Table 1.

Demographic and behavioral characteristics of women aged 14–59 years with a positive HC-2 test for HPV—USA, 2003–2006

Characteristic	Positive HC-2 test for HPV
	Sample size	Prevalence % (95% CI)
Total	4150	10.1 (8.8–11.6)
Age (years)
14–29	2198	15.2 (13.3–17.3)
30–59	1952	7.6 (6.2–9.4)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic black	1134	14.2 (11.7–17.1)
Hispanic	991	10.5 (7.8–14.1)
Other	320	10.2 (7.1–14.5)
Non-Hispanic white	1705	9.3 (7.7–11.1)
Number of sex partners in past year
3+	246	23.1 (17.4–30.1)
2	247	16.0 (12.3–20.5)
1	1983	8.4 (6.9–10.2)
0	434	8.5 (5.4–13.1)
Lifetime number of sex partners
≥6	1141	12.7 (11.1–14.6)
3–5	902	11.4 (9.0–14.2)
2	385	9.5 (6.4–13.9)
1	709	5.8 (4.1–8.2)
0	664	3.7 (2.0–6.7)