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Table 2 Characteristics of trends in HIV prevalence of test takers in public health centers during 2000–2009 in Korea

From: Ten-year trends in HIV prevalence among visitors to public health centers under the National HIV Surveillance System in Korea, 2000 to 2009

Category

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

Total

109373 (14)

1.3 (0.6-2.0)

187264 (35)

1.9 (1.2-2.5)

223183 (69)

3.1 (2.4-3.8)

255849 (82)

3.2 (2.5-3.9)

332405 (146)

4.4 (3.7-5.1)

Gender

Women

74817 (3)

0.4 (0.0-0.9)

129380 (12)

0.9 (0.4-1.5)

156380 (11)

0.7 (0.3-1.1)

186954 (14)

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

226611 (22)

1.0 (0.6-1.4)

 Men

34556 (11)

3.2 (1.3-5.1)

57884 (23)

4.0 (2.3-5.6)

66803 (58)

8.7 (6.4-10.9)

68895 (68)

9.9 (7.5-12.2)

105794 (124)

11.7 (9.7-13.8)

 Age

 <20

8963 (0)

0.0

13688 (0)

0.0

18047 (2)

1.1 (0.0-2.6)

17805 (1)

0.6 ( 0–1.7)

16817 (3)

1.8 (0.0-3.8)

 20-29

50442 (4)

0.8 (0.0-1.6)

88100 (10)

1.1 (0.4-1.8)

110668 (19)

1.7 (0.9-2.5)

132136 (28)

2.1 (1.3-2.9)

145146 (36)

2.5 (1.7-3.3)

 30-39

24718 (9)

3.6 (1.3-6.0)

41323 (13)

3.1 (1.4-4.9)

48334 (31)

6.4 (4.2-8.7)

57432 (36)

6.3 (4.2-8.3)

85181 (56)

6.6 (4.9-8.3)

 40-49

13523 (1)

0.7 (0.0-2.2)

23519 (10)

4.3 (1.6-6.9)

26043 (10)

3.8 (1.5-6.2)

29509 (10)

3.4 (1.3-5.5)

48873 (36)

7.4 (5.0-9.8)

 50-59

6256 (0)

0.0

11070 (2)

1.8 (0.0-4.3)

10255 (7)

6.8 (1.8-11.9)

10023 (1)

1.0 (0.0-3.0)

22279 (10)

4.5 (1.7-7.3)

 60≤

5471 (0)

0.0

9564 (0)

0.0

9836 (0)

0.0

8944 (6)

6.7 (1.3-12.1)

14109 (5)

3.5 (0.4-6.6)

Nationality

 Korean

108957 (7)

0.6 (0.2-1.1)

186666 (28)

1.5 (0.9-2.1)

221508 (58)

2.6 (1.9-3.3)

253183 (75)

3.0 (2.3-3.6)

278582 (98)

3.5 (2.8-4.2)

 Foreign

416 (7)

168 (45–292)

598 (7)

117 (31–203)

1675 (11)

65.7 (27–105)

2666 (7)

26.3 (6.8-45.7)

53823 (48)

8.9 (6.4-11.4)

Region

 Metropolis

41357 (6)

1.5 (0.3-2.6)

78960 (17)

2.2 (1.1-3.2)

84147 (41)

4.9 (3.4-6.4)

114531 (46)

4.0 (2.9-5.2)

139024 (81)

5.8 (4.6-7.1)

 Smaller city or  rural area

68016 (8)

1.2 (0.4-2.0)

108304 (18)

1.7 (0.9-2.4)

139036 (28)

2.0 (1.3-2.8)

141318 (36)

2.5 (1.7-3.4)

193381 (65)

3.4 (2.5-4.2)

Reason for HIV testing

 General group

43752 (8)

1.8 (0.6-3.1)

73190 (13)

1.8 (0.8-2.7)

66609 (17)

2.6 (1.3-3.8)

55003 (22)

4.0 (2.3-5.7)

109440 (45)

4.1 (2.9-5.3)

 HIV ISG

12357 (4)

3.2 (0.1-6.4)

20255 (9)

4.4 (1.5-7.3)

28806 (38)

13.2 (9.0-17.4)

37325 (46)

12.3 (8.8-15.9)

49145 (78)

15.9 (12.4-19.4)

 HIV TRG

2127 (2)

9.4 (0.0-22.4)

4776 (8)

16.8 (5.2-28.3)

5512 (8)

14.5 (4.5-24.6)

7487 (7)

9.3 (2.4-16.3)

8664 (8)

9.2 (2.8-15.6)

 STI RG

51137 (0)

0.0

89043 (5)

0.6 (0.1-1.1)

122256 (6)

0.5 (0.1-0.9)

156034 (7)

0.4 (0.1-0.8)

165156 (15)

0.9 (0.4-1.4)

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

P-value*

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

N (HIV+)

Prevalence (95%CI)

280456(149)

5.3 (4.5-6.5)

317451(132)

4.2 (3.4-4.9)

306898 (126)

4.1 (3.4-4.8)

307588 (132)

4.3 (3.6-5.0)

321356 (141)

4.4 (3.7-5.1)

0.012

192687(25)

