Table 2. Demographics characteristics among pregnant women aged beyond 15 years old who were tested for HIV and syphilis, national sentinel surveillance survey of HIV and syphilis 2017.

Characteristic	Overall Population (N = 3901)		Among HIV+ Population (N = 222)
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
HIV Status
HIV positive	222	5.8	NA	NA
HIV negative	3,574	94.2	NA	NA
Total	3796	100.0	NA	NA
Residence
Urban	2,031	52.1	118	53.2
Rural	1,870	47.9	104	46.8
Total	3901	100.0	222	100.0
Region
Adamawa	477	12.2	15	6.8
Centre	559	14.3	49	22.1
East	560	14.4	46	20.7
Far North	365	9.4	8	3.6
Littoral	76	2.0	4	1.8
North	116	3.0	0	0.0
North West	211	5.4	11	5.0
West	240	6.2	6	2.7
South	614	15.7	28	12.6
South West	683	17.5	55	24.8
Total	3901	100.0	222	100.0
Type of union
Single	939	24.6	64	29.5
Married/Cohabiting	2,862	75.1	151	69.6
Widow/Divorced	12	0.3	2	0.9
Total	3813	100.0	217	100.0
Education
None	452	11.7	18	8.2
Primary	981	25.4	71	32.4
Secondary	1,929	49.9	25	11.4
Higher	504	13.0	105	48.0
Total	3866	100.0	219	100.0
Primiparous
Yes	931	23.9	24	10.8
No	2,956	76.1	198	89.2
Total	3887	100.0	222	100.0
Number of pregnancies
0	931	23.9	24	10.9
2 to 3	1,496	38.5	78	35.1
4 to 5	888	22.9	78	35.1
>5	572	14.7	42	18.9
Total	3887	100.0	222	100.0
Age (in years)
<25	1,734	44.7	53	24.0
15–19	665	17.1	7	3.2
20–24	1,069	27.6	46	20.8
≥ 25	2,144	55.3	168	76.0
25–29	1,011	26.1	63	28.5
30–34	721	18.6	59	26.7
35–49	412	10.6	46	20.8
Total	3878	100.0	221	100.0
Occupation
Housewife	1,655	43.4	91	42.3
Student	727	19.0	19	8.8
Formal employee (Civil servant)	308	8.1	17	7.9
Informal employee/entrepreneurship	889	23.3	72	33.5
Unemployed	163	4.3	4	1.9
Others	74	1.9	12	5.6
Total	3816	100.0	215	100.0

NA: Not Applicable