Table 2.
Characteristics of 422 prisoners in Sergipe, Brazil
| n (total = 422) | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 303 | 71.8 |
| Female | 119 | 28.2 |
| Age (yr) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 32.7 (8.8) | 21.1 |
| ≤ 25 | 89 | 28.4 |
| 25-30 | 120 | 19.4 |
| 30-35 | 82 | 14.5 |
| 35-40 | 61 | 16.6 |
| > 40 | 70 | |
| Education level | ||
| Uneducated | 45 | 10.7 |
| Less than high school | 312 | 73.9 |
| High school or more | 65 | 15.4 |
| Religion | ||
| Catholic | 238 | 56.4 |
| Protestant | 86 | 20.4 |
| Other | 98 | 23.2 |
| Race | ||
| White | 141 | 33.5 |
| Black | 106 | 25.2 |
| Multiracial | 160 | 38 |
| Other | 14 | 3.3 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 167 | 39.6 |
| Married | 117 | 27.7 |
| Widowed | 15 | 3.6 |
| Stable union | 111 | 26.3 |
| Divorced | 12 | 2.8 |
| HCV seropositivity | 13 | 3.1 |
HCV: Hepatitis C virus.