1.3 (0.8-1.8)

220172 (21)

1.0 (0.5-1.4)

208425 (16)

0.8 (0.4-1.1)

204156 (18)

0.9 (0.5-1.3)

211064 (22)

1.0 (0.6-1.5)

0.106

87769(124)

14.1(11.6,16.6)

97279 (111)

11.4 (9.3-13.5)

98473 (110)

11.2 (9.1-13.3)

103432 (114)

11.0 (9.0-13.0)

110292 (119)

10.8 (8.8-12.7)

0.017

15587(4)

2.6 (0.1-5.1)

16165 (2)

1.2 (0–3.0)

16883 (1)

0.6 (0–1.8)

18221 (2)

1.1 (0–2.6)

19982 (4)

2.0 (0.0-4.0)

0.094

127393(35)

2.7 (1.8-3.7)

132362 (34)

2.6 (1.7-3.4)

120786 (24)

2.0 (1.2-2.8)

114155 (36)

3.2 (2.1-4.2)

109797 (41)

3.7 (2.6-4.9)

0.001

70723(56)

7.9 (5.8-10.0)

89113 (43)

4.8 (3.4-6.3)

88610 (46)

5.2 (3.7-6.7)

86969 (46)

5.3 (3.8-6.8)

94523 (41)

4.3 (3.0-5.7)

0.612

37559(41)

10.9 (7.6-14.3)

48626 (39)

8.0 (5.5-10.5)

45210 (35)

7.7 (5.2-10.3)

49715 (31)

6.2 (4.0-8.4)

51717 (31)

6.0 (3.9-8.1)

0.038

15196(8)

5.3 (1.6-8.9)

17652 (8)

4.5 (1.4-7.7)

19365 (12)

6.2 (2.7-9.7)

23351 (12)

5.1 (2.2-8.0)

26368 (15)

5.7 (2.8-8.6)

0.041

13998(5)

3.6 (0.4-6.7)

13533 (6)

4.4 (0.9-8.0)

16044 (8)

5.0 (1.5-8.4)

15177 (5)

3.3 (0.4-6.2)

18969 (6)

4.7 (1.6-7.8)

0.042

270497(131)

4.8 (4.0-5.7)

304348 (120)

3.9 (3.2-4.6)

291015 (111)

3.8 (3.1-4.5)

287921 (114)

4.0 (3.2-4.7)

299466 (126)

4.2 (3.5-4.9)

0.002

9959(18)

18.1 (9.7-26.4)

13103 (12)

9.2 (4.0-14.3)

15883 (15)

9.4 (4.7-14.2)

19667 (18)

9.2 (4.9-13.4)

21890 (15)

6.8 (3.4-10.3)

0.022

113290(87)

7.7 (6.1-9.3)

119995 (87)

7.3 (5.7-8.8)

112885 (67)

5.9 (4.5-7.4)

113793 (84)

7.4 (5.8-9.0)

120597 (92)

7.6 (6.1-9.2)

0.001

167166(62)

3.7 (2.8-4.6)

197456 (45)

2.3 (1.6-2.9)

194013 (59)

3.0 (2.3-3.8)

193795 (48)

2.5 (1.8-3.2)

200759 (49)

2.4 (1.8-3.1)

0.094

88116 (32)

3.6 (2.4-4.9)

101633 (24)

2.4 (1.4-3.3)

109670 (30)

2.7 (1.8-3.7)

108003 (23)

2.1 (1.3-3.0)

114589 (24)

2.1 (1.3-2.9)

0.921

39502(86)

21.8 (17.2-26.4)

48567 (87)

17.9 (14.2-21.7)

54755 (81)

14.8 (11.6-18.0)

54108 (93)

17.2 (13.7-20.7)

55360 (91)

16.4 (13.1-19.8)

0.019

8144(10)

12.3 (4.7-19.9)

16161 (13)

8.0 (3.7-12.4)

17019 (10)

5.9 (2.2-0.7)

25098 (9)

3.6 (1.2-5.9)

37319 (21)

5.6 (3.2-8.0)

0.010

144694(21)

1.5 (0.8-2.1)

151090 (8)

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

125454 (5)

0.4 (0.0-0.7)

120379 (7)

0.6 (0.2-1.0)

114088 (5)

0.4 (0.1-0.8)

0.606

  1. N: the number of HIV-tested individuals, HIV+: the number of HIV-infected individuals.
  2. Total (The total number of HIV-tested individuals) was calculated without data of anonymous test.
  3. Prevalence (HIV prevalence): the number of HIV-infected individuals per 10 thousand HIV-tested individuals, CI: confidence interval.
  4. General group: HIV test takers for health checkup, medical certification and prenatal check up.
  5. HIV ISG (HIV infection suspected group) included HIV test takers additional HIV test through referral by doctor and voluntary test taker.
  6. HIV TRG (HIV test recommended group) was composed of TB patient, prisoner, and partner of HIV-infected individuals.
  7. STI RG (sexually transmitted infection risk group) was composed of commercial sex worker, bar employee, tea-room employee, massage parlor employee.
  8. * P-value by adjusted score test for trend of HIV prevalence for 10 years.