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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, policy makers, civil servants and other researchers.

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

NO <em>Gay Men's Sex Survey</em> in 2009NO Gay Men's Sex Survey in 2009
There will be no GMSS in 2009 - instead we will be catching up with 2007 and 2008 data outputs, running seminars and piloting new methods for 2010.

Learn more about why not

Views on criminal prosecutionsViews on criminal prosecutions
This report uses GMSS data to examine the views of gay and bisexual men on criminal prosecutions for sexual HIV transmission. News item on report

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

GMSS feedback to participantsGMSS feedback to participants
A recent GMSS feedback report, published in Boyz and outnorthwest, which covers findings about smoking, drinking and drug taking.

All community feedback reports

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