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. 2010 Nov 23;86(Suppl_2):ii72–ii83. doi: 10.1136/sti.2010.044933

Table 1.

Available data on HIV prevalence and behaviour among young people aged 15–24 years over time in countries with national adult prevalence of 2% or greater in 2007

Country Adult HIV prevalence in 2007 (%) (as per the 2008 Global Report)2 Repeat national HIV prevalence surveys conducted since 2000 Prevalence available from ANC surveillance: years in which surveillance was done No of sites that were consistently included in ANC surveillance urban/rural Behavioural data collected from young men and women (15–24 years) in national surveys
Age of first sex by the age of 15 years (among those aged 15–19 years) Condom use during last sex act among those with multiple partners in past 12 months Sexual intercourse with more than one partner in past 12 months
Angola 2.1 2004, 2005, 2007 18 (national) NA NA NA
Bahamas 3.0 Every year 2000–8 8 NA NA NA
Belize 2.1 NA NA NA NA
Botswana 23.9 2004, 2008 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 10 13 NA NA NA
Burundi 2.0 2002, 2007 Every year 2000–7 4 4 1987, 2005 NA NA
Cameroon 5.1 NA 1998, 2004, 2006 1998, 2004 1998, 2004
CAR 6.3 2006 1994, 2006 2006 2006
Chad 3.5 2002, 2003 1997, 2004 1997, 2004 1997, 2004
Congo 3.5 NA 2005 2005 2005
Cote d'Ivoire 3.9 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008 11 16 1994, 1998, 2005 1998, 2005 1998, 2005
Djibouti 3.1 NA by site NA NA NA
Ethiopia 2.1 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 20 9 2000, 2005 2000, 2005 2000, 2005
Gabon 5.9 2003, 2007 2000 2000 2000
Guyana 2.5 NA NA NA NA
Haiti 2.2 2000, 2004, 2007 8 9 1994, 2000, 2005 2000, 2005 2000, 2005
Kenya 7.1–8.5 2003, 2007 Every year 2000–5 21 13 1993, 1998, 2003 1998, 2003 1998, 2003
Lesotho 23.2 2003, 2005, 2007 2 8 2004 2004 2004
Malawi 11.9 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 11 8 2000, 2004, 2006 2000, 2004 2000, 2004
Mozambique 12.5 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 11 (south), 16 (central), 11 (north) 1997, 2003 2003 2003
Namibia 15.3 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 13 8 1992, 2000, 2006 2000, 2006 2000, 2006
Nigeria 3.1 2003, 2005, 2008 87 75 1990, 1999, 2003 2003 2003
Rwanda 2.8 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 11 13 1992, 2000, 2005 NA 2000, 2005
South Africa 18.1 2002, 2005, 2008 Every year 2000–7 Aggregated for nine provinces NA 2002, 2005, 2008 2002, 2005, 2008
Suriname 2.4 NA NA NA NA
Swaziland 26.1 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 9 8 2007 2007 2007
Togo 3.3 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 18 16 NA NA NA
Uganda 5.4 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 9 11 1995, 2000, 2004, 2006 1995, 2000, 2006 1995, 2000, 2006
UR Tanzania 6.2 2003–4, 2007 2002, 2004, 2006 24 33 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007 1996, 1999, 2004, 2007
Zambia 15.2 2002, 2007 2002, 2004, 2006 11 11 1992, 1996, 2002, 2007 1996, 2002, 2007 1996, 2002, 2007
Zimbabwe 15.3 2002, 2006 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 7 7 1994, 1999, 2005 1999, 2005 1999, 2005

ANC, antenatal clinic; NA, not available.