Table 1.

Characteristics of newly identified HIV-infected adolescents and youth (pre and postintervention).

	Preintervention July 2015–December 2015 N = 393	Postintervention July 2016–December 2016 N = 559
Age
15–19	203 (51.7)a	277 (49.6)
20–21	181 (46.1)	282 (50.4)
Missing/unknown	9 (2.3)	0 (0.0)
Sex
Female	343 (87.3)	481 (86.0)
Male	46 (11.7)	78 (14.0)
Missing/unknown	4 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Linkage to care
Linked to care	222 (56.5)b	544 (97.3)b
Not linked to care	171 (43.5)b	15 (2.7)b
ARTc	N = 222	N = 544
Initiated on ART	160 (72.1)d	430 (79.0)
Pre-ART	62 (27.9)d	114 (21.0)e

ART, antiretroviral therapy.

^aNumber (percentage).

^bP < 0.0001.

^cData available for those linked to care.

^dIn care, not initiated on ART.

^eSome recently identified patients have not yet had the chance to start ART.