Table 4.
Seroprevalence of HTLV per 1000, by mother's age for babies whose mother's country of birth was also known. Samples with indeterminate results (shown in parentheses) are included in seroprevalence estimates
| Maternal age | Mother born in Caribbean
|
Mother born in other endemic region
|
Black Caribbean mother born in non-endemic region
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Total | Prevalence | Positive | Total | Prevalence | Positive | Total | Prevalence | |||
| <21 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | ||
| 21-25 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 341 | 2.9 | 0 | 226 | 0 | ||
| 26-30 | 2 | 133 | 15.0 | 1 (1) | 904 | 2.2 | 2 | 408 | 4.9 | ||
| 31-35 | 1 (1) | 129 | 15.5 | 5 | 898 | 5.6 | 6 | 412 | 14.6 | ||
| >35 | 8 | 233 | 34.3 | 3 | 409 | 7.3 | 1 | 139 | 7.2 | ||
| Total | 11 (1) | 622 | 19.3 | 10 (1) | 2660 | 4.1 | 9 | 1327 | 6.8 | ||