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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 29;63(7):976–983. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw418

Table 3.

Cumulative plasma HIV burden and transmission risk potential during a 2-year observation period among persons aged ≥ 13 years with HIV infection diagnosed before 2011, alive through 2013, and in care, by selected characteristics, 17 U.S. jurisdictions, 2012–20131

Characteristics N Cumulative Plasma HIV Burden HIV Transmission Risk Potential
Viremia copy-years
Geometric Mean
Person-time above 200 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Person-time above 1,500 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Person-time above 10,000 copies/mL
Mean number of days
Total2 238628 345 173 124 84
Sex
Male (referent) 181667 314 159 114 79
Female 56961 469a 216a 156a 102a
Race/ethnicity
Black/African American 89510 604a 229a 167a 112a
Hispanic/Latino 58988 318a 167a 118a 79a
Other races 15366 372a 176a 129a 89a
White (referent) 74764 186 110 77 53
Transmission category
Male-to-male sexual contact (referent) 117108 260 140 100 69
Injection drug use – Male 16155 538a 211a 149a 100a
Injection drug use – Female 10729 788a 254a 186a 124a
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 14687 676a 218a 163a 116a
Heterosexual contact – Male 11993 406a 186a 133a 91a
Heterosexual contact – Female 28853 420a 203a 147a 96a
Other 39103 345a 190a 134a 88a
Age group at the end of 2010
13–24 10369 1664a 338a 265a 172a
25–34 31551 790a 245a 191a 132a
35–44 62647 437a 189a 139a 97a
45–54 87506 278a 152a 105a 71a
≥55 (referent) 46555 152 105 65 41
Year of diagnosis
Diagnosed in 2008–2010 35470 461a 198a 149a 98a
Diagnosed before 2008 (referent) 203158 328 168 120 82
Gap in care (any two VL tests >12 months apart)
No (referent) 205729 298 156 109 72
Yes 32899 876a 276a 219a 157a
1

Geometric means and mean number of days presented in this table are based on univariate results

2

Due to some missing/invalid data, results are based on 238,628 persons living with diagnosed HIV;

a

p<.0001 (based on both univariate and multivariate results)