Table 3

HIV testing by year of survey and age of respondents (N  =  8305)

Year of survey
1996199920002002a2002b20032005
N  =  2097N  =  2125N  =  652N  =  1468N  =  262N  =  230N  =  1471
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Age group
<25 Years
    Recent HIV test*161 (33.9)127 (26.5)57 (32.9)118 (26.9)33 (40.2)22 (51.1)137 (34.2)
    Last tested >1–5 years ago40 (8.4)49 (10.2)12 (6.9)50 (11.4)4 (4.9)3 (7.0)31 (7.8)
    Last tested 6+ years ago4 (0.8)3 (0.6)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)6 (1.5)
    Never had HIV test270 (56.8)300 (62.6)104 (60.1)270 (61.6)45 (54.9)18 (41.9)226 (56.5)
25–34 Years
    Recent HIV test*300 (29.7)245 (26.0)71 (27.0)155 (27.3)37 (38.5)32 (41.6)202 (41.4)
    Last tested >1–5 years ago179 (17.7)194 (20.6)66 (25.1)131 (23.1)20 (20.8)17 (22.1)78 (16.0)
    Last tested 6+ years ago68 (6.7)62 (6.6)17 (6.5)43 (7.6)7 (7.3)7 (9.1)27 (5.5)
    Never had HIV test463 (45.8)441 (46.8)109 (41.4)238 (42.0)32 (33.3)21 (27.3)181 (37.1)
35–44 Years
    Recent HIV test*102 (22.4)102 (20.2)38 (23.6)76 (20.8)18 (28.6)30 (39.0)106 (26.0)
    Last tested >1–5 years ago74 (16.3)109 (21.6)29 (18.0)84 (23.0)15 (23.8)16 (20.8)86 (21.1)
    Last tested 6+ years ago47 (10.3)60 (11.9)24 (14.9)58 (15.8)11 (17.5)16 (20.8)74 (18.2)
    Never had HIV test232 (51.0)233 (46.2)70 (43.5)148 (40.4)19 (30.2)15 (19.5)141 (34.6)
>44 Years
    Recent HIV test*32 (20.4)37 (18.5)9 (16.4)20 (20.6)7 (33.3)9 (27.3)43 (24.4)
    Last tested >1–5 years ago25 (15.9)30 (15.0)5 (9.1)15 (15.5)2 (9.5)8 (24.2)26 (14.8)
    Last tested 6+ years ago10 (6.4)31 (15.5)13 (23.6)16 (16.5)4 (19.0)4 (12.1)34 (19.3)
    Never had HIV test90 (57.3)102 (51.0)28 (50.9)46 (47.4)8 (38.1)12 (36.4)73 (41.5)
Total
    Recent HIV test*595 (28.4)511 (24.0)175 (26.8)369 (25.1)95 (36.3)93 (40.4)488 (33.2)
    Last tested >1–5 years ago318 (15.2)382 (18.0)112 (17.2)280 (19.1)41 (15.6)44 (19.1)221 (15.0)
    Last tested 6+ years ago129 (6.2)156 (7.3)54 (8.3)117 (8.0)22 (8.4)27 (11.7)141 (9.6)
    Never had HIV test1055 (50.3)1076 (50.6)311 (47.7)702 (47.8)104 (39.7)66 (28.7)621 (42.2)
    AOR† of having recently had HIV test (95% CI)10.81 (0.71 to 0.93)0.94 (0.77 to 1.15)0.85 (0.73 to 0.99)1.45 (1.11 to 1.91)1.87 (1.41 to 2.48)1.31 (1.13 to 1.52)
  • *Recent HIV testing includes all men tested in the calendar year of the survey and the calendar year before the survey (eg, for the 2005 survey, all men tested in 2004 and 2005 are included in the recent testers category). †Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of having had a recent HIV test by year of survey, adjusted for age.