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. 2009 Jun;99(6):1123–1130. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.133389

TABLE 2.

HIV Infection Prevalence Among Adult Inmates Entering the North Carolina State Prison System, by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender: January 2004–May 2006

Black
Other
White
Age, y Total, No. HIV Positive, % (No.) Total, No. HIV Positive, % (No.) Total, No. HIV Positive, % (No.)
Men
≥ 55 203 6.9 (14) 3 0.0 (0) 124 0.0 (0)
45–54 1275 9.5 (121) 56 5.4 (3) 885 1.1 (10)
35–44 2513 8.2 (206) 178 5.6 (10) 2226 1.4 (31)
25–34 2592 4.0 (103) 356 3.9 (14) 2720 1.0 (26)
18–24 1098 1.7 (19) 138 2.2 (3) 1094 0.2 (2)
    Total 7681 6.0 (463) 731 4.1 (30) 7049 1.0 (69)
Women
≥ 55 33 6.1 (2) 0 0.0 (0) 36 2.8 (1)
45–54 307 4.2 (13) 15 6.7 (1) 338 0.9 (3)
35–44 913 6.5 (59) 64 4.7 (3) 1045 1.8 (19)
25–34 846 3.7 (31) 79 1.3 (1) 1241 0.6 (8)
18–24 449 2.7 (12) 23 0.0 (0) 569 0.5 (3)
    Total 2548 4.6 (117) 181 2.8 (5) 3229 1.1 (34)