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. 2016 Jul 6;11(7):e0158015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158015

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the participants.

2009 (n = 13,500) 2010 (n = 14,472) 2011 (n = 15,136) 2012 (n = 14,713) p-value
Sex (%)
 Women 9,588 (71.0%) 9,618 (66.5%) 9,969 (65.9%) 9,595 (65.2%) <0.001
 Men 3,912 (29.0%) 4,854 (33.5%) 5,164 (34.1%) 5,118 (34.8%)
Median age [IQR] 30 [21; 49] 30 [20; 50] 31 [20; 51] 30 [19; 51] 0.8
HIV and ART status
 HIV- 7,760 (56.8%) 9,171 (63.4%) 9,014 (59.6%) 7,422 (50.5%) <0.001
HIV+, not on ART 1,706 (12.6%) 2,051 (14.2%) 1,934 (12.8%) 1,600 (10.9%)
 HIV+, on ART 635 (4.7%) 854 (5.9%) 1,068 (7.1%) 1,336 (9.1%)
 HIV status unknown 3,489 (25.8%) 2,396 (16.6%) 3,120 (20.6%) 4,355 (29.6%)
ART coverage (95% CI) 27.2% (25.4%; 29.0%) 29.4% (27.7%; 31.1%) 35.6% (33.9%; 37.3%) 45.5% (43.7%; 47.3%) <0.001
Clinic visit in last 6 m (%)
 Yes 5,819 (43.6%) 6,851 (47.3%) 7,759 (51.3%) 7,300 (49.6%) <0.001
 No 6,903 (51.1%) 7,586 (52.4%) 7,341 (48.5%) 7,379 (50.2%)
 Missing 706 (5.2%) 35 (0.2%) 36 (0.2%) 34 (0.2%)
Hospitalization rate per 1000 PY (95% CI) 87.3 (78.4; 96.1) 62.6 (57.8; 67.4) 61.4 (56.8; 65.9) 45.9 (41.7; 50.2) <0.001
Area of residence
 Rural 7,996 (60.0%) 8,485 (58.9%) 8,882 (58.9%) 8,572 (58.3%) <0.001
 Peri-urban 3,392 (25.5%) 4,409 (30.6%) 4,580 (30.4%) 5,126 (35.9%)
 Urban 595 (4.5%) 704 (4.9%) 773 (5.1%) 933 (6.3%)
 Outside DSA 1,340 (10.1%) 808 (5.6%) 855 (5.7%) 74 (0.5%)