Table 1. The prevalence of hrHPV subtypes in rural Guangzhou, China, 2019–2021.

Infection patterns	No. of positive	Prevalence (%) (95% CI)	Proportion of hrHPV (%)
Abbreviation: hrHPV=high-risk human papillomavirus, CI=confidence interval. * Other hrHPV types means pooled 12 hrHPV types or HPV-18. † Other hrHPV types means pooled 12 hrHPV types or HPV-16.
Any types of infection
Any hrHPV subtypes	8,465	5.32 (5.21–5.43)	100.00
Any HPV-16	1,130	0.71 (0.67–0.75)	13.35
Any HPV-18	538	0.34 (0.31–0.37)	6.36
Any pooled 12 hrHPV types	7,168	4.50 (4.40–4.60)	84.68
HPV-16 or HPV-18	1,651	1.04 (0.99–1.09)	19.50
Co-infection
HPV-16 + Other hrHPV types*	249	0.16 (0.14–0.18)	2.94
HPV-18 + Other hrHPV types†	134	0.08 (0.07–0.10)	1.58
HPV-16 + 18	12	0.008 (0.004–0.014)	0.14
HPV-16 +18 + Pooled 12 hrHPV types	5	0.003 (0.001–0.007)	0.06