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. 2021 Mar 11;11:5652. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85154-0

Table 1.

Demographic and HIV estimates of South Africa and its five largest metropolitan districts in 2018.

Indicator South Africa Cape Town Ekurhuleni eThekwini Johannesburg Tshwane
Estimate Estimate Standardised Estimate Estimate Standardised Estimate Estimate Standardised Estimate Estimate Standardised Estimate Estimate Standardised Estimate
Total population (in millions) 57.3 4.32 3.91 3.86 5.58 4.1
Adult male to female ratio (15 +) 0.92 0.94 1.05 0.94 0.98 0.99
Ratio of dependents (children and adults aged > 65) to working age adults 0.52 0.46 0.47 0.45 0.43 0.43
Prevalence (total) (%) 12.9 (12.4–13.3) 8.2 (6.9–9.4) 7.5 (6.4–8.7) 14.2 (12.9–15.4) 13.1 (11.8–14.3) 16.8 (15.2–18.5) 15.9 (14.3–17.5) 12.9 (11.5–14.1) 11.3 (10–12.4) 10.2 (8.6–11.5) 9.3 (7.7–10.5)
Prevalence (15–49) (%) 18.9 (18.2–19.6) 11.8 (10–13.7) 11.2 (9.4–13) 20.4 (18.5–22.2) 19.2 (17.3–20.9) 23.8 (21.8–25.9) 23.5 (21.4–25.7) 18.1 (16.2–19.8) 16.4 (14.7–18.1) 14.3 (12.3–16.2) 13.5 (11.5–15.4)
Incidence (total) (%) 0.44 (0.4–0.48) 0.35 (0.24–0.46) 0.33 (0.23–0.44) 0.51 (0.4–0.62) 0.5 (0.39–0.61) 0.5 (0.4–0.63) 0.49 (0.39–0.62) 0.45 (0.36–0.54) 0.41 (0.32–0.49) 0.42 (0.3–0.53) 0.39 (0.28–0.5)
Incidence (15–49) (%) 0.76 (0.69–0.83) 0.59 (0.4–0.79) 0.59 (0.4–0.78) 0.84 (0.66–1.03) 0.87 (0.68–1.06) 0.84 (0.67–1.05) 0.85 (0.68–1.06) 0.71 (0.56–0.85) 0.7 (0.56–0.84) 0.67 (0.47–0.84) 0.67 (0.47–0.85)
Reduction in total incidence (2010–2018) (%) 48.7 (46.3–51.1) 36 (28.9–45.9) 34 (26.8–44.3) 49.7 (44.1–54.2) 46.2 (40.3–51.3) 55.7 (50.3–60.6) 57.2 (51.6–62.1) 50.2 (46.2–54.3) 48.2 (43.7–52.5) 38 (30.4–46.3) 37.6 (29.4–46.1)
1st 90: % of PLHIV who are diagnosed 90.5 (90–90.9) 88 (86.8–89.4) 87.1 (85.9–88.4) 89 (88–89.9) 88.8 (87.8–89.7) 92.1 (91.3–92.8) 92 (91.4–92.7) 87 (86.1–88) 86.1 (85.1–87.1) 88.2 (86.8–89.5) 87.2 (86–88.4)
2nd 90: % of diagnosed PLHIV who are on ART 68.4 (66.6–70.8) 61.4 (54.1–70.9) 61.1 (54.3–70.9) 60.2 (56.3–65.2) 60.9 (57.3–65.2) 72.5 (67.7–75.5) 72.9 (68.1–75.5) 59.5 (55.3–65) 59.6 (55.5–65) 56.4 (51.3–64.7) 56.2 (51.3–64.7)
3rd 90: % of PLHIV on ART who are virally suppressed 86.2 (84.1–88.3) 90.3 (89.0–91.6) 77.5 (72.3–82.8) 91.0 (90.0–92.1) 84.5 (82.5–86.6) 89.0 (87.8–90.2)
ART coverage (%) 61.9 (60.2–64) 54.1 (47.2–63.2) 53.5 (47.2–61.9) 53.6 (49.7–58.5) 54.2 (50.6–58.8) 66.8 (62–69.8) 67 (62.4–69.7) 51.8 (47.8–57.1) 51.6 (47.8–56.1) 49.7 (44.8–57.7) 49.2 (44.6–56.6)