TABLE 2.
HIV and Syphilis Testing by Antenatal Characteristics by Province, SA, January 2005 to June 2006
| Overall (N = 2379) | GP (n = 1167) | NC (n = 1212) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Gestational age at 1 st ANC documented | ||||||
| First trimester | 146 | 8.4 | 57 | 6.6 | 89 | 10.1 |
| Second trimester | 1093 | 62.9 | 535 | 62.1 | 558 | 63.6 |
| Third trimester | 499 | 28.7 | 269 | 31.3 | 230 | 26.2 |
| Gestational age at first ANC not documented | 641 | 306 | 335 | |||
| Tested for HIV by ANC visit documented | ||||||
| Before first ANC visit | 24 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.6 |
| At first ANC visit | 733 | 41.4 | 315 | 35.7 | 418 | 47.1 |
| At later ANC visit | 970 | 54.8 | 557 | 63.1 | 413 | 46.5 |
| During labor | 44 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 43 | 4.8 |
| Tested for HIV by ANC visit not documented | 608 | 284 | 324 | |||
| Tested for syphilis by ANC visit documented | ||||||
| First ANC visit | 1434 | 71.4 | 674 | 68.6 | 760 | 74.1 |
| Follow-up ANC visit | 555 | 27.6 | 290 | 29.6 | 265 | 25.8 |
| During labor | 19 | 1.0 | 18 | 1.8 | 1 | <0.1 |
| Tested for syphilis by ANC visit not documented | 371 | 185 | 186 | |||
| Tested for HIV by gestational age documented | ||||||
| First trimester | 128 | 9.2 | 53 | 7.8 | 75 | 10.5 |
| Second trimester | 872 | 62.8 | 418 | 61.8 | 454 | 63.7 |
| Third trimester | 389 | 28.0 | 205 | 30.2 | 184 | 25.8 |
| Tested for HIV by gestational age not documented | 990 | 491 | 499 | |||
| Tested for syphilis by gestational age documented | ||||||
| First trimester | 141 | 8.5 | 56 | 6.9 | 85 | 10.0 |
| Second trimester | 1055 | 63.3 | 509 | 62.3 | 546 | 64.2 |
| Third trimester | 471 | 28.3 | 252 | 30.8 | 219 | 25.8 |
| Tested for syphilis by gestational age not documented | 712 | 350 | 362 | |||