TABLE 3. Linkage to HIV medical care among HIV-positive black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) with a previous diagnosis of HIV infection in non–health care facilities — 20 southern U.S. jurisdictions, 2016.

Characteristic	Previously diagnosed HIV infection*	Previously diagnosed HIV-positive black MSM linked to HIV medical care†
	No.	No. (%)	aPR (95% CI)	Missing, No. (%)
Total	643	374 (58.2)	—	116 (18.0)
Age group (yrs) §
13–19	25	19 (76.0)	1.19 (0.90–1.57)	3 (12.0)
20–24	149	86 (57.7)	0.96 (0.82–1.14)	27 (18.1)
25–34	309	189 (61.2)	Referent	57 (18.5)
35–44	81	47 (58.0)	0.94 (0.76–1.18)	13 (16.1)
45–54	51	21 (41.2)	0.70 (0.49–1.00)¶	11 (21.6)
≥55	25	11 (44.0)	0.73 (0.44–1.20)	4 (16.0)
First-time tested §
Yes	75	52 (69.3)	Referent	4 (5.3)
No	551	311 (56.4)	1.04 (0.75–1.45)	110 (20.0)
Urbanicity §
Metropolitan	443	232 (52.4)	Referent	94 (21.2)
Urban	112	78 (69.6)	1.36 (1.16–1.58)**	20 (17.9)
Rural	48	36 (75.0)	1.38 (0.94–2.04)	0 (0.0)

Abbreviations: aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.

* Previously diagnosed HIV infections included persons who tested HIV-positive during the current test and were found to be previously reported in the health department’s HIV surveillance system or who self-reported having a previous HIV-positive test result if the surveillance system verification was not available.

^† Linkage to HIV medical care within 90 days means confirmation that persons attended their first HIV medical care appointment within 90 days of their HIV test date.

^§ Missing/invalid data were excluded. In the section “Previously diagnosed HIV-positive black MSM who are linked to HIV medical care,” one (0.3%) record was excluded from the age group category, 11 (2.9%) from first-time tester, and 28 (7.5%) from urbanicity.

^¶ p-value <0.05.

** p-value <0.001.