Table 1.
The demographic and sociological features of the patients
| Characteristics at HIV diagnosis | Late presentation N (%) |
Non-late presentation N (%) |
Advanced HIV disease N (%) |
Non-advanced HIV disease N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| 2012 | 6873 (21.7) | 2454 (18.2) | 4535 (22.3) | 4792 (19.4) |
| 2013 | 6833 (21.6) | 3140 (23.4) | 4239 (20.9) | 5734 (23.1) |
| 2014 | 5976 (18.9) | 2851 (21.2) | 3848 (18.9) | 4979 (20.1) |
| 2015 | 5864 (18.5) | 2681 (19.9) | 3677 (18.1) | 4868 (19.6) |
| 2016 | 6117 (19.3) | 2329 (17.3) | 4026 (19.8) | 4420 (17.8) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 23,307 (73.6) | 8721 (64.8) | 15,766 (77.6) | 16,262 (65.6) |
| Female | 8356 (26.4) | 4734 (35.2) | 4559 (22.4) | 8531 (34.4) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–30 | 3533 (11.2) | 3216 (23.9) | 1812 (8.9) | 4937 (19.9) |
| 31–50 | 12,640 (39.9) | 5360 (39.8) | 8488 (41.8) | 9512 (38.4) |
| > 50 | 15,490 (48.9) | 4879 (36.3) | 10,025 (49.3) | 10,344 (41.7) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Migrant workers | 24,546 (77.5) | 9281 (69.0) | 16,154 (79.5) | 17,673 (71.3) |
| Other | 7117 (22.5) | 4174 (31.0) | 4171 (20.5) | 7120 (28.7) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 19,686 (62.2) | 8184 (60.8) | 12,402 (61.0) | 15,468 (62.4) |
| Divorced or widowed | 6329 (20.0) | 1965 (14.6) | 4281 (21.1) | 4013 (16.2) |
| Single | 5648 (17.8) | 3306 (24.6) | 3642 (17.9) | 5312 (21.4) |
| Ethnic | ||||
| Han | 19,817 (62.6) | 8215 (61.1) | 12,906 (63.5) | 15,126 (61.0) |
| Zhuang | 10,565 (33.4) | 4619 (34.3) | 6627 (32.6) | 8557 (34.5) |
| Others | 1281 (4.0) | 621 (4.6) | 792 (3.9) | 1110 (4.5) |
| Level of education | ||||
| Primary/no education | 28,094 (88.7) | 11,212 (83.3) | 18,295 (90.0) | 21,011 (84.7) |
| Secondary/university | 3569 (11.3) | 2243 (16. 7) | 2030 (10.0) | 3782 (15.3) |
| HIV transmission group | ||||
| Heterosexual sex | 30,042 (94.9) | 11,952 (88.8) | 19,526 (96.1) | 22,468 (90.6) |
| PWID | 597 (1.9) | 480 (3.6) | 347 (1.7) | 730 (3.0) |
| MSM | 836 (2.6) | 935 (7.0) | 332 (1.6) | 1439 (5.8) |
| Other | 188 (0.6) | 88 (0.6) | 120 (0.6) | 156 (0.6) |
| Reason for HIV testing | ||||
| STI clinics | 1001 (3.2) | 404 (3.0) | 618 (3.0) | 787 (3.2) |
| Premarital/pregnancy screening | 1283 (4.1) | 1308 (9.7) | 460 (2.3) | 2131 (8.6) |
| Medical examination | 83 (0.3) | 100 (0.7) | 35 (0.2) | 148 (0.6) |
| Penitentiary | 585 (1.8) | 600 (4.5) | 264 (1.3) | 921 (3.7) |
| HIV + couple or partner | 1659 (5.2) | 1003 (7.5) | 773 (3.8) | 1889 (7.6) |
| Pre-surgery | 2409 (7.6) | 1128 (8.4) | 1393 (6.8) | 2144 (8.6) |
| VCT | 8556 (27.0) | 4311 (32.0) | 5204 (25.6) | 7663 (30.9) |
| Hospital | 14,279 (45.1) | 3532 (26.3) | 10,620 (52.3) | 7191 (29) |
| Blood testing of the blood receiversa | 320 (1.0) | 76 (0.6) | 225 (1.1) | 171 (0.7) |
| Other | 1488 (4.7) | 993 (7.4) | 733 (3.6) | 1748 (7.1) |
MSM men who have sex with men, PWID people who use drugs, STI sexually transmitted infection, VCT voluntary counseling and testing
aBlood testing of the blood receivers: HIV testing among patients who were going to receive blood transfusion