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. 2009 May 5;4(5):e5439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005439

Table 2. Proportion of infections occurring at each stage of the disease in the partner, by type of relationship, and mean age at infection, by sex and type of relationship (H0).

Women Men
Marriages Casual partnerships CSW Total Marriages Casual partnerships CSW Total
Proportions by stage
Stage 1 36.9% 10.8% 1.2% 48.9% 3.1% 9.0% 16.1% 28.2%
Stage 2 19.0% 18.1% 0.7% 37.8% 15.9% 16.7% 21.0% 53.6%
Stage 3 6.6% 6.0% 0.7% 13.3% 3.5% 4.6% 10.1% 18.2%
Total 62.5% 34.9% 2.6% 100% 22.5% 30.3% 47.2% 100%
Mean age at infection by stage
Stage 1 29.1 23.0 28.7 27.7 35.2 22.8 33.9 30.5
Stage 2 23.0 23.8 25.0 23.4 34.3 27.4 33.1 31.7
Stage 3 35.1 41.2 23.9 37.2 48.8 40.8 32.9 38.0
Total 27.9 26.6 26.4 27.4 36.7 28.1 33.3 32.5