Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of people living with HIV at the Bafoussam Regional Hospital, Cameroon in 2021; age and level of education of HIV-positive patients according to gender.
| Parameter | Category | Frequency | Percentage | Gender | |
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| Female n (%) | Male n (%) | ||||
| Gender | Female | 431 | 73.67 | ||
| Male | 154 | 26.32 | |||
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| Age group (years) | ≤ 20 | 33 | 5.64 | 19 (57.6) | 14 (42.4) |
| 21–30 | 67 | 11.45 | 64 (95.5) | 3 (4.5) | |
| 31–40 | 124 | 21.19 | 100 (80.6) | 24 (19.4) | |
| 41–50 | 178 | 30.42 | 133 (74.7) | 45 (25.3) | |
| 51–60 | 132 | 22.56 | 86 (65.2) | 46 (34.8) | |
| > 60 | 51 | 8.71 | 29 (56.9) | 22 (43.1) | |
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| Marital status | Single | 135 | 23.07 | ||
| Divorced | 32 | 5,47 | |||
| Married | 310 | 53 | |||
| Widow/widower | 108 | 18.46 | |||
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| Level of education | Analphabetic | 51 | 8.71 | 45 (88.2) | 6 (11.8) |
| Primary | 214 | 36.58 | 164 (76.6) | 50 (23.4) | |
| Secondary | 275 | 47 | 197 (71.6) | 78 (28.4) | |
| University | 45 | 7.69 | 25 (55.6) | 22 (43.1) | |