Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV positive children (<15 years of age) [N = 1159] enrolled for Antiretroviral therapy in Mingalardon Specialist Hospital in Yangon between 2006 and 2016.
Socio-demographic characteristics | Overall | 2006–2009 | 2010–2013 | 2014–2016 | ||||
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Number | (%) (Column) | |||||||
Number | % (row) | Number | % (row) | Number | % (row) | |||
Age | ||||||||
<1 years | 83 | 7.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 30 | 36.1 | 51 | 61.4 |
1–5 years | 397 | 34.2 | 59 | 14.9 | 149 | 37.5 | 189 | 47.6 |
5–10 years | 482 | 41.6 | 78 | 16.2 | 156 | 32.4 | 248 | 51.5 |
>10–15 years | 197 | 17 | 16 | 8.1 | 68 | 34.5 | 113 | 57.4 |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 610 | 52.6 | 77 | 12.6 | 217 | 35.6 | 316 | 51.8 |
Female | 549 | 47.4 | 78 | 14.2 | 186 | 33.9 | 285 | 51.9 |
Permanent Address | ||||||||
Urban | 965 | 83.3 | 154 | 16 | 356 | 36.9 | 455 | 47.2 |
Rural | 194 | 16.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 47 | 24.2 | 146 | 75.3 |
Entry point of care | ||||||||
Out-patient | 906 | 78.2 | 132 | 14.6 | 358 | 39.5 | 416 | 45.9 |
In-patient | 228 | 19.7 | 11 | 4.8 | 35 | 15.4 | 182 | 79.8 |
Others | 18 | 1.5 | 10 | 55.6 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 11.1 |
Unknown | 7 | 0.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 14.3 |
Risk factor of patients | ||||||||
Blood transfusion | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mother to child | 1100 | 94.9 | 151 | 13.7 | 365 | 33.2 | 584 | 53.1 |
Unknown | 57 | 4.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 37 | 64.9 | 17 | 29.8 |