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. 2013 Feb 14;89(Suppl 3):iii49–iii56. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050844

Table 2.

Risk group size estimate for each HIV risk group in the Morocco modes of transmission model

Population Prevalence of risk Population size estimate
Total (%) Male (%) Female (%) Total Male Female
IDUs 0.10 0.19 0.02 18 500 16 576 1924
 Stable sexual partners of IDUs 0.05 0.01 0.09 9250 962 8288
FSWs 0.38 0.75 66 859 66 859
 Clients of FSWs 3.75 7.50 668 588 668 588
 Stable sexual partners of FSWs’ clients 1.96 3.92 349 671 349 671
MSM 0.25 0.50 44 573 44 573
 Stable female partners of MSM 0.05 0.10 8915 8915
People engaged in casual heterosexual sex 5.75 10.00 1.50 1 025 168 891 450 133 718
 Stable partners of people engaged in casual heterosexual sex 2.54 0.08 5.00 452 411 6686 445 725
People with low-risk heterosexual sex 57.67 61.73 53.61 10 282 092 5 502 766 4 779 326
People with no-risk heterosexual sex this year 27.50 20.00 35.00 4 902 975 1 782 900 3 120 075
Population at risk of medical injections 100.00 100.00 100.00 17 829 000 8 914 500 8 914 500
Population at risk of blood transfusions 0.20 0.20 0.20 35 658 17 829 17 829

IDU, injecting drug user; FSW, female sex worker; MSM, men who have sex with men