Characteristics of patients tested for HIV according to region of origin
| Spain No (%) | Western Europe No (%) | Central and Eastern Europe No (%) | Latin America No (%) | Sub-Sahara Africa No (%) | Northern Africa No (%) | Other countries No (%) | Total No (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) as compared with patients of Spanish origin. | ||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 3834 (63.4) | 143 (55.9)* | 60 (34.3)* | 266 (13.0)* | 66 (55.4) | 56 (44.8)* | 41 (50.6)* | 4466 (50.4) |
| Women | 2217 (36.6) | 113 (44.1) | 115 (65.7) | 1788 (87.0) | 53 (44.5) | 69 (55.2) | 40 (49.4) | 4395 (49.6) |
| Age (mean±SD) (years) | ||||||||
| Men | 31.9 ± 9.9 | 29.7 ± 8.2* | 30.1 ± 7.8 | 30.1 ± 7.7* | 29.8 ± 7.6 | 29.1 ± 7.3* | 31.4 ± 8.7 | 31.2 ± 8.9 |
| Women | 29.6 ± 8.6 | 27.4 ± 6.6* | 25.7 ± 5.3* | 28.8 ± 7.0* | 26.4 ± 5.9* | 30.2 ± 8.3 | 25.5 ± 5.2* | 29.2 ± 7.7 |
| Exposure categories | ||||||||
| Injecting drug users | 254 (4.2) | 11 (4.3) | 19 (10.9)* | 8 (0.4)* | 0 (0)* | 3 (2.4)* | 0 (0)* | 295 (3.3) |
| Men who have sex with men | 1310 (21.6) | 44 (17.2) | 7 (4.0) | 127 (6.2) | 6 (5.0) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (12.3) | 1505 (17.0) |
| Female sex workers | 331 (5.5) | 18 (7.0) | 77 (44.0) | 1604 (78.1) | 37 (31.1) | 50 (40.0) | 11 (13.6) | 2128 (24.0) |
| Heterosexual men | 2182 (36.1) | 86 (33.6) | 40 (22.9) | 133 (6.5) | 56 (47.1) | 52 (41.6) | 29 (35.8) | 2578 (29.1) |
| Heterosexual women | 1723 (28.5) | 90 (35.2) | 30 (17.1) | 167 (8.1) | 16 (13.4) | 17 (13.6) | 29 (35.8) | 2072 (23.4) |
| Others | 251 (4.1) | 7 (2.7) | 2 (1.1) | 15 (0.7) | 4 (3.4) | 2 (1.6) | 2 (2.5) | 283 (3.2) |
| Previous HIV test in the clinic | ||||||||
| Yes | 1695 (28.0) | 37 (14.5)* | 38 (21.7) | 572 (27.8) | 14 (11.8)* | 38 (30.4) | 13 (16.0)* | 2407 (27.2) |
| No | 4356 (72.0) | 219 (85.5) | 137 (78.3) | 1482 (72.2) | 105 (88.2) | 87 (69.6) | 68 (84.0) | 6454 (72.8) |
| Total | 6051 (100.0) | 256 (100.0) | 175 (100.0) | 2054 (100.0) | 119 (100.0) | 125 (100.0) | 81 (100.0) | 8861 100.0) |