Table 2
National sentinel surveillance of HIV/AIDS among selected populations in China, 1995–2002
| October 1995 | October 1998 | October 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data were abstracted from Ministry of Health.7,20 | ||||
| Median values of 0 indicated that >50% of sites did not identify any infected people. | ||||
| Sites with >1 positive HIV test/surveillance sites | 1/8 | 11/19 | 29/36 | |
| Positive people/people tested (%) | 1/2652 (0.04) | 285/5536 (5.2) | 570/9713 (5.9) | |
| Prevalence at sites (per 100 people) | ||||
| Lowest/median/highest | 0/0/0.25 | 0/0.3/82.2 | 0/2.5/80.0 | |
| Among commercial sex workers | ||||
| Sites with >1 positive HIV test/surveillance sites | 1/12 | 4/21 | 4/31 | |
| Positive people/people tested (%) | 1/3160 (0.03) | 29/5052 (0.57) | 103/7507 (1.37) | |
| Prevalence at sites (per 100 people) | ||||
| Lowest/median/highest | 0/0/0.3 | 0/0/4.5 | 0/0/15.9 | |
| Among STD patients | ||||
| Sites with >1 positive HIV test/surveillance sites | 1/15 | 5/35 | 16/56 | |
| Positive people/people tested (%) | 1/4734 (0.02) | 8/10 441(0.08) | 26/10 070 (0.26) | |
| Prevalence at sites (per 100 people) | ||||
| Lowest/median/highest | 0/0/0.3 | 0/0/0.7 | 0/0/2.5 | |
