Table 2.

HIV positivity rates among cadavers aged ≥ 15 years at KNH and City Mortuaries, Nairobi, Kenya 2015 (n=610)

	City Mortuary			Significance†	KNH Mortuary			Significance†
Selected characteristics	n	%	(95% CI)	F(df1,df2), p-value	n	%	(95% CI)	F(df1,df2), p-value
Sex
Male	184	9.2	(5.8–14.4)	F(1,609) = 7.15, p=0.008‡	226	19.0	(14.4–24.7)	F(1,609) = 5.06, p=0.025‡
Female	30	33.3	(18.9–51.8)		170	28.8	(22.5–36.1)
Male
15–24	30	6.7	(1.7–23.2)	F(2,609) = 0.21, p=0.813§	17	11.8	(2.9–37.0)	F(2,609) = 0.69, p=0.502§
25–44	119	10.1	(5.8–17.0)		96	21.9	(14.7–31.3)
45+	35	8.6	(2.8–23.5)		113	17.7	(11.7–25.9)
Total	184	9.2	(5.8–14.4)		226	19.0	(14.4–24.7)
Female
15–24	6	50	(16.6–83.4)	F(2,609) = 3.19, p=0.042§	9	33.3	(11.0–66.9)	F(2,609) = 11.98, p<0.001§
25–44	13	46.2	(22.2–72.0)		76	46.1	(35.1–57.4)
45+	11	9.1	(1.2–44.3)		85	12.9	(7.3–22.0)
Total	30	33.3	(18.9–51.8)		170	28.8	(22.5–36.1)
Age in years
15–24	36	13.9	(5.9–29.4)	F(2,609) = 0.50, p=0.604║	26	19.2	(8.2–38.8)	F(2,609) = 7.35, p<0.001║
25–44	132	13.6	(8.8–20.6)		172	32.6	(26.0–39.9)
45+	46	8.7	(3.3–21.0)		198	15.7	(11.2–21.4)
Total	214	12.6	(8.8–17.8)		396	23.2	(19.3–27.7)
Police case
Yes	164	7.3	(4.2–12.5)	F(1,213)=10.94, p=0.001¶	n/a			F(1,213)=10.94, p=0.001¶
No	50	30.0	(18.9–44.1)		n/a
Total	214	12.6	(8.8–17.8)		n/a
Total	214	12.6	(8.8–17.8)	n/a	396	23.2	(19.3–27.7)	F(1,609)=11.63, p<0.001 π

Notes:

^*n/percentages not shown are based on <20 cases.

^†F-tests for differences in HIV prevalence by group as follows:

^‡by mortuary, sex

^§by mortuary and sex, age

^║by mortuary, age;

^¶by medico-legal status (at City mortuary only)

^πoverall between mortuaries.