TABLE 1.

Age group of mothers, maternal syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection.

Age group	MS	RPR+/HIV-	RPR+/HIV+	Deliveries	Prevalence of MS (%)
≤ 18 years	12	10	2	850	1.4
19–24 years	45	19	26	3986	1.1
25–29 years	34	11	23	2932	1.2
30–34 years	13	3	10	1840	0.7
≥ 35 years	14	3	11	1072	1.3
Total	118	46	72	10 680	1.1

MS, maternal syphilis; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; +, positive (infected); -, negative (uninfected).