| Age group | Masaka | Manicaland | Umkhanyakude | Rakai | ||||||||
| 1998–1999 | 2005–2006 | 1998–2000 | 2001–2003 | 2003–2005 | 2003–2004 | 1999–2000 | 2000–2001 | 2001–2002 | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2005–2006 | |
| Men | ||||||||||||
| 15–24 | 25.3 | 13.6 | 77.0 | 34.6 | 31.6 | 29.0 | 65.1 | 67.4 | 68.6 | 65.7 | 65.9 | 58.5 |
| 25–34 | 56.0 | 69.4 | 87.0 | 72.4 | 83.2 | 83.0 | 93.4 | 94.4 | 94.2 | 92.6 | 93.2 | 94.3 |
| 35–44 | 54.4 | 67.2 | 90.0 | 90.6 | 90.8 | 90.0 | 96.4 | 97.1 | 97.7 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 96.5 |
| 45–54 | 47.4 | 67.9 | 89.4 | 89.8 | 90.3 | 91.0 | 98.5 | 97.2 | 98.2 | 96.8 | 97.7 | 97.9 |
| 55+ | 38.4 | 52.6 | – | – | – | – | 98.7 | 98.1 | 99.2 | – | – | – |
| N | 1595 | 2448 | 4281 | 3362 | 6491 | 6245 | 6603 | 6346 | 7213 | 5113 | 4804 | 5654 |
| Women | ||||||||||||
| 15–24 | 14.2 | 8.6 | 25.7 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 16.0 | 52.4 | 52.4 | 56.1 | 52.7 | 54.6 | 54.3 |
| 25–34 | 39.9 | 30.6 | 33.9 | 30.4 | 33.8 | 56.0 | 75.5 | 74.4 | 77.2 | 75.6 | 74.9 | 75.9 |
| 35–44 | 42.1 | 42.6 | 24.0 | 24.8 | 32.4 | 59.0 | 79.3 | 80.0 | 80.7 | 80.9 | 80.0 | 82.9 |
| 45–54 | 31.0 | 41.6 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 23.0 | 55.0 | 77.3 | 79.1 | 82.1 | 79.8 | 82.1 | 82.5 |
| 55+ | 14.0 | 25.7 | – | – | – | – | 67.9 | 60.9 | 66.7 | – | – | – |
| N | 1976 | 3313 | 5249 | 4848 | 9775 | 11922 | 8489 | 8263 | 9073 | 6929 | 7076 | 8103 |
Age ranges: Masaka: males and females 13 years and over. Manicaland: males 17–54 years, females 15–44 years, extended to 15–54 years for males and females in the third survey. Umkhanyakude: males 15–54 years and females 15–49 years. Rakai: males and females 15 years and over.