Table 1.
Characteristics of HIV-Positive Clients: New Diagnoses by Risk Group (n = 662)
| Women (N = 207) | Men-heterosexual (N = 85) | Men-MSM (N = 213) | Men-unknown (N = 157) | Total (N = 662) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age, mean ± SD** | 35.0 ± 13.3 | 41.3 ± 14.8 | 28.9 ± 10.2 | 34.9 ± 14.2 | 33.8 ± 13.3 | |||||
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 11 | 5.3 | 7 | 8.2 | 32 | 15.0 | 19 | 12.1 | 69 | 10.4 |
| Black | 178 | 86.0 | 67 | 78.8 | 156 | 73.2 | 111 | 70.7 | 512 | 77.3 |
| Other | 13 | 6.3 | 10 | 11.8 | 16 | 7.5 | 23 | 14.6 | 62 | 9.4 |
| Unknown | 5 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 9 | 4.2 | 4 | 2.5 | 19 | 2.9 |
| Insurance** | ||||||||||
| Uninsured | 16 | 7.7 | 13 | 15.3 | 37 | 17.4 | 23 | 14.6 | 89 | 13.4 |
| Public | 58 | 28.0 | 16 | 18.8 | 30 | 14.1 | 29 | 18.5 | 133 | 20.1 |
| Private | 20 | 9.7 | 15 | 17.6 | 45 | 21.1 | 18 | 11.5 | 98 | 14.8 |
| Unknown | 113 | 54.6 | 41 | 48.2 | 101 | 47.4 | 87 | 55.4 | 342 | 51.7 |
| Site type* | ||||||||||
| Hospitals | 121 | 58.5 | 54 | 63.5 | 114 | 53.5 | 113 | 72.0 | 402 | 60.7 |
| ED | 45 | 21.7 | 24 | 28.2 | 66 | 31.0 | 32 | 20.4 | 167 | 25.2 |
| Outpatient | 6 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.4 | 9 | 4.2 | 11 | 7.0 | 28 | 4.2 |
| Inpatient | 16 | 7.7 | 7 | 8.2 | 4 | 1.9 | 15 | 9.6 | 42 | 6.3 |
| Unknown | 33 | 15.9 | 15 | 17.6 | 28 | 13.1 | 41 | 26.1 | 117 | 17.7 |
| CHC/FQHCs | 85 | 41.1 | 31.0 | 36.5 | 99 | 46.5 | 44 | 28.0 | 259 | 39.1 |
| Family planning clinic | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Laboratory results | ||||||||||
| Viral load** | 200,462.3 ± 912,091.6 | 193,518.5 ± 380,637.3 | 1,144,350.5 ± 8,579,657.9 | 782,211.5 ± 2211,662.5 | 663,582 ± 5,514,296 | |||||
| CD4 count** | 417.5 ± 306.7 | 290.6 ± 250.5 | 372.8 ± 236.4 | 285.4 ± 275.7 | 361.2 ± 269.5 | |||||
| Linked to care** | 135 | 66.2a | 75 | 89.3a | 192 | 92.3a | 84 | 56.4a | 486 | 76.1 |
a
Denominator: eligible to be linked includes those who are not deceased or moved.
*
p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
CHC/FQHCs, community health center/federally qualified health centers; ED, emergency department; MSM, men who have sex with men; SD, standard deviation.