Table 4. Comparison of linked and unlinked HIV testers.
| HIV Positive | HIV Negative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linked | Unlinked | Overall | Linked | Unlinked | Overall | |||
| N(%) | % linked | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | % linked | N(%) | N(%) | |
| N | 11025 | 42.1 | 15152 | 26177 | 988817 | 47.8 | 1095068 | 2083803 |
| Year of 1st HIV test a | ||||||||
| 1992–1995 | 1553(19.1) | 33.2 | 3118(44.1) | 4671(30.8) | 56167(5.7) | 14.9 | 320241(32.5) | 376408(19.1) |
| 1996–1999 | 2224(27.4) | 51.2 | 2122(30) | 4346(28.6) | 129666(13.2) | 31.2 | 285632(29) | 415298(21.1) |
| 2000–2005 | 2431(29.9) | 65.3 | 1289(18.2) | 3720(24.5) | 220484(22.5) | 48 | 239096(24.2) | 459580(23.4) |
| 2006–2013 | 1914(23.6) | 78.2 | 535(7.6) | 2449(16.1) | 573747(58.5) | 80.3 | 141102(14.3) | 714849(36.4) |
| Year of HIV 1st +ve/ last -ve test a | ||||||||
| 1992–1995 | 1467(13.8) | 25.6 | 4269(46.1) | 5736(28.8) | 13079(1.3) | 4.2 | 300192(30.3) | 313271(15.8) |
| 1996–1999 | 2729(25.7) | 51 | 2622(28.3) | 5351(26.9) | 53893(5.5) | 16.2 | 277986(28.1) | 331879(16.8) |
| 2000–2005 | 3322(31.2) | 66 | 1709(18.4) | 5031(25.3) | 135782(13.8) | 34.2 | 260915(26.4) | 396697(20.1) |
| 2006–2013 | 3121(29.3) | 82.4 | 666(7.2) | 3787(19) | 784278(79.5) | 83.9 | 150717(15.2) | 934995(47.3) |
| Birth year | ||||||||
| Before 1945 | 580(5.3) | 27.5 | 1529(10.1) | 2109(8.1) | 59061(6) | 44 | 75056(6.9) | 134117(6.4) |
| 1945–1964 | 5693(51.6) | 37.4 | 9520(62.8) | 15213(58.1) | 235406(23.8) | 38.2 | 380760(34.8) | 616166(29.6) |
| 1965–1974 | 3120(28.3) | 53.1 | 2757(18.2) | 5877(22.5) | 223813(22.6) | 39.3 | 345808(31.6) | 569621(27.3) |
| After 1975 | 1632(14.8) | 68.7 | 744(4.9) | 2376(9.1) | 470537(47.6) | 65.7 | 245184(22.4) | 715721(34.3) |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 602(4) | 602(2.3) | 0 | 0 | 48260(4.4) | 48260(2.3) |
| Age at 1st HIV test a | ||||||||
| <25 yrs | 1439(16.8) | 58.6 | 1017(11.4) | 2456(14) | 277085(28) | 49.2 | 285559(27.3) | 562644(27.6) |
| 25–34 yrs | 2671(31.1) | 42.2 | 3660(41.1) | 6331(36.2) | 333518(33.7) | 45.8 | 395288(37.8) | 728806(35.8) |
| 35–44 yrs | 2664(31) | 49.1 | 2766(31.1) | 5430(31.1) | 177835(18) | 45.6 | 212001(20.3) | 389836(19.2) |
| 45–54 yrs | 1241(14.5) | 53.4 | 1084(12.2) | 2325(13.3) | 97249(9.8) | 52.1 | 89262(8.5) | 186511(9.2) |
| >54 yrs | 567(6.6) | 60.3 | 374(4.2) | 941(5.4) | 103130(10.4) | 61.4 | 64698(6.2) | 167828(8.2) |
| Median[IQR] | 35.6 [28–43.5] | 34.3 [28.7–41.4] | 34.9 [28.5–42.4] | 31.1 [24.2–41.5] | 30.7 [24.4–38.9] | 30.8 [24.3–40] | ||
