Table 2. Demographic characteristics of newly diagnosed cases of HIV infected via injection drug use ─ China, 2012–2019.
| Characteristics | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 7,101(86.2) | 5,976(86.0) | 5,350(86.1) | 4,245(84.7) | 4,253(85.3) | 3,813(83.2) | 3,818(86.3) | 1,545(84.4) | 36,101(85.5) |
| Female | 1,141(13.8) | 976(14.0) | 863(13.9) | 765(15.3) | 734(14.7) | 772(16.8) | 605(13.7) | 285(15.6) | 6,141(14.5) |
| Age group (years) | |||||||||
| 15–24 | 978(11.9) | 856(12.3) | 687(11.1) | 495(9.9) | 437(8.8) | 399(8.7) | 361(8.2) | 107(5.8) | 4,320(10.2) |
| 25–34 | 3,429(41.6) | 2,888(41.5) | 2,596(41.8) | 2,019(40.3) | 2,040(40.9) | 1,736(37.9) | 1,619(36.6) | 566(30.9) | 16,893(40.0) |
| 35–44 | 3,089(37.5) | 2,520(36.2) | 2,242(36.1) | 1,803(36.0) | 1,738(34.9) | 1,599(34.9) | 1,591(36.0) | 636(34.8) | 15,218(36.0) |
| 45–54 | 647(7.9) | 602(8.7) | 601(9.7) | 618(12.3) | 700(14.0) | 751(16.4) | 720(16.3) | 415(22.7) | 5,054(12.0) |
| 55– | 99(1.2) | 86(1.2) | 87(1.4) | 75(1.5) | 72(1.4) | 100(2.2) | 132(3.0) | 106(5.8) | 757(1.8) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married, or living with partner | 3,192(38.7) | 2,578(37.1) | 2,338(37.6) | 1,904(38.0) | 2,106(42.2) | 2,179(47.5) | 2,184(49.4) | 660(36.1) | 17,141(40.6) |
| Single | 3,340(40.5) | 2,859(41.1) | 2,497(40.2) | 1,930(38.5) | 1,815(36.4) | 1,420(31.0) | 1,306(29.5) | 685(37.4) | 15,852(37.5) |
| Divorced, or widowed | 1,390(16.9) | 1,323(19.0) | 1,178(19.0) | 1,070(21.4) | 941(18.9) | 901(19.7) | 792(17.9) | 471(25.7) | 8,066(19.1) |
| Unknown | 320(3.9) | 192(2.8) | 200(3.2) | 106(2.1) | 125(2.5) | 85(1.9) | 141(3.2) | 14(0.8) | 1,183(2.8) |
| Education | |||||||||
| College and above | 84(1.0) | 60(0.9) | 68(1.1) | 86(1.7) | 74(1.5) | 80(1.7) | 89(2.0) | 83(4.5) | 624(1.5) |
| High school or technical secondary school | 516(6.3) | 433(6.2) | 431(6.9) | 294(5.9) | 293(5.9) | 285(6.2) | 234(5.3) | 155(8.5) | 2,641(6.3) |
| Junior high school | 2,968(36.0) | 2,330(33.5) | 1,892(30.5) | 1,668(33.3) | 1,462(29.3) | 1,223(26.7) | 998(22.6) | 641(35.0) | 13,182(31.2) |
| Primary school | 2,983(36.2) | 2,472(35.6) | 2,349(37.8) | 1,684(33.6) | 1,705(34.2) | 1,462(31.9) | 1,545(34.9) | 579(31.6) | 14,779(35.0) |
| Illiterate | 1,691(20.5) | 1,657(23.8) | 1,473(23.7) | 1,278(25.5) | 1,453(29.1) | 1,535(33.5) | 1,557(35.2) | 372(20.3) | 11,016(26.1) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Han | 3,623(44.0) | 2,758(39.7) | 2,451(39.4) | 2,128(42.5) | 1,942(38.9) | 1,619(35.3) | 1,373(31.0) | 885(48.4) | 16,779(39.7) |
| Other | 4,619(56.0) | 4,194(60.3) | 3,762(60.6) | 2,882(57.5) | 3,045(61.1) | 2,966(64.7) | 3,050(69.0) | 945(51.6) | 25,463(60.3) |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Farmer or rural laborer | 3,570(43.3) | 3,530(50.8) | 2,954(47.5) | 2,413(48.2) | 2,567(51.5) | 2,500(54.5) | 2,763(62.5) | 907(49.6) | 21,204(50.2) |
| Housekeeping service or unemployment | 2,596(31.5) | 2,156(31.0) | 2,138(34.4) | 1,597(31.9) | 1,468(29.4) | 1,207(26.3) | 989(22.4) | 562(30.7) | 12,713(30.1) |
| Other | 1,648(20.0) | 772(11.1) | 749(12.1) | 692(13.8) | 659(13.2) | 734(16.0) | 565(12.8) | 315(17.2) | 6,134(14.5) |
| Unknown | 428(5.2) | 494(7.1) | 372(6.0) | 308(6.1) | 293(5.9) | 144(3.1) | 106(2.4) | 46(2.5) | 2,191(5.2) |
| Site of diagnosis | |||||||||
| Voluntary counseling and testing centers | 1,414(17.2) | 1,175(16.9) | 879(14.1) | 647(12.9) | 794(15.9) | 641(14.0) | 318(7.2) | 226(12.3) | 6,094(14.4) |
| Hospital | 2,187(26.5) | 1,935(27.8) | 1,749(28.2) | 1,399(27.9) | 1,451(29.1) | 1,316(28.7) | 720(16.3) | 516(28.2) | 11,273(26.7) |
| Detention center | 3,853(46.7) | 3,271(47.1) | 2,990(48.1) | 2,408(48.1) | 2,438(48.9) | 2,081(45.4) | 1,661(37.6) | 850(46.4) | 19,552(46.3) |
| Other | 637(7.7) | 421(6.1) | 531(8.5) | 503(10.0) | 271(5.4) | 517(11.3) | 1,680(38.0) | 228(12.5) | 4,788(11.3) |