Of them, 5,116 had experienced vaginal discharge – which is normal – and of them, 3.5 percent were positive for trichomoniasis.

Rates were higher in women from Black, Black British, Caribbean, or African backgrounds (5.2 percent), but lower in white women (3.4 percent).

Almost six percent (one in 16) of symptomatic women in the most deprived communities tested positive, compared with 1.4 percent in the wealthiest women.

When looking at women without vaginal discharge, 0.8 percent of white British women tested positive.

But twice as many women from Black, Black British, Caribbean, or African background (2 percent), and three times as many from a deprived area (2.7 percent) tested positive.

Rates of trichomoniasis in women studied were higher than gonorrhea – 3.5 percent compared to 0.6 percent.