Table I.
Characteristics of U.S.-born and foreign-born individuals diagnosed with HIV in King County, 2006 to 2015.
| African N=276 n, (%) |
Asian/Pacific Islander N=179 n, (%) |
Latin/S. American N=263 n, (%) |
All Foreign-born** N=814 n, (%) |
U.S.-born*** N=1910 n, (%) |
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| Gender | Female | 159 (58) | 27 (15) | 26 (10) | 222 (27) | 147 (8) |
| Transmissi on category | MSM* | 14 (5) | 100 (56) | 177 (67) | 360 (44) | 1596 (84) |
| IDU* | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 7 (3) | 9 (2) | 176 (4) | |
| Heterosexual | 82 (30) | 19 (11) | 23 (9) | 131 (16) | 94 (5) | |
| Unknown | 159 (58) | 54 (30) | 56 (21) | 286 (35) | 136 (7) | |
| Age at HIV diagnosis | <20 years | 22 (8) | 5 (3) | 5 (2) | 34 (4) | 43 (2) |
| 50+ years | 58 (21) | 23 (13) | 23 (9) | 114 (14) | 291 (15) | |
| Linked to care | Within one month of HIV diagnosis | 247 (89) | 159 (89) | 220 (84) | 710 (87) | 1629 (85) |
| Initial CD4 | <200 | 102 (38) | 55 (31) | 82 (32) | 260 (33) | 383 (20) |
| 200–499 | 112 (42) | 81 (46) | 112 (44) | 348 (44) | 775 (41) | |
| 500+ | 55 (20) | 40 (23) | 63 (25) | 187 (24) | 712 (38) | |
| Late HIV diagnosis concurrent AIDS or within: | Concurrent | 106 (38) | 61 (34) | 81 (31) | 274 (34) | 404 (21) |
| 6 months | 119 (43) | 69 (39) | 94 (36) | 311 (38) | 451 (24) | |
| 1 year | 121 (44) | 72 (40) | 96 (37) | 319 (39) | 479 (25) | |
| Out-migration | Yes (as of April 2016) | 44 (16) | 22 (12) | 51 (19) | 147 (18) | 487 (25) |
| Most recent viral load | Suppressed (<200) | 234 (85) | 156 (87) | 220 (84) | 680 (84) | 1476 (77) |
| Not suppressed or missing (1–4) are missing) | 42 (15) | 23 (13) | 43 (16) | 134 (16) | 434 (23) | |
| Vital status | Died (as of April 2016) | 8 (3) | 10 (6) | 13 (5) | 37 (5) | 118 (6) |
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African N=217 n, (%) |
Asian/Pacific Islander N=152 n, (%) |
Latin/S. American N=224 n, (%) |
All Foreign-born N=677 n, (%) |
U.S.-born N=1576 n, (%) |
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| Interval of self-reported HIV date to documented HIV date^ | <=3 months | 122 (56) | 114 (75) | 189 (84) | 496 (73) | 1473 (93) |
| 4–12 months | 12 (6) | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 21 (3) | 30 (2) | |
| >1 year | 83 (38) | 36 (24) | 31 (14) | 160 (24) | 73 (5) |
*
MSM=Men who have sex with men; IDU = injection drug users, excluding MSM.
**
Includes others not born in Africa, Asia or Latin America, namely: 57 Europeans, 14 Canadians, 14 people born in Oceania, and 14 individuals born in U.S. territories
***
Excludes individuals born in U.S. territories
^
Includes only people with a self-reported HIV date