Table 1.
National HIV prevalence data for MSM in European countries and corresponding self-reported prevalence data from EMIS
| |
|
|
Surveillance system |
EMIS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| source of HIV prevalence estimate; study methodology | HIV prevalence estimate; surveillance system % | Diagnosed HIV+ among ever tested (%) | Survey-Surveillance Discrepancy factor (SSD) | ||
| excluded, no surveillance system prevalence estimates |
Austria |
|
n.a |
7.2 |
|
| Cyprus |
|
n.a. |
1.9 |
|
|
| Ireland |
|
n.a. |
9.5 |
|
|
| Malta |
|
n.a. |
2.5 |
|
|
| Turkey |
|
n.a. |
3.0 |
|
|
| excluded, similar methodology |
Belgium |
2a |
5.6 |
10.5 |
|
| Switzerland |
2a (2007) |
8.1 |
11.5 |
|
|
| France |
2a (2009) |
12.0 |
12.7 |
|
|
| Sweden |
2a (2008) |
4.0 |
6.4 |
|
|
| specific prevalence studies |
Bosnia |
1b/c (<2008) |
0.7 |
0.0 |
|
| Bulgaria |
2 |
3.3 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
|
| Belarus |
2 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
|
| Czech |
2b (2008/9) |
2.6 |
6.7 |
2.6 |
|
| Estonia |
2c (2007) |
1.7 |
2.8 |
1.7 |
|
| Spain |
2b (2008/9) |
17.0 |
14.9 |
0.9 |
|
| Croatia |
2 |
3.3 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
|
| Hungary |
2 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
2.1 |
|
| Italy |
1b (2008/9) |
11.8 |
10.7 |
0.9 |
|
| Lithuania |
2b |
2.7 |
4.8 |
1.8 |
|
| Latvia |
2b (2008) |
4.0 |
7.8 |
1.9 |
|
| Moldowa |
1b/c (2007) |
4.8 |
4.3 |
0.9 |
|
| Macedonia |
2b/c (2006) |
2.8 |
7.7 |
2.7 |
|
| Poland |
2b (2004) |
4.7 |
8.3 |
1.8 |
|
| Portugal |
3a (snowball) |
11.0 |
10.9 |
1.0 |
|
| Romania |
2b (2008/9) |
4.6 |
5.5 |
1.2 |
|
| Serbia |
3b/c (2008/10) |
3.6 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
|
| Russia |
2c |
8.3 |
8.6 |
1.0 |
|
| Slovenia |
2b (2008/9) |
5.1 |
8.3 |
1.6 |
|
| Slovakia |
2b (2008/9) |
6.1 |
3.1 |
0.5 |
|
| Ukraine |
3b/c (2011) |
6.4 |
8.2 |
1.3 |
|
| modelling/ health care system data | Germany |
3e (2010) |
4.9 |
11.6 |
2.4 |
| Denmark |
1d (2009) |
4.9 |
12.0 |
2.4 |
|
| Finland |
3d (2009) |
2.0 |
5.1 |
2.6 |
|
| Greece |
1d (EPP) |
6.5 |
12.9 |
2.0 |
|
| Luxemburg |
3d (2010) |
6.0 |
13.8 |
2.3 |
|
| Netherlands |
1e (MPES 2007) |
6.0 |
19.9 |
3.3 |
|
| Norway |
3d (2008) |
3.3 |
5.2 |
1.6 |
|
| United Kingdom | 1/2e (MPES 2007) | 5.3 | 14.6 | 2.8 |
1=UNGASS 2008; 2=UNGASS 2010; 3=personal communication.
a=self-reported; b=TLS, venue based; c=RDS; d=health care system; e=population-based modelling.
n.a.= not available.