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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 annual Gay Men’s Sex Survey also known as Vital Statistics. It is intended to help all those people involved in HIV health promotion including NHS commissioners and providers, policy makers, civil servants and other researchers.

GMSS 2008: online nowGMSS 2008: online now
GMSS 2008 is available to complete online now and via booklets distributed by health promoters across England and Wales.

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GMSS 2007: local dataGMSS 2007: local data
First results from GMSS 2007 are available here to assist with the commissioning and planning of HIV prevention across the UK.

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GMSS feedback to participantsGMSS feedback to participants
Our latest gay community feedback report was recently published in Boyz. It summarised findings about smoking, drinking and drug taking.

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GMSS 2006: <em>Multiple chances</em>GMSS 2006: Multiple chances
This final report from the 2006 Gay Men's Sex Survey includes 12,155 gay and bisexual men living in the UK. The survey involved 107 collaborating agencies.

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Key target groupsKey target groups
Find here Briefing Sheets on the needs of key target groups among the population of gay and bisexual men.

Key health need areasKey health need areas
Find here Briefing Sheets on key health behaviours and needs among gay and bisexual men (including drug use, alcohol use, STIs).