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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Food Nutr Bull. 2018 Nov 19;39(4):549–563. doi: 10.1177/0379572118809302

Table 1.

Selected Demographic and Health Indicators for Study Countries (2012–2015).a

Indicator Bolivia Dominican Republic Honduras
Total population (20l5)b 10 724 705 10 528 391 8 075 060
HIV prevalence (adults 15–49 years) (%)c 0.3 [0.2–0.4] 1.0 [0.8–1.4] 0.4 [0.3–0.4]
HIV prevalence among MSM (%)d 12.0 6.1 6.9 (Tegucigalpa), 10.7 (S.P. Sula), 11.7 (La Ceiba)
HIV prevalence among female sex workers (%)d 0.6 4.8 3.3 (Tegucigalpa), 6.7 (S.P. Sula), 15.3 (La Ceiba)
Number of adults >15 years old living with HIVc 18 000 [11 000–25 000] 66 000 [52 000–90 000] 19 000 [16 000–23 000]
Percent of ART coverage (2012)e 35.0 77.0 58.0
AIDS-related deaths (adults and children)c 1000 [<500–1200] 3100 [1800–5500] 1000 [<1000–1400]
Percent living in poverty (2014)b 39.3 41.1 62.8
Income inequality (Gini coefficient)b 0.48 0.47 0.54

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; MSM, men who have sex with men.

a

The square brackets indicate confidence intervals for the estimates.

b

Population and poverty sources: World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL/countries; http://povertydata.worldbank.org/poverty/region/LAC; http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI (Gini coefficient varies between 0 [complete income equality] and 1 [complete inequality]); HIV-related sources: various.

c

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/).

e

Pan American Health Organization 2013.1