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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr HIV Res. 2009 Nov;7(6):580–588. doi: 10.2174/157016209789973646

Table 4.

Factors Commonly Associated with Increased Risk for HIV Grouped by HIV Test Results

Negative N=7922 Positive N=76 Indeterminate N=38 Unknown N=258 Total N=8294
Prior testing behavior
 No prior test 2534 (32.0) 31 (40.8) 13 (34.2) 91 (35.3) 2669 (32.2)
 Prior test >1 year previously 3226 (40.7) 24 (31.6) 14 (36.8) 96 (37.2) 3360 (40.5)
 Prior test in past year 2162 (27.3) 21 (27.6) 11 (28.9) 71 (27.5) 2265 (27.3)
Age (years)
 < 35 5311 (67.2) 44 (58.7) 21 (55.3) 153 (61.4) 5529 (66.9)
 35 to < 45 1447 (18.3) 22 (29.3) 7 (18.4) 51 (20.5) 1527 (18.5)
 45+ 1143 (14.5) 9 (12.0) 10 (26.3) 45 (18.1) 1207 (14.6)
Sex
 Male 4160 (52.8) 65 (86.7) 21 (55.3) 121 (48.4) 4367 (53.0)
 Female 3724 (47.2) 10 (13.3) 17 (44.7) 129 (51.6) 3880 (47.0)
Race
 White 2136 (27.4) 10 (13.2) 7 (18.4) 74 (30.1) 2227 (27.3)
 Black 5392 (69.2) 63 (82.9) 29 (76.3) 167 (67.9) 5651 (69.3)
 Other 264 (3.4) 3 (3.9) 2 (5.3) 5 (2.0) 274 (3.4)
Number of partners during past year
 None 791 (10.0) 17 (22.4) 5 (13.2) 64 (24.8) 877 (10.6)
 One 2801 (35.4) 19 (25.0) 10 (26.3) 81 (31.4) 2911 (35.1)
 Two or more 4330 (54.7) 40 (52.6) 23 (60.5) 113 (43.8) 4506 (54.3)
Risk behaviors
 Had sex with a male in past year 3778 (47.7) 31 (40.8) 15 (39.5) 123 (47.7) 3947 (47.6)
 Had sex with a female in past year 3971 (50.1) 47 (61.8) 21 (55.3) 102 (39.5) 4141 (49.9)
 MSM 170 (2.2) 20 (26.7) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.2) 198 (2.4)
 Used IV drugs 610 (7.7) 2 (2.6) 5 (13.2) 25 (9.7) 642 (7.7)
 Used crack 815 (10.3) 10 (13.2) 5 (13.2) 21 (8.1) 851 (10.3)
 High risk sex behavior 1635 (20.6) 29 (38.2) 8 (21.1) 60 (23.3) 1732 (20.9)