TABLE 1.

Characteristics of HIV-infected WIHS participants in 2006, by insurance type

Characteristic	Medicaid n=963		Private n=265		None n=205		Other Public n=48		Total n=1,481
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Median age (median, IQR)	43 (38, 49)		43 (38, 49)		45 (39, 51)		38 (33, 46)		43 (37, 49)
African American	599	62.2	114	43.0	92	44.9	25	47.9	830	56.0
Hispanic ethnicity	252	26.2	43	16.2	93	45.4	16	33.3	404	27.3
WIHS site
Bronx	230	23.9	18	6.8	8	3.9	5	10.4	261	17.6
Brooklyn	202	21.0	53	20.0	31	15.1	4	8.3	290	19.6
Washington DC	102	10.6	84	31.7	34	16.6	9	18.8	229	15.5
Los Angeles	141	14.6	40	15.1	83	20.5	16	33.3	280	18.9
San Francisco	155	16.1	35	13.2	11	5.4	10	20.8	211	14.3
Chicago	133	13.8	35	13.2	38	18.5	4	8.3	210	14.2
Using HAART	699	72.6	194	73.2	148	72.2	38	79.2	1,079	72.9
ADAP	109	11.3	45	17.0	115	56.1	15	31.3	284	19.2
Married	164	17.0	108	40.8	66	32.2	11	22.9	349	23.6
Median income ≤$12,000/year	595	61.8	21	7.9	84	41.0	22	45.8	722	48.8
Educational attainment
Less than high school	436	45.3	28	10.6	83	40.5	16	33.3	563	38.0
High school diploma	300	31.2	53	20.0	59	28.8	12	25.0	424	28.6
More than high school	226	23.5	184	69.4	61	29.8	20	41.7	491	33.2
Employed	204	21.2	220	83.0	109	53.2	13	27.1	546	36.9
Lowest observed CD4 (median, IQR)	215 (107, 333)		261 (153, 356)		191 (59, 338)		266 (171, 370)		228 (121, 346)
Prior AIDS	438	45.5	80	30.2	53	25.9	21	43.8	592	40.0
Mode of HIV transmission
Intravenous drug use	268	27.8	38	14.3	24	11.7	6	12.5	336	22.7
Heterosexual contact	395	41.0	133	50.2	75	36.6	20	41.7	623	42.1
None identified	278	28.9	81	30.6	101	49.3	22	45.8	482	32.6