Table 2. Characteristics of 5015 non-Israeli born people living with HIV/AIDS reported in Israel in 1983–2010, by tuberculosis status and Israeli nationality.
Non-Israeli born PLWHA who did not develop TB | Non-Israeli born PLWHA who developed TB | ||||||
Characteristic | Migrant citizens N = 3942 (%) | Migrants non-citizens N = 1073 (%) | P | Migrant citizens N = 306 (%) | Migrants non-citizens N = 64 (%) | P | |
Sex | Female | 1621 (41.5) | 467 (46.6) | 0.004 | 103 (35.0) | 27 (42.2) | 0.2 |
Male | 2285 (58.5) | 536 (53.4) | 199 (65.0) | 37 (57.8) | |||
Originate in GEC | No | 1669 (42.3) | 179 (16.7) | 0.001 | 55 (18.0) | 57 (89.1) | 0.001 |
Yes | 2273 (57.7) | 894 (83.3) | 251 (82.0) | 7 (10.9) | |||
Age diagnosed with HIV (Mean±Sd) | 33.0±14.7 | 24.0±18.0 | 0.001 | 35.7±12.5 | 34.7±8.5 | 0.7 | |
Years (Mean±Sd) from arrival in Israel to HIV diagnosis | 7.1±3.4 | 2.9±1.8 | 0.04 | 3.5±1.6 | 2.1±1.2 | 0.001 | |
Period of HIV/AIDS diagnosis | 1981–1996 | 1060 (26.9) | 221 (20.6) | 0.001 | 131 (42.8) | 4 (6.2) | 0.001 |
1997–2010 | 2882 (73.1) | 852 (79.4) | 175 (57.2) | 60 (93.8) | |||
Risk group | MSM | 557 (14.6) | 76 (9.3) | 5 (1.7) | 1 (1.6) | ||
Heterosexuals not originating in GEC | 406 (10.7) | 95 (11.7) | 0.001 | 7 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 0.07 | |
Injecting drug users | 735 (19.3) | 43 (5.3) | 47 (15.4) | 4 (6.5) | |||
Heterosexuals originating in GEC | 2114 (55.5) | 599 (73.7) | 245 (80.1) | 57 (91.9) |
PLWHA- people living with HIV/AIDS.
MSM- Men who have sex with men.
GEC- Generalized HIV-epidemic countries.
Sd- Standard deviation.