Table 7.
Comparison of HIV prevalence rates among pregnant women between town and rural areas, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province 2005a
Townb |
Ruralc |
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City or county | No. of participants | HIV prevalence (%) | No. of participants | HIV prevalence (%) | P-valued |
Ruili City | 1973 | 1.5 | 797 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
Luxi City | 3040 | 0.6 | 2505 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
Longchuan County | 1176 | 0.6 | 1120 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Yingjiang County | 1089 | 1.1 | 1305 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Lianghe County | 1542 | 0.2 | 391 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
aHIV infection determined by the enzyme immunoassay (Kinghawk HIV–1/2 antibody assay) and confirmed with western blot.
bANC sentinel surveillance data from each town of the two cities and three counties.
cCommunity-based surveys among the pregnant women for the rural areas of each city and county conducted in 2005, random sampling strategy was applied.
dChi-square test was applied to compare the HIV prevalence between town and rural of each city and county.