Table 1.
Estimated Numbers of Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS in 2013 and Engagement in the HIV Care Continuum by Demographic Characteristics, Shandong Province, China
| Characteristic | Unaware | No. (Cumulative %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Linkage | Retention | Eligible for HAART | On HAART | Viral Suppression | P Value | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male (n = 5550 [range, 3900–7200]) | 2332 | 3218* (58.0) | 2741 (49.4) | 2219* (40.0) | 1451* (26.1) | 1327* (23.9) | 760* (13.7) | ** |
| Female (n = 950 [range, 700–1200]) | 261 | 689 (72.5) | 497 (52.3) | 416 (43.8) | 325 (34.2) | 310 (32.6) | 215 (22.6) | a |
| Transmission mode | ||||||||
| Blood donation/transfusion (n = 260 [range, 180–340]) | 39 | 221* (85.0) | 143* (55.0) | 133* (51.2) | 125* (48.1) | 122* (46.9) | 97* (37.3) | a |
| Homosexual (n = 3810 [range, 2700–4920]) | 1930 | 1880 (49.3) | 1745 (45.8) | 1428 (37.5) | 846 (22.2) | 770 (20.2) | 432 (11.3) | ** |
| IDU (n = 190 [range, 130–250]) | 42 | 148 (77.9) | 85 (44.7) | 58 (50.5) | 48 (25.3) | 35 (18.4) | 20 (10.5) | ** |
| Heterosexual (n = 2050 [range, 1450–2650]) | 568 | 1482 (72.3) | 1173 (57.2) | 948 (46.2) | 712 (34.7) | 666 (32.5) | 406 (19.8) | ** |
| MTCT (n = 190 [range, 130–250]) | 14 | 176 (92.6) | 92 (48.4) | 68 (35.8) | 45 (23.7) | 44 (23.2) | 20 (10.5) | ** |
| Age at entry to care | ||||||||
| <15 y | … | 176 | 92* (52.3) | 68* (38.6) | 45* (25.6) | 44* (25.0) | 20* (11.4) | ** |
| 15–24 y | … | 846 | 784 (92.7) | 580 (68.6) | 330 (39.0) | 286 (33.8) | 166 (19.6) | ** |
| 25–34 y | … | 1465 | 1214 (82.9) | 984 (67.2) | 626 (42.7) | 581 (39.7) | 363 (24.8) | |
| 35–44 y | … | 960 | 770 (80.2) | 677 (70.5) | 514 (53.5) | 487 (50.7) | 284 (29.6) | |
| 45–54 y | … | 329 | 261 (79.3) | 227 (69.0) | 180 (54.7) | 165 (50.2) | 99 (30.1) | |
| ≥55 y | … | 131 | 117 (89.3) | 99 (75.6) | 81 (61.8) | 74 (56.5) | 43 (32.8) | a |
| Education | ||||||||
| Illiterate | … | 258 | 156* (60.5) | 124* (48.1) | 95* (36.8) | 88* (34.1) | 50* (19.4) | a |
| Primary | … | 505 | 353 (69.9) | 290 (57.4) | 236 (46.7) | 219 (43.4) | 139 (27.5) | |
| Junior middle | … | 1166 | 960 (82.3) | 783 (67.2) | 568 (48.7) | 533 (45.7) | 322 (27.6) | |
| Junior high | … | 948 | 834 (88.0) | 674 (71.1) | 428 (45.1) | 385 (40.6) | 237 (25.0) | |
| College or greater | … | 1030 | 935 (90.8) | 764 (74.2) | 449 (43.6) | 412 (40.0) | 227 (22.0) | |
| Testing venue | ||||||||
| Medical facility | … | 1166 | 1014* (87.0) | 849* (72.8) | 634* (54.4) | 595* (51.0) | 359* (30.8) | a |
| VCT | … | 2444 | 2041 (83.5) | 1656 (67.8) | 1045 (42.8) | 959 (39.2) | 563 (23.0) | ** |
| Custody institution | … | 177 | 94 (53.1) | 57 (32.2) | 44 (24.9) | 32 (18.1) | 16 (9.0) | ** |
| Other | … | 120 | 89 (74.2) | 73 (60.8) | 53 (44.2) | 51 (42.5) | 37 (30.8) | |
For sex and transmission, the total number of infected persons was used as the denominator when calculating cumulative percentages for each stage in the continuum. For age at entry to care, education, and testing venue, the total number diagnosed was used as the denominator for subsequent stages.
Abbreviations: HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; IDU, intravenous drug user; MTCT, mother-to-child transmission; VCT, voluntary counseling and testing.
a Reference category for partition of χ2 test in the step of achieving viral suppression.
*P < .05 for χ2 test in each step of HIV care.
**P < ά for partition of χ2 test, ά = .00625 for transmission mode and education, ά = .001 for age at entry, ά = .0083 for testing venue.