Table 3.
Retention on ART by geographic settings and by region
| Regions | Urban | Rural | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |
| Adamawa | 130/205 | 63.4% | NAa | NAa | 130/205 | 63.4% |
| Centre | 109/162 | 67.3% | 265/415 | 63.8% | 374/577 | 64.8% |
| East | 91/155 | 58.7% | 88/100 | 88.0% | 179/255 | 70.2% |
| Far-North | 66/163 | 40.5% | 26/31 | 83.9% | 92/194 | 47.4% |
| Littoral | 346/461 | 75.1% | NAa | NAa | 346/461 | 75.1% |
| North | 104/166 | 62.7% | 35/69 | 50.7% | 139/235 | 59.1% |
| Northwest | 141/264 | 53.4% | 152/233 | 65.2% | 293/497 | 59.0% |
| West | 133/311 | 42.8% | NAa | NAa | 133/311 | 42.8% |
| South | 105/201 | 52.2% | NAa | NAa | 105/201 | 52.2% |
| Southwest | 232/413 | 56.2% | NAa | NAa | 232/413 | 56.2% |
| Total | 1457/2501 | 58.3% | 566/848 | 66.7% | 2023/3349 | 60.4% |
Legend. n: frequency; %: proportion of patients in care for each region and in the total study population
a: NA (Not applicable), due to selection of no rural site following the random sampling
In bold are the most prevalent data on retention from the national regions