Table 3.

Distribution of HPV positivity and types by age

		<25*		25-34		35-44		45-54		55-64		All§
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
All		46	100.0	866	100	1294	100	1141	100	516	100	3817	100
	HR+ only	6	13.0	108	12.5	105	8.1	67	5.9	13	2.5	293	7.7
	LR+ only	4	8.7	34	3.9	34	2.6	26	2.3	9	1.7	103	2.7
	HR & LR+	2	4.3	40	4.6	12	0.9	3	0.3	2	0.4	57	1.5
types
	6	0	0.0	15	1.7	4	0.3	2	0.2	3	0.6	24	0.6
	11	0	0.0	2	0.2	3	0.2	4	0.4	2	0.4	11	0.3
	16	5	10.9	48	5.5	37	2.9	21	1.8	2	0.4	108	2.8
	18	1	2.2	12	1.4	4	0.3	0	0.0	2	0.4	18	0.5
	26	0	0.0	2	0.2	1	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.2	4	0.1
	31	2	4.3	15	1.7	15	1.2	6	0.5	5	1.0	41	1.1
	33	1	2.2	8	0.9	8	0.6	3	0.3	0	0.0	19	0.5
	35	0	0.0	7	0.8	5	0.4	4	0.4	2	0.4	18	0.5
	39	0	0.0	7	0.8	8	0.6	2	0.2	0	0.0	17	0.4
	40	0	0.0	2	0.2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0	4	0.1
	42	1	2.2	5	0.6	3	0.2	1	0.1	0	0.0	9	0.2
	43	0	0.0	4	0.5	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.1
	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
	45	0	0.0	3	0.3	4	0.3	6	0.5	1	0.2	14	0.4
	51	2	4.3	15	1.7	10	0.8	6	0.5	1	0.2	32	0.8
	52	0	0.0	11	1.3	8	0.6	4	0.4	0	0.0	23	0.6
	53	0	0.0	11	1.3	5	0.4	4	0.4	1	0.2	21	0.6
	54	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.2	2	0.1
	56	0	0.0	10	1.2	7	0.5	7	0.6	0	0.0	24	0.6
	58	0	0.0	8	0.9	10	0.8	3	0.3	1	0.2	22	0.6
	59	0	0.0	6	0.7	7	0.5	3	0.3	0	0.0	16	0.4
	66	1	2.2	11	1.3	12	0.9	1	0.1	0	0.0	24	0.6
	68	0	0.0	5	0.6	4	0.3	2	0.2	0	0.0	11	0.3
	70	1	2.2	1	0.1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0	0.0	5	0.1
	73	0	0.0	6	0.7	0	0.0	1	0.1	0	0.0	7	0.2
	81	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.2	3	0.1
	82	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	2	0.2	0	0.0	4	0.1
not typed
	HR+	1	2.2	11	1.3	8	0.6	11	1.0	4	0.8	34	0.9
	LR+	2	4.3	21	2.4	23	1.8	17	1.5	6	1.2	67	1.8
co-infections
	2 types	3	6.5	39	4.5	26	2.0	10	0.9	5	1.0	80	2.1
	3 types	0	0.0	6	0.7	6	0.5	2	0.2	1	0.2	15	0.4
	4 types	1	2.2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.1

* these cases are excluded from analyses; four women over 65 were all negative for HPV

§ excluding <25 years.

HR: High Risk; LR: Low Risk