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Table 2 HIV seroprevalence of visitors to public health centers in Korea (2005).

From: Characteristics of HIV seroprevalence of visitors to public health centers under the national HIV surveillance system in Korea: cross sectional study

 

No. of HIV tested

No. of HIV tested individuals (%)

No. positive

(%)

HIV Seroprevalence (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Total

343563

280456

149

5.3 (4.5,6.5)

  

Gender

      

   Female

251483

192687 (68.7)

25 (16.8)

1.3 (0.8,1.8)

1.0

1.0

   Male

92080

87769 (31.3)

124 (83.2)

14.1 (11.6,16.6)

10.9 (7.1,16.8)

6.2 (3.8,10.2)

Age group

      

   <20

17922

15587 (5.6)

4 (2.7)

2.6 (0.1,5.1)

0.9 (0.3,2.6)

0.6 (0.2,1.6)

   20–29

165803

127393 (45.4)

35 (23.5)

2.7 (1.8,3.7)

1.0

1.0

   30–39

86052

70723 (25.2)

56 (37.5)

7.9 (5.8,10.0)

2.9 (1.9,4.4)

2.6 (1.7,4.0)

   40–49

43220

37559 (13.5)

41 (27.5)

10.9 (7.6,14.3)

4.0 (2.5,6.2)

3.8 (2.4,6.0)

   50–59

16039

15196 (5.4)

8 (5.4)

5.3 (1.6,8.9)

1.9 (0.9,4.1)

1.4 (0.6,3.0)

   60≤

14527

13998 (4.9)

5 (3.4)

3.6 (0.4,6.7)

1.3 (0.5,3.3)

0.9 (0.4,2.3)

Nationality

      

   Korean

333367

270497 (96.5)

131 (87.9)

4.8 (4.0,5.7)

1.0

1.0

   Foreigner

10196

9959 (3.5)

18 (12.1)

18.1 (9.7,26.4)

3.7 (2.3,6.1)

3.8 (2.2,6.4)

Region

      

   Metropolitan

134613

113290 (40.4)

87 (58.4)

7.7 (6.1,9.3)

1.0

1.0

   Small town or rural

208950

167166 (59.6)

62 (41.6)

3.7 (2.8,4.6)

0.5 (0.3,0.7)

0.5 (0.4,0.7)

Reason for testing

      

   General group

90628

88116 (31.4)

32 (21.5)

3.6 (2.4,4.9)

1.0

1.0

   HIV ISG

43517

39502 (14.1)

86 (57.7)

21.8 (17.2,26.4)

6.0 (4.0,9.0)

4.9 (3.2,7.5)

   HIV TRG

8351

8144 (2.9)

10 (6.7)

12.3 (4.7,19.9)

3.4 (1.7,6.9)

2.6 (1.3,5.4)

   STI risk group

201067

144694 (51.6)

21 (14.1)

1.5 (0.8,2.1)

0.4 (0.2,0.7)

1.1 (0.6,2.0)

  1. HIV seroprevalence: the number of people living with HIV/AIDS per 10,000 individuals. All data are excluded 9,877 anonymous cases and 19,252 cases without full residential identification number (RID) or with incorrect RID. CI: Confidence Interval, OR: Odds Ratio. No. positive: the number of people living with HIV/AIDS.
  2. HIV TRG: HIV test recommended group. HIV ISG: HIV infection suspected group. STI: sexually transmitted infection.