Table 1.
AIDS cases transmitted via various routes in local and immigrant populations
| Variables Groups |
Heterosexual transmission | Homosexual transmission | Others | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 15,050) | (N = 11,057) | (N = 1201) | |||||
| no. | %(95%CI) | no. | %(95%CI) | no. | %(95%CI) | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Local | Male | 7927 | 52.67 (51.87–53.47) | 6795 | 61.45 (60.54–62.36) | 584 | 48.63 (45.76–51.49) |
| Female | 2812 | 18.68 (18.06–19.32) | 5 | 0.05 (0.01–0.11) | 162 | 13.49 (11.61–15.56) | |
| Immigrant | Male | 2582 | 17.16 (16.56–17.77) | 4252 | 38.46 (37.55–39.37) | 327 | 27.23 (24.73–29.84) |
| Female | 1729 | 11.49 (10.98–12.01) | 5 | 0.05 (0.01–0.11) | 128 | 10.66 (8.97–12.54) | |
| Age groups | |||||||
| Local | 0–20 | 202 | 1.34 (1.16–1.54) | 552 | 4.99 (4.59–5.41) | 30 | 2.50 (1.69–3.55) |
| 21–35 | 2643 | 17.56 (16.96–18.18) | 3853 | 34.85 (33.96–35.74) | 245 | 20.40 (18.15–22.79) | |
| 36–50 | 3346 | 22.23 (21.57–22.91) | 1681 | 15.20 (14.54–15.89) | 253 | 21.07 (18.79–23.48) | |
| Over50 | 4548 | 30.22 (29.49–30.96) | 714 | 6.46 (6.01–6.93) | 218 | 18.15 (16.01–20.45) | |
| Immigrant | 0–20 | 195 | 1.30 (1.12–1.49) | 251 | 2.27 (2.00–2.57) | 23 | 1.92 (1.22–2.86) |
| 21–35 | 2190 | 14.55 (13.99–15.13) | 2796 | 25.29 (24.48–26.11) | 242 | 20.15 (17.91–22.53) | |
| 36–50 | 1532 | 10.18 (9.70–10.67) | 1094 | 9.89 (9.34–10.47) | 163 | 13.57 (11.68–15.64) | |
| Over50 | 394 | 2.62 (2.37–2.89) | 116 | 1.05 (0.87–1.26) | 27 | 2.25 (1.49–3.25) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Local | Unmarried | 1768 | 11.75 (11.24–12.27) | 4243 | 38.37 (37.47–39.29) | 186 | 15.49 (13.49–17.66) |
| Married/Cohabiting | 6888 | 45.77 (44.97–46.57) | 1739 | 15.73 (15.05–16.42) | 430 | 35.80 (33.09–38.59) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 1608 | 10.68 (10.20–11.19) | 768 | 6.95 (6.48–7.44) | 94 7.83 (6.37–9.49) | ||
| Widowed | 460 | 3.06 (2.79–3.34) | 39 | 0.35 (0.25–0.48) | 21 | 1.75 (1.09–2.66) | |
| Unknown | 18 | 0.12 (0.07–0.19) | 11 | 0.10 (0.05–0.18) | 15 | 1.25 (0.70–2.05) | |
| Immigrant | Unmarried | 1152 | 7.65 (7.23–8.09) | 2713 | 24.54 (23.74–25.35) | 147 | 12.24 (10.44–14.23) |
| Married/Cohabiting | 2390 | 15.88 (15.30–16.47) | 987 | 8.93 (8.40–9.47) | 236 | 19.65 (17.44–22.01) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 648 | 4.31 (3.99–4.64) | 542 | 4.90 (4.51–5.32) | 53 | 4.41 (3.32–5.73) | |
| Widowed | 110 | 0.73 (0.60–0.88) | 11 | 0.10 (0.05–0.18) | 10 | 0.83 (0.40–1.53) | |
| Unknown | 11 | 0.07 (0.04–0.13) | 4 | 0.04 (0.01–0.09) | 9 | 0.75 (0.34–1.42) | |
| Clinical stage | |||||||
| Local | Clinical phase I | 6347 | 42.17 (41.38–42.97) | 4187 | 37.87 (36.96–38.78) | 512 | 42.63 (39.81–45.48) |
| Clinical phase II | 1964 | 13.05 (12.52–13.60) | 1534 | 13.87 (13.23–14.53) | 101 | 8.41 (6.90–10.12) | |
| Clinical phase III | 1492 | 9.91 (9.44–10.40) | 699 | 6.32 (5.88–6.79) | 87 | 7.24 (5.84–8.86) | |
| Clinical phase IV | 936 | 6.22 (5.84–6.62) | 380 | 3.43 (3.10–3.79) | 46 | 3.83 (2.82–5.08) | |
| Immigrant | Clinical phase I | 2861 | 19.01 (18.39–19.65) | 2560 | 23.15 (22.37–23.95) | 312 | 25.98 (23.52–28.56) |
| Clinical phase II | 899 | 5.97 (5.60–6.36) | 1185 | 10.72 (10.15–11.31) | 94 | 7.83 (6.37–9.49) | |
| Clinical phase III | 352 | 2.34 (2.10–2.59) | 345 | 3.12 (2.80–3.46) | 35 | 2.91 (2.04–4.03) | |
| Clinical phase IV | 199 | 1.32 (1.15–1.52) | 167 | 1.51 (1.29–1.76) | 14 | 1.17 (0.64–1.95) | |