Table 2.
Characteristics of people infected with HIV during 2004–2016.
| Variables | Items | Value | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 12,144 | 71.6 |
| Female | 4813 | 28.4 | |
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | All | 40.0 ± 13.3 | -- |
| Marital status | Unmarried | 4598 | 27.1 |
| Married | 9390 | 55.4 | |
| Divorced/Widowed | 2886 | 17.0 | |
| Missing | 83 | 0.5 | |
| Employment | Worker | 719 | 4.2 |
| Farmers | 4129 | 24.4 | |
| No work/retired | 596 | 3.5 | |
| Others | 898 | 5.3 | |
| Missing | 10,615 | 67.9 | |
| Ethnicity | Han | 4664 | 27.5 |
| Others | 1710 | 10.1 | |
| Missing | 10,583 | 72.5 | |
| Education level | Primary school and below | 2157 | 12.7 |
| Middle school | 2535 | 14.9 | |
| High school | 857 | 5.1 | |
| University and above | 708 | 4.2 | |
| Missing | 10,700 | 63.1 | |
| Mode of transmission | Homosexual | 751 | 4.4 |
| Heterosexual | 9629 | 56.8 | |
| Intravenous drug use | 5508 | 32.5 | |
| Others | 997 | 5.9 | |
| Missing | 72 | 0.4 | |
| Year of ART initiation * | 2004 | 841 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 838 | 4.9 | |
| 2006 | 1061 | 6.3 | |
| 2007 | 1362 | 8.0 | |
| 2008 | 1590 | 9.4 | |
| 2009 | 1510 | 8.9 | |
| 2010 | 1354 | 8.0 | |
| 2011 | 1562 | 9.2 | |
| 2012 | 1606 | 9.5 | |
| 2013 | 1556 | 9.2 | |
| 2014 | 1572 | 9.3 | |
| 2015 | 1229 | 7.3 | |
| 2016 | 816 | 4.8 | |
| Missing | 60 | 0.4 |
* The value is the number of HIV positive people receiving ART initially by year of ART initiation.