Table 2.

Population-Level Plasma HIV RNA Metrics Among Groups of HIV-Positive Persons Attending a Community-Wide Health Assessment

Variable	Category	No.	Proportion Undetectable, %	Median VL, copies/mL	Mean log(VL), copies/mL	Arithmetic Mean VL, copies/mL	Median VL Among Viremic Individuals, copies/mL
Overall		174	37	2720	3.67	64 064	20 031
Age	<15	9	22	114 869	4.51	223 158	148 788
	15–30	69	19	15 515	4.06	85 541	32 050
	31–45	23	48	<486	3.32	39 799	10 076
	>45	73	61	<486	3.22	14 397	20 237
Sex	Female	127	39	2586	3.65	52 947	18 459
	Male	47	32	3472	3.72	94 104	46 551
Marital statusa	Single	15	13	19 825	4.19	103 115	25 506
	Married	95	38	923	3.52	52 742	11 982
	Otherb	55	44	2185	3.64	46 938	23 989
No. of children	0	39	36	4528	3.65	57 816	16 061
	1–2	78	40	1087	3.56	44 843	19 825
	≥3	57	33	4650	3.82	94 642	29 482
Occupation	Farmer	107	45	607	3.49	52 702	13 548
	Otherc	67	24	16 601	3.95	82 210	33 045
HIV ART statusa	No ART	99	10	19 048	4.23	100 319	25 506
	Receiving ART	66	83	<486	2.71	990	243

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; VL, viral load.

^a Assessed in 165 adults.

^b Other marital status defined as participants who were single, widowed, divorced, or unspecified.

^c Other occupations include those detailed in Table 1.