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. 2015 Dec 14;10(12):e0144965. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144965

Table 2. Demographics and HIV testing by type of health plan, Medicaid and commercial insurance, 2012.

Medicaid Commercial insurance
N = 2,069,536 N = 27,206,804
% %
Age (yrs)
 13–14 15.7 3.3
 15–19 28.5 9.4
 20–29 13.2 14.1
 30–39 12.7 16.4
 40–49 11.5 22.3
 50–64 18.4 34.5
Sex
Female 58.2 53.9
Male 41.8 46.1
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 47.4 NA
Non-Hispanic black 35.3 NA
Hispanic/Latino 4.1 NA
Non-Hispanic other 13.2 NA
HIV testing frequency
0 95.7 97.2
At least 1 test 4.3 2.8
1 3.9 2.6
>1 0.4 0.2
Tested positive among tested a 1.0 0.8
STI/HBV/HCV testing frequency
None 85.9 86.7
Any 14.1 13.3
Tested positive among tested b 12.3 7.7
Co-infection with STI/HBV/HCV among those with HIV diagnosis c 18.4 18.9
Co-infection with HIV among those with STI/HBV/HCV diagnosis d 1.0 1.5

STI Sexually Transmitted Infection; HBV Hepatitis B virus; HCV Hepatitis C virus

a Percentage positive is among those tested (n = 850/89,242 for Medicaid and n = 5,884/757,646 for commercially insured) at any time during the year.

b Percentage positive is among those tested for STI/HBV/HCV for Medicaid (n = 35,872/291,982) and for commercially insured (n = 281,063/3,632,566).

c Percentage is among those with HIV diagnoses and also tested for a STI/HBV/HCV during the year for Medicaid (n = 139/754) and for commercially insured (n = 978/5,181)

d Percentage is among those with STI/Hepatitis B or C diagnoses for Medicaid (139/13,505) and for commercially insured (n = 978/64,957). NA: not available.