| Age at +ve/ last -ve test a | ||||||||
| <25 yrs | 975(8.8) | 40.7 | 1422(9.8) | 2397(9.4) | 164202(16.6) | 37.8 | 270112(25.8) | 434314(21.3) |
| 25–34 yrs | 3393(30.8) | 37 | 5784(39.9) | 9177(36) | 342495(34.6) | 46.2 | 398053(38) | 740548(36.4) |
| 35–44 yrs | 3838(34.8) | 44.5 | 4785(33) | 8623(33.8) | 232901(23.6) | 51.4 | 220512(21.1) | 453413(22.3) |
| 45–54 yrs | 1994(18.1) | 51.7 | 1866(12.9) | 3860(15.1) | 125642(12.7) | 57.8 | 91811(8.8) | 217453(10.7) |
| >54 yrs | 824(7.5) | 56.6 | 633(4.4) | 1457(5.7) | 123572(12.5) | 65.1 | 66165(6.3) | 189737(9.3) |
| Median[IQR] | 37.6 [31–45.2] | 35.1 [29.4–41.9] | 36.2 [30–43.4] | 34.6 [27.7–45.1] | 31.1 [24.8–39.2] | 32.7 [26.1–41.9] | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 2308(20.9) | 57.5 | 1703(11.2) | 4011(15.3) | 597939(60.5) | 50.9 | 576972(52.7) | 1174911(56.4) |
| Male | 8716(79.1) | 40.5 | 12790(84.4) | 21506(82.2) | 390846(39.5) | 46.7 | 446061(40.7) | 836907(40.2) |
| Other | 0(0) | 0 | 6(0) | 6(0) | 0(0) | 0 | 110(0) | 110(0) |
| Unknown | 1(0) | 0.2 | 653(4.3) | 654(2.5) | 32(0) | 0 | 71925(6.6) | 71957(3.5) |
| Health region(1st +ve/Last -ve) a | ||||||||
| Interior | 654(5.9) | 88.9 | 82(0.5) | 736(2.8) | 130001(13.1) | 49.8 | 131037(12) | 261038(12.5) |
| Fraser | 2237(20.3) | 91.5 | 209(1.4) | 2446(9.3) | 329424(33.3) | 57.4 | 244977(22.4) | 574401(27.6) |
| Vancouver Coastal | 5545(50.3) | 72.7 | 2086(13.8) | 7631(29.2) | 319996(32.4) | 41.9 | 444095(40.6) | 764091(36.7) |
| Vancouver Island | 1134(10.3) | 86.2 | 181(1.2) | 1315(5) | 144143(14.6) | 46.5 | 166081(15.2) | 310224(14.9) |
| Northern | 452(4.1) | 84.6 | 82(0.5) | 534(2) | 65065(6.6) | 48.6 | 68680(6.3) | 133745(6.4) |
| Unknown | 1003(9.1) | 7.4 | 12512(82.6) | 13515(51.6) | 188(0) | 0.5 | 40198(3.7) | 40386(1.9) |
| HCV ever | ||||||||
| Yes | 4639(42.1) | 91.7 | 421(2.8) | 5060(19.3) | 45619(4.6) | 90.6 | 4752(0.4) | 50371(2.4) |
| No | 6386(57.9) | 30.2 | 14731(97.2) | 21117(80.7) | 943198(95.4) | 46.4 | 1090316(99.6) | 2033514(97.6) |
| HBV ever | ||||||||
| Yes | 825(7.5) | 97.2 | 24(0.2) | 849(3.2) | 13660(1.4) | 96.3 | 531(0) | 14191(0.7) |
| No | 10200(92.5) | 40.3 | 15128(99.8) | 25328(96.8) | 975157(98.6) | 47.1 | 1094537(100) | 2069694(99.3) |
| Active TB ever | ||||||||
| Yes | 321(7.5) | 97.2 | 7(0.2) | 328(3.2) | 3475(0.4) | 98.6 | 51(0) | 3526(0.2) |
| No | 10704(92.5) | 40.3 | 15145(99.8) | 25849(96.8) | 985342(99.6) | 47.4 | 1095017(100) | 2080359(99.8) |
a Individuals with at least one valid lab record.