Table 1

Risk population size as a percentage of the total number of adult males or females (aged 15–49), expressed as a range for those countries that have conducted MOT within each region

Southern AfricaEast AfricaWest AfricaMiddle East and North AfricaAsia*Latin America and Caribbean
Injecting drug use
 Men0–0.70.02–0.140.09–0.50.19–1.140.02–0.440.02–0.07
 Women0–0.20–0.40.02–0.050.003–0.020.0–0.07
Female sex workers0.4–2.00.5–2.30.6–1.00.38–0.750.37–0.40.7–3.1
Sex worker clients3.0–13.22.9–4.02.9–176.7–7.55–5.64.1–15.8
Men having sex with men0.1–4.00.1–1.00.1–0.80.5–2.31.53–32.0–6.0
Transgender†0.18
Multiple heterosexual relations
 Men14–3826–4014–434.5–106.9–1015.3–33.5
 Women1.6–171.9–186–261.5–2.40.9–10.6–16.7
Stable relationships
 Men20–4225–4210–3362–7743–8721.5–57.8
 Women24–5329–5034–5454–8049–5234.9–60.3
  • *Based on data from Myanmar and Philippines.

  • †Based on data from Nicaragua.

  • MOT, modes of transmission.