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.