Table 2.
Trends in late presentation of HIV infection among patients with newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS.
| Characteristics | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Trend test, P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | LP cases (Rate, %) | N | LP cases (Rate, %) | N | LP cases (Rate, %) | N | LP cases (Rate, %) | ||
| Total | 513 | 271 (52.8) | 627 | 356 (56.8) | 583 | 345 (59.2) | 577 | 353 (61.2) | 0.004 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 453 | 234 (51.7) | 557 | 315 (56.6) | 519 | 308 (59.3) | 522 | 317 (60.7) | 0.003 |
| Female | 60 | 37 (61.7) | 70 | 41 (58.6) | 64 | 37 (57.8) | 55 | 36 (65.5) | 0.732 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| ≤ 24 | 69 | 21 (30.4) | 94 | 41 (43.6) | 95 | 44 (46.3) | 88 | 39 (44.3) | 0.097 |
| 25-39 | 270 | 138 (51.1) | 283 | 140 (49.5) | 238 | 138 (58.0) | 260 | 149 (57.3) | 0.049 |
| ≥40 | 174 | 112 (64.4) | 250 | 175 (70.0) | 250 | 163 (65.2) | 229 | 165 (72.1) | 0.246 |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Service personnel | 200 | 96 (48.0) | 223 | 104 (46.6) | 184 | 100 (54.3) | 161 | 87 (54.0) | 0.114 |
| Factory worker | 106 | 52 (49.1) | 143 | 88 (61.5) | 133 | 78 (58.6) | 147 | 89 (60.5) | 0.154 |
| Homemaker or unemployment | 84 | 51 (60.7) | 118 | 77 (65.3) | 91 | 60 (65.9) | 99 | 60 (60.6) | 0.947 |
| Retiree | 15 | 10 (66.7) | 25 | 14 (56.0) | 30 | 19 (63.3) | 44 | 37 (84.1) | 0.039 |
| Farmer | 47 | 34 (72.3) | 53 | 39 (73.6) | 77 | 53 (68.8) | 42 | 29 (69.0) | 0.596 |
| Others | 61 | 28 (45.9) | 65 | 34 (52.3) | 68 | 35 (51.5) | 84 | 51 (60.7) | 0.093 |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 228 | 105 (46.1) | 262 | 122 (46.6) | 249 | 127 (51.0) | 266 | 143 (53.8) | 0.050 |
| Married | 214 | 121 (56.5) | 267 | 173 (64.8) | 246 | 161 (65.4) | 216 | 157 (72.7) | 0.001 |
| Divorced or widowed | 71 | 45 (63.4) | 98 | 61 (62.2) | 88 | 57 (64.8) | 95 | 53 (55.8) | 0.365 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Han | 496 | 263 (53.0) | 597 | 339 (56.8) | 572 | 340 (59.4) | 560 | 344 (61.4) | 0.004 |
| Ethnic minorities | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 30 | 17 (56.7) | 11 | 5 (45.5) | 17 | 9 (52.9) | 0.925 |
| Education level | |||||||||
| Junior high school or lower | 230 | 129 (56.1) | 285 | 174 (61.1) | 306 | 193 (63.1) | 299 | 193 (64.5) | 0.046 |
| Senior high school | 128 | 64 (50.0) | 153 | 93 (60.8) | 115 | 68 (59.1) | 130 | 78 (60.0) | 0.159 |
| College or higher | 155 | 78 (50.3) | 189 | 89 (47.1) | 162 | 84 (51.9) | 148 | 82 (55.4) | 0.257 |
| Registered residence | |||||||||
| Suzhou | 174 | 112 (64.4) | 197 | 130 (66.0) | 209 | 134 (64.1) | 181 | 130 (71.8) | 0.203 |
| Others | 339 | 159 (46.9) | 430 | 226 (52.6) | 374 | 211 (56.4) | 396 | 223 (56.3) | 0.007 |
| Route of transmission | |||||||||
| MSM | 307 | 144 (46.9) | 387 | 204 (52.7) | 368 | 213 (57.9) | 348 | 195 (56.0) | 0.009 |
| Heterosexual | 203 | 125 (61.6) | 238 | 152 (63.9) | 213 | 130 (61.0) | 226 | 155 (68.6) | 0.206 |
| Others | 3 | 2 (66.7) | 2 | 0 (0.00) | 2 | 2 (100.00) | 3 | 3 (100.00) | - |
| Reason for HIV testing | |||||||||
| VCT | 143 | 63 (44.1) | 183 | 88 (48.1) | 140 | 74 (52.9) | 159 | 89 (56.0) | 0.026 |
| Inpatient and outpatient | 125 | 82 (65.6) | 150 | 113 (75.3) | 137 | 97 (70.8) | 148 | 102 (68.9) | 0.847 |
| Pre-surgery | 57 | 32 (56.1) | 83 | 55 (66.3) | 80 | 44 (55.0) | 67 | 45 (67.2) | 0.512 |
| STD clinic | 43 | 21 (48.8) | 77 | 41 (53.2) | 75 | 45 (60.0) | 85 | 55 (64.7) | 0.050 |
| Investigation | 90 | 45 (50.0) | 89 | 41 (46.1) | 108 | 56 (51.9) | 76 | 35 (46.1) | 0.854 |
| Others | 55 | 28 (50.9) | 45 | 18 (40.0) | 43 | 29 (67.4) | 42 | 27 (64.3) | 0.047 |
MSM, Men who have sex with men; VCT, HIV voluntary counseling and testing; STD, Sexually transmitted disease.