Table 2.
Reason for declining an HIV test.
| Total | Age | Race* | Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason |
N = 600 % |
<35 years n = 256 % |
≥35 years n = 344 % |
White n = 244 % |
Non-white n = 356 % |
Male n = 215 % |
Female n = 385 % |
|
| |||||||
| Not at risk | 49.2 | 54.5 | 45.5 | 40.3 | 62.3 | 46.3 | 50.9 |
| Recently tested (but more than 3 months prior) | 14.2 | 12.6 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 14.6 |
| Would rather be tested somewhere else | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| Afraid to get result | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| No time in the ED | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| No reason given | 26.7 | 22.8 | 29.7 | 31.3 | 20.1 | 30.8 | 24.4 |
| Other | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
*P < .001.