HIV prevalence rates for the attendees tested in sentinel surveillance programme, 1998–2002
| Characteristics | Antenatal clinic attendees | STD clinic attendees | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV reactive | p Value | Men | Women | Men/women ratio (95% CI) | p Value§ | ||||
| % | (No)* | % | (No) | % | (No) | ||||
| *Number of attendees. | |||||||||
| †Among the antenatal clinic attendees, the majority of the occupations stated are those of the spouses with only occasional women having in that occupation. | |||||||||
| p Value >0.05 (ns† = not significant) in all the characteristics (χ2 test used). | |||||||||
| ††Men/women ratio (95% CI) couldn’t be calculated. | |||||||||
| §p Value for test between sexes (χ2test used). | |||||||||
| Age groups (years) | |||||||||
| 15–19 | 0.3 | (383) | ns† | 1.8 | (113) | 0 | (57) | −†† | ns |
| 20–29 | 0.3 | (4171) | ns | 2.5 | (756) | 0.9 | (639) | 2.68 (1.1 to 6.7) | 0.0272 |
| 30–44 | 0.2 | (630) | ns | 2.8 | (432) | 1.3 | (547) | 2.80 (1.1 to 6.9) | ns |
| >45 | 0 | (16) | ns | 1.5 | (132) | 0 | (57) | − | ns |
| Sentinel year | |||||||||
| Feb-Mar 1998 | 0 | (400) | ns | ||||||
| Aug-Oct 1998 | 0 | (400) | ns | 3.3 | (211) | 3.1 | (32) | 1.06 (0.1 to 0.3) | ns |
| Aug-Oct 1999 | 0 | (400) | ns | 5.7 | (123) | 0 | (10) | − | ns |
| Aug-Oct 2000 | 0.08 | (1200) | ns | 2.2 | (274) | 2.3 | (221) | 0.97 (0.3 to 3.1) | ns |
| Aug-Oct 2001 | 0.4 | (1200) | ns | 1.5 | (410) | 0.7 | (454) | 2.21 (0.6 to 8.8) | ns |
| Aug-Oct 2002 | 0.6 | (1600) | ns | 2.2 | (415) | 0.7 | (578) | 3.13 (1.0 to 10.1) | 0.0434 |
| Residence | (2001–2) | (2000–2) | |||||||
| Urban | 0.4 | (1573) | ns | 1.0 | (543) | 1.0 | (659) | 0.87 (0.3 to 2.7) | ns |
| Rural | 0.7 | (1227) | ns | 2.5 | (515) | 1.2 | (630) | 1.99 (0.8 to 4.8) | ns |
| Population | (2001–2) | (2002) | |||||||
| Migrant | 0.9 | (224) | ns | 0 | (23) | 0 | (41) | − | ns |
| Non-migrant | 0.5 | (2576) | ns | 2.3 | (392) | 0.7 | (537) | 3.08 (1.0 to 9.9) | 0.0469 |
| Literacy status | (2001–2) | (2002) | 2002 | ||||||
| Lliterate | 0.5 | (859) | ns | 0 | (88) | 0.9 | (220) | − | ns |
| Literate till 5th grade | 0.6 | (524) | ns | 3.1 | (65) | 0.9 | (114) | 3.51 (0.3 to 37.9) | ns |
| Literate till 12th grade | 0.5 | (1173) | ns | 2.1 | (193) | 0.5 | (184) | 3.81 (0.4 to 33.8) | ns |
| Graduation not done | 0.4 | (244) | ns | 4.3 | (69) | 0 | (60) | − | ns |
| Occupation of spouses† | (2001–2) | (2002) | |||||||
| Business | 0.4 | (435) | ns | 1.8 | (56) | − | ns | ||
| Industrial and factory workers | 0.3 | (325) | ns | 3.0 | (33) | 20.0 | (5) | 0.15 (0.0 to 2.1) | ns |
| Service | 0.2 | (539) | ns | 1.1 | (94) | 0 | (29) | − | ns |
| Agriculture and unskilled workers | 0.7 | (1241) | ns | 1.3 | (153) | 0 | (10) | − | ns |
| Truck/auto/taxi driver | 0.6 | (160) | ns | 16.7 | (18) | 0 | (1) | − | ns |
| Hotel staff | 0 | (6) | ns | 0 | (1) | − | ns | ||
| Unemployed | 0 | (60) | ns | 0 | (15) | 0.6 | (522) | − | ns |
| Students | 0 | (34) | ns | 2.2 | (45) | 0 | (11) | − | ns |
| Syndrome | |||||||||
| Genital ulcer | 2.5 | (403) | 2.7 | (148) | 0.92 (0.3 to 2.9) | ns | |||
| Urethral/cervical discharge | 1.0 | (511) | 0.9 | (1043) | 1.13 (0.4 to 3.4) | ns | |||
| Genital ulcer and discharge | 3.4 | (59) | 1.5 | (66) | 2.24 (0.2 to 24.0) | ns | |||
| Genital warts | 2.4 | (85) | 0 | (32) | − | ns | |||