Table 2 Weighted response rates and HIV prevalence among women and men 15–49 years, 2001–2002 ZDHS.
From: Reducing uncertainties in global HIV prevalence estimates: the case of Zambia
Residence | Number eligible for HIV test | Percent tested | Percent that refused | Percent absent | Percent HIV positive [95% confidence intervals] | Women to men HIV prevalence ratio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women† | Men† | ratio | |
Urban | |||||||||||
15–19 | 210 | 206 | 80.8 | 74.8 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 6.9 | 11.7 | 8.8 [5.5–14.3] | 2.2 [0.6–9.2] | 4.0 |
20–24 | 197 | 173 | 69.9 | 73.4 | 22.7 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 15.6 | 22.8 [16.6–30.2] | 4.9 [2.0–11.1] | 4.7 |
25–29 | 175 | 159 | 76.4 | 66.7 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 8.7 | 17.0 | 38.3 [30.2–47.2] | 24.2 [16.1–34.3] | 1.6 |
30–39 | 178 | 289 | 75.7 | 66.4 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 10.2 | 18.0 | 41.7 [33.6–50.2] | 34.0 [26.7–42.4] | 1.2 |
40–49 | 90 | 137 | 73.2 | 59.1 | 18.7 | 21.9 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 25.3 [16.7–36.3] | 28.4[17.8–1.59 | 0.9 |
Total | 850 | 964 | 75.3 | 68.5 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 8.2 | 16.2 | 26.2{27.4} [23.0–29.8] | 19.2{16.6} [15.9–23.1] | 1.4 |
Rural | |||||||||||
15–19 | 433 | 339 | 70.7 | 70.2 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 4.6 [2.8–7.9] | 1.7 [0.7–3.4] | 2.7 |
20–24 | 361 | 218 | 80.1 | 72.5 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 11.8 [8.5–16.5] | 4.2 [1.8–8.7] | 2.8 |
25–29 | 287 | 247 | 76.7 | 77.7 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 15.3 [11.2–20.8] | 9.6 [6.0–14.7] | 1.6 |
30–39 | 388 | 382 | 82.5 | 77.0 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 18.4 [14.4–23.1] | 12.5[9.0–16.99 | 1.5 |
40–49 | 212 | 278 | 77.4 | 77.0 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 11.3 [7.4–16.4] | 16.7 [11.7–23.6] | 0.7 |
Total | 1681 | 1464 | 77.3 | 74.9 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 12.3{12.1} [10.6–14.3] | 9.0{8.0} [7.3–10.8] | 1.4 |
Total | |||||||||||
15–19 | 693 | 545 | 74.5 | 72.1 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 6.6 [4.6–9.3] | 1.9 [0.9–4.0] | 3.5 |
20–24 | 644 | 391 | 75.5 | 72.9 | 16.9 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 16.3 [12.9–20.3] | 4.5 [2.5–7.8] | 3.6 |
25–29 | 517 | 406 | 76.4 | 73.4 | 16.8 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 25.1 [20.7–30.1] | 15.1 [11.1–20.0] | 1.7 |
30–39 | 623 | 671 | 79.9 | 72.4 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 6.4 | 14.3 | 26.4 [22.5–30.9] | 21.4 [17.5–25.8] | 1.2 |
40–49 | 334 | 414 | 76.0 | 71.3 | 17.4 | 15.2 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 15.7 [11.7–20.6] | 20.4 [15.4–26.6] | 0.8 |
Total | 2811 | 2427 | 76.4 | 72.4 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 13.1 | 17.8{17.5} [16.1–19.6] | 13.0{11.9} [11.2–14.8] | 1.4 |