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. 2013 Jan;103(1):141–147. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300859

TABLE 3—

Number and Percentage of People With HIV Viral Suppression Among People Diagnosed Through 2008 and Living With HIV at the End of 2009: National HIV Surveillance System, 13 US Jurisdictions

Among People With a VL Test
VL ≤ 200 (Among Overall Population)
VL ≤ 200 (Among People With a VL Test)
Characteristic Total,a No. (%b) No. (%) Geometric Mean VL VL ≤ 200 No. % P PRc (95% CI) % P PRc (95% CI)
Sex
 Male 76 888 (76.6) 40 578 (52.8) 180 28 952 37.7 71.3
 Female 23 487 (23.4) 13 064 (55.6) 267 8256 35.2 < .001 63.2 < .001
Age at end of 2008, y
 13–24 3672 (3.7) 2102 (57.2) 757 932 25.4 1.00 (Ref) 44.3 1.00 (Ref)
 25–44 43 256 (43.1) 23 386 (54.1) 287 14 799 34.2 < .001 1.25 (1.18, 1.32) 63.3 < .001 1.39 (1.33, 1.46)
 45–64 50 126 (49.9) 26 650 (53.2) 134 20 211 40.3 < .001 1.51 (1.42, 1.59) 75.8 < .001 1.66 (1.58, 1.74)
 ≥ 65 3321 (3.3) 1504 (45.3) 88 1266 38.1 < .001 1.43 (1.33, 1.53) 84.2 < .001 1.77 (1.68, 1.86)
Race/ethnicity
 Black 44 410 (44.2) 22 029 (49.6) 335 13 269 29.9 < .001 0.71 (0.70, 0.73) 60.2 < .001 0.82 (0.81, 0.83)
 Hispanic 12 181 (12.1) 5660 (46.5) 164 3981 32.7 < .001 0.83 (0.81, 0.86) 70.3 < .001 0.93 (0.92, 0.95)
 White 40 188 (40.0) 23 545 (58.6) 131 18 218 45.3 1.00 (Ref) 77.4 1.00 (Ref)
 Otherd 3596 (3.6) 2408 (67.0) 147 1740 48.4 < .001 1.14 (1.10, 1.18) 72.3 < .001 0.96 (0.94, 0.99)
Transmission category
 Male-to-male sexual contact 44 359 (44.2) 25 556 (57.6) 158 18 950 42.7 < .001 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) 74.2 < .001 1.07 (1.05, 1.09)
 Injection drug use, males 9949 (9.9) 4230 (42.5) 226 2749 27.6 < .001 0.69 (0.66, 0.72) 65.0 .173 0.96 (0.93, 0.98)
 Injection drug use, females 5192 (5.2) 2711 (52.2) 302 1644 31.7 < .001 0.79 (0.75, 0.83) 60.6 .004 0.92 (0.89, 0.95)
 Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 6114 (6.1) 3529 (57.7) 215 2353 38.5 .625 0.88 (0.85, 0.92) 66.7 .003 0.96 (0.94, 0.99)
  Heterosexual contact,e males 5924 (5.9) 3116 (52.6) 260 2044 34.5 < .001 0.91 (0.88, 0.95) 65.6 .068 1.02 (0.99, 1.05)
  Heterosexual contact,e females 12 313 (12.3) 7364 (59.8) 257 4693 38.1 1.00 (Ref) 63.7 1.00 (Ref)
 Other/unknown, males 10 542 (10.5) 4147 (39.3) 207 2856 27.1 < .001 0.70 (0.68, 0.73) 68.9 < .001 1.06 (1.03, 1.08)
 Other/unknown, females 5982 (6.0) 2989 (50.0) 261 1919 32.1 < .001 0.88 (0.84, 0.92) 64.2 .65 1.04 (1.01, 1.07)
Country of birth
 United States 72 669 (72.4) 40 403 (55.6) 214 27 843 38.3 1.00 (Ref) 68.9 1.00 (Ref)
 US dependency 1283 (1.3) 450 (35.1) 212 295 23.0 < .001 0.69 (0.63, 0.77) 65.6 .126 0.96 (0.90, 1.03)
 Foreign country 6527 (6.5) 3191 (48.9) 128 2349 36.0 .000 0.97 (0.94, 1.01) 73.6 < .001 1.07 (1.04, 1.09)
 Missing or unknown 19 896 (19.8) 9598 (48.2) 162 6721 33.8 < .001 0.93 (0.91, 0.95) 70.0 .034 1.01 (1.00, 1.03)
Total 100 375 (100) 53 642 (53.4) 198 37 208 37.1 69.4

Note. CI = confidence interval; PR = prevalence ratio; VL = viral load (copies/mL). The 13 US jurisdictions included were DE; Washington, DC; IA; IN; KY; MO; NE; NY [excluding New York City]; ND; San Francisco, CA; SC; WV; and WY. P values were determined by the χ2 test.

a

Because row totals for numbers were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations, the values in each row may not sum to the row total.

b

The total percentage represents the column percentage.

c

Calculated on the probability of having a suppressed VL (≤ 200 copies/mL) with multivariate binomial regression.

d

Multiple race, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and unknown race.

e

Heterosexual contact with person known to have or to be at high risk for HIV infection.