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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Aug;89(5):366–371. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051071

Table 2.

Population size estimates of MSM, FSW and IDU using literature and demographic data, Nairobi, November 2010

Population Denominator N (a) Source of denominator Estimate of prevalence in population* (b), % Source of prevalence estimate Estimate a* b
MSM Men 18+ 1 133 998 2009 Nairobi Census 1.2 Caceres et al (2008) 13608
FSW Women 18+ 1 053 368 2009 Nairobi Census 2.8 Vandepitte et al (2006) 29494
IDU Adults 18+ 2 187 366 2009 Nairobi Census 0.3 Aceijas et al (2006) 6562
*

Of adult men for MSM, of adult women for FSW and of all adults for IDU.

FSW, female sex workers; IDU, intravenous drug users; MSM, men who have sex with men.