jason, Grierson Jeffrey, Thorpe Rachel, Zablotska Iryna, Imrie John, Smith Anthony, Grulich Andrew E
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Sex Health. 2008 Jun;5(2):97-102. doi: 10.1071/sh07080.
To assess the size, distribution and changes in the population of homosexual and bisexual men in Australia, and the capacity of available measures to make this estimation.
We used data from five sources: the Australian Study of Health and Relationships, the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, HIV Futures, the Health in Men cohort study, the Australian National HIV and AIDS Registries and the Australian Household Census.
We estimated that in 2001 there were approximately 74 000 homosexual and bisexual men in New South Wales (NSW), approximately 42 000 in Victoria and approximately 37 000 in Queensland. There was, however, some discrepancy between datasets in the estimates of the overall proportions and distribution of homosexual and bisexual men across states. We also estimated HIV prevalence rates among homosexual and bisexual men in 2001 at approximately 8% in NSW, 5% in Victoria and 4% in Queensland. There were insufficient data to estimate whether the state-specific populations of homosexual men were changing with time.
There are ~75% more homosexual and bisexual men in NSW than in Victoria and about twice as many as in Queensland. There are about two-thirds as many HIV-positive men in NSW as in Victoria and Queensland combined. Improved collection of population-based data on homosexuality are required.
评估澳大利亚男同性恋者和双性恋男性的人口规模、分布及变化情况，以及现有测量方法进行此类估计的能力。
我们使用了五个来源的数据：澳大利亚健康与关系研究、同性恋社区定期调查、艾滋病未来研究、男性健康队列研究、澳大利亚国家艾滋病毒和艾滋病登记处以及澳大利亚家庭普查。
我们估计，2001年新南威尔士州（NSW）约有74000名男同性恋者和双性恋男性，维多利亚州约有42000名，昆士兰州约有37000名。然而，不同数据集在各州男同性恋者和双性恋男性总体比例及分布的估计上存在一些差异。我们还估计，2001年新南威尔士州男同性恋者和双性恋男性中的艾滋病毒流行率约为8%，维多利亚州为5%，昆士兰州为4%。没有足够数据来估计各州男同性恋者人口数量是否随时间变化。
新南威尔士州的男同性恋者和双性恋男性比维多利亚州多约75%，约为昆士兰州的两倍。新南威尔士州艾滋病毒呈阳性的男性数量约为维多利亚州和昆士兰州总和的三分之二。需要改进基于人群的同性恋数据收集工作。
