Table 2.
Burden of Depressive Symptoms in those with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Data from Systematic Review 2008-2018.
| Country | Estimated Prevalence |
Mean Estimate of Depressive Symptoms |
Confidence Interval of Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern and Southern Africa | |||
| Eswatini | 26.8% | 51,000 | (46,000-57,000) |
| Tanzania* | 17.9% | 232,000 | (203,000-264,000) |
| Uganda* | 20.7% | 248,000 | (223,000-274,000) |
| Ethiopia* | 38.7% | 213,000 | (165,000-262,000) |
| Kenya* | 28.8% | 403,000 | (340,000-469,000) |
| Rwanda* | 35.2% | 74,000 | (65,000-84,000) |
| Zambia* | 20.8% | 229,000 | (191,000-271,000) |
| Botswana* | 27.3% | 101,000 | (88,000-116,000) |
| Lesotho* | 28.7% | 86,000 | (77,000-96,000) |
| Malawi* | 9.0% | 87,000 | (70,000-105,000) |
| Angola | 27.1% | 76,000 | (47,000-106,000) |
| Namibia* | 28.4% | 54,000 | (47,000-62,000) |
| Mozambique | 26.9% | 538,000 | (421,000-660,000) |
| South Africa* | 29.1% | 2,007,000 | (1,814,000-2,205,000) |
| Zimbabwe* | 68.5% | 822,000 | (713,000-932,000) |
| Regional Sub-Total | 29.4% | 5,304,000 | (4,851,000-5,955,000) |
| Western and Central Africa | |||
| Cameroon* | 24.5% | 115,000 | (93,000-138,000) |
| Ghana | 18.9% | 53,000 | (41,000-68,000) |
| Dem. Republic Congo | 19.1% | 65,000 | (47,000-85,000) |
| Nigeria* | 16.6% | 480,000 | (312,000-654,000) |
| Ivory Coast* | 29.8% | 137,000 | (89,000-190,000) |
| Regional Sub-Total | 19.1% | 1,072,000 | (785,000-1,358,000) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa Total: | 27.0% | 6,376,000 | (5,565,000-7,386,000) |
*
Country burden calculated from prevalence data identified from systematic review. Other countries’ burdens were calculated using regional mean for major depression and 99.7% confidence interval (i.e. 3 standard deviations).
**
Only the 20 countries with the highest prevalence of depression are listed. A full listing of all countries is provided in Supplemental Table 6.