Table 1
Key epidemiological indicators across countries in sub-Saharan Africa
| Country | HIV population prevalence | Proportion of HIV discordant partnerships among all stable partnerships  | Proportion of HIV discordant partnerships among all stable partnerships with at least one HIV-infected individual  | Proportion of partnerships affected by HIV out of all stable partnerships  | Proportion of individuals engaged in a stable discordant partnership among the sexually active population  | Proportion of all HIV-infected individuals engaged in a stable discordant partnership  |
| Low-prevalence countries (%) | ||||||
| Senegal | 0.54 | 0.40 | 48.36 | 0.83 | 0.23 | 23.36 |
| Niger | 0.68 | 0.97 | 84.90 | 1.14 | 0.74 | 50.13 |
| Mali | 1.20 | 1.16 | 76.65 | 1.51 | 0.87 | 48.11 |
| Congo | 1.27 | 1.61 | 87.69 | 1.84 | 0.99 | 45.25 |
| Ethiopia | 1.43 | 1.80 | 85.50 | 2.11 | 1.09 | 50.12 |
| Sierra Leone | 1.47 | 1.71 | 78.45 | 2.18 | 1.18 | 40.70 |
| Liberia | 1.50 | 1.87 | 87.83 | 2.13 | 1.13 | 43.61 |
| Burkina Faso | 1.54 | 1.69 | 78.68 | 2.15 | 1.13 | 47.34 |
| Guinea | 1.57 | 1.55 | 80.71 | 1.92 | 1.07 | 50.30 |
| Ghana | 2.04 | 2.73 | 74.02 | 3.69 | 1.58 | 44.10 |
| Rwanda | 3.00 | 2.18 | 56.29 | 3.87 | 1.10 | 21.31 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 4.71 | 5.61 | 81.63 | 6.87 | 2.90 | 37.76 |
| Cameroon | 5.35 | 5.08 | 68.31 | 7.44 | 3.00 | 32.89 |
| Tanzania | 5.73 | 6.42 | 73.12 | 8.78 | 3.76 | 37.00 |
| Kenya | 6.36 | 5.95 | 66.07 | 9.01 | 3.26 | 28.27 |
| Mean | – | 2.72 | 75.21 | 3.70 | 1.60 | 40.02 |
| High prevalence countries (%) | ||||||
| Malawi | 11.74 | 9.33 | 57.93 | 16.11 | 6.29 | 32.39 |
| Zambia | 14.21 | 11.03 | 58.49 | 18.86 | 6.47 | 26.18 |
| Zimbabwe | 18.14 | 13.07 | 47.27 | 27.65 | 6.89 | 19.67 |
| Swaziland | 18.89 | 16.41 | 36.31 | 45.19 | 5.80 | 10.48 |
| Lesotho | 22.97 | 17.23 | 47.90 | 35.97 | 8.25 | 18.61 |
| Mean | – | 13.41 | 49.58 | 28.76 | 6.74 | 21.47 |
Countries are shown in order of increasing HIV prevalence.