Table 1. Sociodemographic and risk behaviors variables in 8 male Brazilian prisons.
| Variables | Prison | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPC | PTL | EPRB | PHAC | CTAL | PTCG | IPCG | EPJFC | |
| Location | Corumbá | TrêsLagoas | Ponta Porã | Dourados | Campo Grande | Campo Grande | Campo Grande | Campo Grande |
| Prisoner population | 364 | 436 | 299 | 1,826 | 144 | 398 | 1,098 | 1,987 |
| Enrolled subjects | 263 | 282 | 252 | 539 | 116 | 286 | 517 | 603 |
| HIV positive | 4 (1.5) | 5 (1.8) | 3 (1.2) | 10 (1.8) | 3 (2.6) | 5 (1.7) | 8 (1.5) | 6 (1.0) |
| Never previously tested for HIV | 144 (54.7) | 116 (41.1) | 127 (50.4) | 228 (42.3) | 51 (44.0) | 178 (62.2) | 225 (43.5) | 327 (54.2) |
| Syphilis sero-positivity | 34 (12.9) | 26 (9.2) | 31 (12.3) | 46 (8.5) | 12 (10.3) | 28 (9.8) | 48 (9.3) | 47 (7.8) |
| Sociodemographic | ||||||||
| Age, years, mean±SD | 32.6 (10.0) | 31.9 (10.1) | 33.8 (10.7) | 31.5 (9.4) | 35.8 (10.1) | 28.9 (9.7) | 34.0 (10.0) | 30.8 (8.1) |
| Marital status, Single | 146 (55.5) | 145 (51.4) | 121 (48.0) | 286 (53.0) | 51 (44.0) | 166 (58.0) | 252 (48.7) | 355 (58.9) |
| Previous incarceration | 156 (59.3) | 168 (59.6) | 98 (38.9) | 349 (64.7) | 71 (61.2) | 132 (46.1) | 332 (64.2) | 450 (74.6) |
| Reside in Mato Grosso do Sul | 180 (68.4) | 148 (52.5) | 119 (47.2) | 372 (69.0) | 85 (73.3) | 206 (72.0) | 364 (70.4) | 414 (68.6) |
| More than 4 year of schooling | 111 (42.2) | 124 (44.0) | 144 (57.1) | 199 (36.9) | 59 (50.9) | 134 (46.8) | 190 (36.7) | 241 (39.9) |
| Drug use over the last year | 110 (41.8) | 158 (56.0) | 93 (36.9) | 283 (52.5) | 47 (40.5) | 158 (55.2) | 271 (52.4) | 419 (69.5) |
| IDU over the last year | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.7) | 9 (1.7) | 9 (1.5) |
| Sexual History | ||||||||
| Sexual preference, homosexual | 7 (2.7) | 5 (1.8) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (1.1) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (1.0) | 20 (3.9) | 3 (0.5) |
| Previously had homosexual intercourse | 30 (11.4) | 14 (5.0) | 7 (2.8) | 16 (3.0) | 2 (1.7) | 16 (5.6) | 53 (10.2) | 16 (2.6) |
| Ever had sex with drug user | 80 (30.4) | 121 (42.9) | 76 (30.1) | 225 (41.7) | 24 (20.7) | 69 (24.1) | 153 (29.6) | 208 (34.5) |
| Ever had sex with an IDU | 6 (2.3) | 8 (2.8) | 2 (0.8) | 12 (2.2) | 4 (3.4) | 7 (2.4) | 26 (5.0) | 17 (2.8) |
| No stable partner | 143 (54.4) | 140 (49.6) | 125 (49.6) | 274 (50.8) | 41 (34.5) | 130 (45.4) | 245 (47.4) | 317 (52.6) |
| Condom use, Sometimes/never | 187 (71.1) | 205 (72.7) | 181 (71.8) | 367 (68.0) | 72 (62.0) | 159 (55.6) | 336 (65.0) | 381 (63.2) |
| History of STI(s) | 41 (15.6) | 39 (13.8) | 44 (17.5) | 66 (12.2) | 13 (11.2) | 23 (8.0) | 57 (11.0) | 60 (9.9) |
| Other Risk Behavior | ||||||||
| Blood transfusion | 22 (8.4) | 36 (12.7) | 23 (9.1) | 67 (12.4) | 18 (15.5) | 30 (10.5) | 84 (16.2) | 73 (12.1) |
| Tattoos | 171 (65.0) | 191 (67.7) | 111(44.0) | 373 (69.2) | 62 (53.4) | 187 (65.4) | 341 (65.9) | 477 (79.1) |
| Piercings | 27 (10.3) | 25 (8.9) | 7 (2.8) | 22 (4.1) | 109 (94.0) | 253 (88.5) | 485 (93.8) | 541 (89.7) |
| Surgery | 94 (35.7) | 103 (36.5) | 96 (38.0) | 192 (35.6) | 49 (42.2) | 111 (38.8) | 239 (46.2) | 234 (38.8) |
| Self-reported mental illness | 114 (43.3) | 120 (42.5) | 78 (30.9) | 196 (36.4) | 49 (42.2) | 111(38.8) | 221 (42.7) | 259 (42.9) |
Abbreviations: HIV- Human Immunodeficiency vírus, SD–Stardard deviation, IDU–Intravenous drug user, STI–Sexually transmitted infections, EPC—Estabelecimento Penal de Corumbá, PTL—Penitenciária de Três Lagoas, EPRB—Estabelecimento Penal Ricardo Brandão, CTAL—Centro de Triagem Anízio Lima, PTCG—Presídio de Transito de Campo Grande, IPCG—Instituto Penal de Campo Grande, PHAC—Penitenciária Harry Amorim Costa and EPJFC—Estabelecimento Penal Jair Ferreira de Carvalho.