Table 2. Uptake and results of HIV counseling and testing among 12,078 individuals visiting a primary care clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Overall | Male | Female | ||||
N* | %* | N* | %* | N* | %* | |
HIV status at start of first visit | ||||||
Known positive | 4972 | 41.2 | 1481 | 40.2 | 3491 | 41.6 |
Known negative (test ≤3 m) | 304 | 2.5 | 51 | 1.4 | 253 | 3.0 |
Unknown | 6603 | 54.7 | 2103 | 57.0 | 4500 | 53.6 |
Prior tested (>3 m) | 779 | 11.8 | 134 | 6.4 | 645 | 14.3 |
Not tested previously | 5824 | 88.2 | 1969 | 93.6 | 3855 | 85.7 |
Clinic file not found | 199 | 1.7 | 52 | 1.4 | 147 | 1.8 |
Outcome of HCT (among those with unknown HIV status) | ||||||
Not tested | 1663 | 25.2 | 592 | 28.2 | 1071 | 23.8 |
Tested | 4940 | 74.8 | 1511 | 71.9 | 3429 | 76.2 |
All tested | ||||||
HIV positive | 1042 | 21.1 | 354 | 23.4 | 688 | 20.1 |
HIV negative | 3898 | 78.9 | 1157 | 76.6 | 2741 | 79.9 |
Prior test (>3 m) negative | ||||||
Tested | 403 | 51.7 | 58 | 43.3 | 345 | 53.5 |
HIV positive | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
HIV negative | 402 | 99.8 | 58 | 100.0 | 344 | 99.7 |
Not tested previously | ||||||
Tested | 4537 | 77.9 | 1453 | 73.8 | 3084 | 80.0 |
HIV positive | 1041 | 22.9 | 354 | 24.4 | 687 | 22.3 |
HIV negative | 3496 | 77.1 | 1099 | 75.6 | 2397 | 77.7 |
Initial CD4 count if newly diagnosed with HIV | ||||||
Median (IQR) cells/µl | 268 | 136–412 | 221 | 94–352 | 295 | 169–427 |
<50 cells/µl | 87 | 8.3 | 46 | 13.0 | 41 | 6.0 |
50–199 cells/µl | 262 | 25.1 | 109 | 30.8 | 153 | 22.2 |
200–350 cells/µl | 283 | 27.2 | 92 | 26.0 | 191 | 27.8 |
>350 cells/µl | 330 | 31.7 | 86 | 24.3 | 244 | 35.4 |
Missing | 80 | 7.7 | 21 | 5.9 | 59 | 8.6 |
HIV status at end of clinic visit | ||||||
Known | 10216 | 84.6 | 3043 | 82.5 | 7173 | 85.5 |
Known positive | 6014 | 58.9 | 1835 | 60.3 | 4179 | 58.3 |
Known negative | 4202 | 41.1 | 1208 | 39.7 | 2994 | 41.7 |
Unknown | 1862 | 15.4 | 644 | 17.5 | 1218 | 14.5 |
* N and % unless indicated otherwise the estimated proportion.