Table 1.
CDC-funded HIV testing and linkage to HIV medical care among YMSM, aged 13–24 years, in non-health care settings, 2015.
| Demographic characteristics | HIV testing eventsa | HIV-positive YMSM | Newly diagnosed HIV-positive YMSMb | Linkage to HIV medical care within 90 daysc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (column %) | N (row %) | PR (95% CI) | N (row %) | PR (95% CI) | N (row %) | |
| Age groupsd | ||||||
| 13–17 years | 1325 (3.1) | 23 (1.7) | 0.49 (0.33−0.75) | 18 (1.3) | 0.52 (0.3−0.84) | 13 (72.2) |
| 18–24 years | 40,859 (96.9) | 1168 (2.9) | Referent | 865 (2.1) | Referent | 614 (71.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 12,955 (30.7) | 175 (1.4) | 0.24 (0.20−0.28) | 133 (1.0) | 0.25 (0.21−0.31) | 101 (75.9) |
| Black/African-American | 12,737 (30.2) | 707 (5.6) | Referent | 511 (4.0) | Referent | 343 (67.1) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12,091 (28.7) | 253 (2.1) | 0.37 (0.32−0.43) | 196 (1.6) | 0.40 (0.34−0.47) | 154 (78.6) |
| Total (all MSM 13–24 years)d | 42,184 | 1191 (2.8) | 883 (2.1) | 627 (71.0) | ||
a
HIV testing events were defined as tests for which a test result was reported.
b
YMSM who tested HIV-positive but did not report a previous positive test result and/or who had not been reported to a state’s surveillance system were categorized as newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons.
c
The denominator for the percentages for linkage is newly diagnosed HIV-positive YMSM.
d
Includes YMSM of all racial/ethnic backgrounds.