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. 2020 Jun 30;15(6):e0235471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235471

Table 1. Characteristics of patients attending HTS.

  Median/IQRƗ / % (N = 11 337)
Median age 28 years (IQR 23–34)
Median age for females 27 years (IQR 23–33)
Median age for males 31 years (IQR 24–42)
Sex  
    Female 8987 (79.3%)
    Male 2042 (18.0%)
    Indeterminate/Unknown 23 (0.2%)
    No entry 285 (2.5%)
Reason for accessing HIV service  
    Antenatal care 1st visit 2414 (21.3%)
    20-week antenatal repeat visit 637 (5.6%)
    32-week antenatal repeat visit 1465 (12.9%)
    Provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT)—other services 2849 (25.1%)
    Self-referred 597 (5.2%)
    HIV exposed infants 340 (3.0%)
    Provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT)—TB services 75 (0.7%)
    Perinatal (delivery)/Baby other 3 (0.03%)
    No entry 2957 (26.1%)
Previous HIV result  
    Self-reported positive 1492 (13.2%)
    Self-reported negative 8325 (73.4%)
    No entry 1520 (13.4%)
HIV test result  
    Tested negative 8700 (76.7%)
    Tested positive on 1 rapid test 218 (1.9%)
    Tested positive on 2 rapid tests (National Protocol) 997 (8.8%)
    Discordant result 13 (0.1%)
    No entryǂ 1359 (12.0%)
    Inconclusive result 50 (0.4%)

ƗIQR: interquartile range

ǂIncludes those self-reported HIV-positive and not retested