Table 5.

 Estimated prevalence of HIV at ages 15-49 years in India, by three different methods

Method/year	% prevalence (99% CI)	Millions of adults infected (99% CI)
Mortality based prevalence, Million Death Study, 2004	0.26 (0.13 to 0.39)	1.49 (0.75 to 2.19)
Ratio of prevalence to mortality, based on survival function, using national mortality totals for 2004	0.25 (0.13 to 0.31)	1.42 (0.71 to 1.76)
HIV testing, NHFS-3, 2005-6	0.28 (0.23 to 0.35)	1.59 (1.31 to 1.99)

NHFS=national family health survey.

See web appendix B for methodological note.