Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients Newly Diagnosed with HIV

Characteristic	Value
Female sex – no. (%)	889 (62)
Age – no. (%)
≤ 24 years	241 (17)
25 to 34 years	477 (33)
35 to 44 years	414 (29)
≥ 45 years	295 (21)
Resident of Port-au-Prince – no. (%)	1,290 (91)
Annual Income – no. (%)
None	640 (45)
$US 1 to $US125	260 (18)
> $US125	525 (37)
Education – no. (%)
None	368 (26)
Primary school	430 (30)
Secondary school or higher	629 (44)
Tuberculosis at HIV testing – no. (%)	116 (8)
CD4 cell count – no. (%)
< 200 cells/μl	333 (31)
200 to 349 cells/μl	271 (25)
350 to 500 cells/μl	212 (20)
≥ 500 cells/μl	267 (25)