Table 2.
HIV prevalence in the general population (15–49 years), 2003–2004
| Characteristic | Total N (%) | HIV % (95% CI) | HIV % (95% CI) | ||
| Overall HIV prevalence | 1698 (85%) | 1.8 (1.2–2.6) | - | - | |
| Men-N (%) | Women-N (%) | ||||
| Crude HIV prevalence | 1698 | 764 | 2.0 (1.1–3.3) | 934 | 1.6 (0.9–2.7) |
| Adjusted HIV prevalence § | 1.8 (1.8–1.9) | 1.5 (1.4–1.5) | |||
| Area | |||||
| Remote | 730 (43.0) | 361 (47.3) | 0.8 (0.2–2.2) | 369 (39.5) | 0.5 (0.1–1.8) |
| Rural | 968 (57.0) | 403 (52.8) | 3.0 (1.6–5.0) | 565 (59.5) | 1.3 (1.3–3.8) |
| Village | |||||
| Haydom | 385 (22.7) | 156 (20.4) | 1.3 (0.2–4.2) | 229 (24.5) | 1.3 (0.3–3.5) |
| Muslur | 259 (15.3) | 124 (16.2) | 0.8 (0.0–4.0) | 135 (14.5) | 0.7 (0.0–4.7) |
| Basotu | 236 (13.9) | 117 (15.3) | 5.1 (2.1–10.4) | 119 (12.7) | 5.0 (2.1–10.2) |
| Dangayda | 169 (10.0) | 83 (10.9) | 1.2 (0.0–5.8) | 86 (9.2) | 0 |
| Mwanga | 302 (17.8) | 154 (20.2) | 0.7 (0.0–3.2) | 148 (15.9) | 0.7 (0.0–3.3) |
| Nduguti | 347 (20.4) | 130 (17.0) | 3.1 (1.0–7.3) | 217 (23.2) | 1.84 (0.6–4.4) |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 15–19 | 262 (15.4) | 113 (14.8) | 0.9 (0.1–4.3) | 149 (20.0) | 0.7 (0–4.2) |
| 20–24 | 363 (21.4) | 155 (20.3) | 1.3 (0.2–4.2) | 208 (22.3) | 1.9 (0.6–5.2) |
| 25–29 | 359 (21.1) | 149 (19.5) | 2.0 (0.5–5.4) | 210 (22.5) | 1.4 (0.4–4.5) |
| 30–34 | 270 (15.9) | 127 (16.6) | 2.4 (0.6–6.3) | 143 (15.3) | 2.8 (0.9–7.5) |
| 35–39 | 198 (11.7) | 93 (12.2) | 4.3 (1.4–10.1) | 105 (11.2) | 1.9 (0.3–7.9) |
| 40–49 | 246 (14.5) | 127 (16.6) | 1.6 (0.3–5.1) | 119 (12.7) | 0.8 (0.0–5.3) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 476 (28.0) | 264 (34.6) | 1.5 (0.5–4.1) | 212 (22.7) | 2.4 (0.9–5.7) |
| Married/engaged/cohabit | 1156 (68.1) | 479 (62.7) | 2.3 (1.2–4.2) | 677 (72.5) | 1.0 (0.5–2.2) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 66 (3.9) | 21 (2.8) | 0 | 45 (4.8) | 6.7 (1.7–19.3) |
| Education | |||||
| None | 165 (9.7) | 58 (7.6) | 1.7 (0.1–10.5) | 107 (11.5) | 0.9 (0.1 – 5.9) |
| <7 years | 258 (15.2) | 105 (13.7) | 1.9 (0.3–7.4) | 153 (16.4) | 2.0 (0.5 – 6.1) |
| ≥7 years | 1212 (71.4) | 573 (75.0) | 2.1 (1.1–3.7) | 639 (68.4) | 1.7 (0.9 – 3.2) |
| Student* | 63 (3.7) | 28 (3.7) | 0 | 35 (3.8) | 0 |
| Income | |||||
| None | 92 (5.4) | 57 (7.5) | 1.7 (1.4–15.5) | 35 (3.8) | 0 |
| Employed | 254 (15.0) | 121 (15.8) | 5.3 (0.3–6.4) | 133 (14.2) | 2.3 (0.6–7.0) |
| Farmer/cattle/petty | 1352 (79.6) | 586 (76.7) | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 766 (82.0) | 1.6 (0.9–2.8) |
| Duration of stay | |||||
| < 1 year | 218 (12.8) | 88 (11.5) | 4.6 (1.5–11.9) | 129 (13.8) | 1.6 (0.3–6.1) |
| ≥1 year | 1480 (87.2) | 676 (88.5) | 1.6 (0.9–3.0) | 805 (86.2) | 1.6 (0.9–2.8) |
§Adjusted by standard total rural population in the two regions
* Student currently enrolled in academic institution.