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 | |
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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%) |