Table 2.
Linkage to HIV medical care among persons in non-healthcare settings who tested for HIV for the first time, by demographic characteristics and other factors, 31 health departments in the United States, 2019
| First-time tested | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total HIV tests (first time tested) |
New HIV diagnosis |
aPR (95% CI) | New HIV diagnosis with valid data on linkage to HIV medical care |
Linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days of HIV diagnosis |
aPR (95% CI) | |
| Total (No.) | 39 353 | 242 | 237 | 174 | ||
| No. (Col %) | No. (Row %) | No. (Denominator) |
No. (Row %) | |||
| Age group (yrs) * | ||||||
| 50+ | 4 167 (10.6) | 28 (0.7) | Referent | 27 | 19 (70.4) | Referent |
| 13-29 | 24 295 (62.0) | 131 (0.5) | 0.64 (0.42, 0.97) | 128 | 92 (71.9) | 1.05 (0.80, 1.37) |
| 30-49 | 10 730 (27.4) | 83 (0.8) | 1.10 (0.71, 1.71) | 82 | 63 (76.8) | 1.12 (0.87, 1.45) |
| Gender † | ||||||
| Female | 15 757 (40.3) | 27 (0.2) | Referent | 27 | 20 (74.1) | Referent |
| Male | 22 910 (58.6) | 205 (0.9) | 2.48 (0.87, 7.08) | 200 | 149 (74.5) | 0.90 (0.36, 2.28) |
| Transgender | 458 (1.2) | 8 (1.7) | 12.34 (4.28, 35.62) | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 0.63 (0.19, 2.12) |
| Race and Ethnicity § | ||||||
| White | 15 141 (39.2) | 58 (0.4) | Referent | 57 | 42 (73.7) | Referent |
| Black/African American | 10 671 (27.6) | 92 (0.9) | 2.68 (1.91, 3.75) | 91 | 67 (73.6) | 1.03 (0.84, 1.26) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9 783 (25.3) | 81 (0.8) | 2.56 (1.81, 3.60) | 78 | 58 (74.4) | 1.06 (0.85, 1.32) |
| Other | 3 061 (7.9) | 9 (0.3) | 0.95 (0.47, 1.92) | 9 | 5 (55.6) | 0.69 (0.39, 1.21) |
| Population Groups ¶ | ||||||
| Heterosexual females | 12 295 (34.6) | 20 (0.2) | Referent | 20 | 16 (80.0) | Referent |
| MSM | 5 834 (16.4) | 151 (2.6) | 7.73 (2.46, 24.26) | 149 | 111 (74.5) | 1.07 (0.42, 2.77) |
| MSM who inject drugs | 385 (1.1) | 7 (1.8) | 6.64 (1.72, 25.67) | 7 | 7 (100.0) | 1.38 (0.53, 3.59) |
| PWID | 3 973 (11.2) | 10 (0.3) | 1.14 (0.34, 3.87) | 9 | 4 (44.4) | 0.48 (0.16, 1.45) |
| Heterosexual males | 13 099 (36.8) | 32 (0.2) | 0.60 (0.18, 1.96) | 30 | 23 (76.7) | 1.10 (0.42, 2.90) |
| U.S. Census Region | ||||||
| Midwest | 7 607 (19.3) | 36 (0.5) | Referent | 33 | 28 (84.8) | Referent |
| Northeast | 6 398 (16.3) | 16 (0.3) | 0.50 (0.28, 0.91) | 16 | 15 (93.8) | 0.98 (0.79, 1.21) |
| South | 18 398 (46.8) | 164 (0.9) | 1.58 (1.09, 2.28) | 163 | 113 (69.3) | 0.72 (0.59, 0.89) |
| West | 6 950 (17.7) | 26 (0.4) | 0.62 (0.36, 1.05) | 25 | 18 (72.0) | 0.84 (0.62, 1.12) |
Abbreviations: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; MSM = gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; PWID = persons who inject drugs; aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval
For age, the number of records missing or invalid are as follows: 161 (0.4%) in the column under “Total”.
For gender, the number of records missing or invalid are as follows: 228 (0.6%) in the column under “Total”, 2 (0.8%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis”, 2 (0.8%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis with valid data on linkage to HIV medical care”, and 2 (1.1%) in the column under “Linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days of HIV diagnosis”.
All races are non-Hispanic/Latino. Hispanic/Latino can be of any race. Race category “Other” includes Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and when more than one race is selected. For race, the number of records missing or invalid are as follows: 697 (1.8%) in the column under “Total”, 2 (0.8%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis”, 2 (0.8%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis with valid data on linkage to HIV medical care”, and 2 (1.1%) in the column under “Linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days of HIV diagnosis”.
For population groups, the number of records missing or invalid are as follows: 343 (0.9%) in the column under “Total”, 1 (0.4%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis”, 1 (0.4%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis with valid data on linkage to HIV medical care”, and 1 (0.6%) in the column under “Linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days of HIV diagnosis”. In addition, the number of records for “Other” excluded from this table are as follows: 3 424 (8.7%) in the column under “Total”, 21 (8.7%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis”, 21 (8.9%) in the column under “New HIV diagnosis with valid data on linkage to HIV medical care”, and 12 (6.9%) in the column under “Linkage to HIV medical care within 30 days of HIV diagnosis”.