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. 2016 Jun 15;10:127–135. doi: 10.2174/1874613601610010127

Table 2.

Linkage to care by facility at HIV diagnosis among people who inject drugsa and had their HIV infection diagnosed during 2013, by selected characteristics-National HIV Surveillance System, 28 jurisdictionsb, United States.

Type of facility at diagnosis
Inpatient Outpatient Screening, diagnostic, referral agencyc
Total Linked to Cared Total Linked to Cared Total Linked to Cared
No. No. (%) No. No. (%) No. No. (%)
Characteristic
 Sex
 Male 245 207 84.5 246 195 79.0 67 39 58.2
 Female 163 146 89.1 222 182 81.9 57 35 62.0
Race/ethnicity
  Black/African American 184 158 85.6 201 161 80.3 48 26 54.5
  Hispanic/Latinoe 100 87 87.4 89 70 78.5 22 13 59.1
 White 96 86 89.2 149 124 83.0 48 32 66.6
 Otherf 29 22 77.5 29 21 72.8 6 3 53.6
Age group at diagnosis (yrs)
 13-24 25 24 93.3 42 27 64.4 25 13 51.4
 25-34 68 58 86.1 103 84 81.2 47 28 60.5
 35-44 90 80 88.9 96 81 84.0 28 19 69.2
  45-54 117 101 86.4 139 114 82.0 18 11 60.6
  55+ 109 90 82.6 88 71 80.7 6 3 46.6
Stage at diagnosis
 HIV infection stage 1, 2 218 167 76.3 358 269 75.1 112 62 55.7
or unknown
  HIV infection stage 3 [AIDS]) 190 186 97.8 110 108 97.5 12 12 100
Totalg 409 353 86.3 468 377 80.4 124 74 60.0

Abbreviation: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.

aData statistically adjusted to account for missing transmission categories.

bJurisdictions include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

cExamples include blood banks, family planning clinics, sexually transmitted disease clinics and case management agencies.

dDefined as one or more CD4+ T-lymphocyte or viral load test within 3 months after diagnosis.

eHispanic/Latino can be of any race.

fIncludes American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and multiple races.

gEstimates might not sum to total.