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. 2017 Oct 24;22(12):1542–1550. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12983

Table 1.

Demographic and health surveys with HIV women testing population samples by September 2017

Region Survey Year n HIV prevalence women 15–49 (95% CI)a Estimated female adults 15+ ART coverageb (%)b(18) Median age at first sex 25–29‐year‐oldsc
Urban Rural All
Southern Africa Lesotho 2004 3030 26.3 (24.5–28.2) 1 (1–1) 19.0 18.6 18.7
Lesotho 2009 3778 26.7 (25.0–28.6) 27 (25–29) 18.9 18.3 18.5
Lesotho 2014 3175 29.7 (27.7–31.8) 40 (37–43)] 18.8 18.3 18.5
Namibia 2013 4051 16.9 (15.4–18.4) 62 (50–70) 19.0 18.3 18.8
Swaziland 2006–07 4424 31.1 (29.4–32.9) 10 (8–11) 18.6 17.9 18.1
Zimbabwe 2005–06 6947 21.1 (19.7–22.6) 2 (2–3) 19.7 18.4 18.9
Zimbabwe 2010–11 7313 17.7 (16.6–18.8) 31 (24–38) 20.5 18.6 19.3
Zimbabwe 2015 8667 16.7 (15.6–17.8) 72 (57–84) 20.0 17.9 18.6
East and mid‐Africa Burundi 2010 4533 1.7 (1.4–2.1) 33 (26–40) 20.7 19.9 19.9
Kenya 2003 3151 8.7 (7.6–10.0) 0 (0–0) 18.9 17.6 18.0
Kenya 2008–09 3641 8.0 (6.8–9.3) 16 (15–18) 19.5 17.7 18.3
Malawi 2004 2686 13.3 (12.0–14.8) 1 (1–2) 18.2 17.4 17.5
Malawi 2010 7091 12.9 (11.8–14.1) 31 (29–33) 17.9 17.1 17.3
Malawi 2015–16 7737 10.8 (9.9–11.7) 66 (63–71) 18.1 16.9 17.2
Rwanda 2005 5641 3.6 (3.1–4.2) 9 (8–11) 20.3 19.9 20.0
Rwanda 2010 6917 3.7 (3.3–4.2) 45 (39–51) 21.5 21.3 21.3
Rwanda 2014–15 6752 3.6 (3.2–4.1) 67 (59–76) 21.4 21.5 21.5
Tanzania 2007–08 8179 6.6 (5.9–7.4) 10 (8–12) 18.2 17.3 17.5
Tanzania 2011–12 9756 6.2 (5.6–6.8) 24 (18–28) 18.3 17.3 17.9
Zambia 2007 5502 16.1 (14.7–17.5) 20 (19–22) 17.9 17.0 17.4
Zambia 2013–14 14719 15.1 (14.2–16.0) 53 (50–56)] 18.3 16.9 17.5
West and central Africa and Ethiopia Burkina 2003 4086 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 1 (1–1) 18.4 17.3 17.4
Burkina 2010 8298 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 32 (25–40) 18.6 17.3 17.6
Cameroon 2004 5128 6.6 (5.9–7.4) 2 (2–3) 17.1 15.8 16.5
Cameroon 2011 7221 5.6 (5.0–6.3) 18 (15–20) 17.7 16.5 17.3
Chad 2014–15 5656 1.8 (1.4–2.2) 50 (42–59) 16.7 16.1 16.2
Cote Ivoire 2005 4413 6.4 (5.5–7.5) 6 (5–7) 16.9 16.1 16.4
Cote Ivoire 2011–12 4509 4.6 (3.9–5.4) 25 (22–27) 17.6 16.3 16.9
DRC 2007 4492 1.6 (1.2–2.2) 5 (4–6) 17.4 16.4 16.9
DRC 2013–14 9264 1.6 (1.2–2.2) 24 (19–29) 17.4 16.4 16.8
Ethiopia 2005 5736 1.9 (1.4–2.4) 2 (2–3) 20.7 16.1 16.6
Ethiopia 2011 14695 1.9 (1.5–2.3) 41 (32–51) 18.3 17.2 17.4
Gabon 2012 5459 5.8 (4.7–7.1) 32 (26–38) 17.1 16.7 17.1
Gambia 2013 4089 2.1 (1.6–2.8) 24 (18–30) 20.6 18.0 19.3
Ghana 2003 5097 2.3 (1.9–2.8) 0 (0–0) 19.4 17.9 18.3
Guinea 2005 3742 1.9 (1.4–2.6) 2 (1–2) 16.7 15.9 16.0
Guinea 2012 4622 2.1 (1.7–2.6) 28 (21–34) 17.6 15.7 16.3
Liberia 2007 6382 1.8 (1.4–2.1) 3 (2–3) 16.6 16.1 16.3
Liberia 2013 4397 2.0 (1.5–2.8) 19 (15–24) 16.6 16.0 16.4
Mali 2006 4528 1.4 (1.0–2.0) 8 (6–10) 16.8 15.9 16.2
Mali 2012–13 4806 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 32 (24–40)] 18.0 16.5 16.8
Niger 2006 4406 0.6 (0.4–0.9) 3 (2–4) 17.9 15.6 15.8
Niger 2012 5000 0.4 (0.2–0.5) 27 (20–32) 18.7 15.8 16.0
Sao Tome 2009 2378 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 17.6 17.3 17.5
Senegal 2005 4229 0.7 (0.4–1.0) 0 (0–0) 21.2 17.5 19.3
Senegal 2010–11 5326 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 33 (25–40) 21.1 17.9 19.4
Sierra Leone 2008 3448 1.7 (1.3–2.3) 4 (3–5) 16.7 15.7 16.0
Sierra Leone 2013 7695 1.7 (1.3–2.0) 21 (13–29) 17.0 16.0 16.4
Togo 2013–14 4737 3.1 (2.6–3.7) 37 (27–49) 18.6 17.4 18.1
a

Estimated HIV prevalence, see Methods section.

b

http://aidsinfo.unaids/, accessed 07 September 2017. Note for those surveys running over two years the earlier year is given.

c

ICF International, 2015. The DHS Program STATcompiler. http://www.statcompiler.com. September 07 2017.