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Table 2 Average number of cumulative new HIV infections among African American women over 10-year period and mean difference in the number of transmissions by scenario

From: Potential drivers of HIV acquisition in African-American women related to mass incarceration: an agent-based modelling study

Scenarios varying key parameters related to mass incarceration

Incarceration (status quo) scenario (N, 95% Simulation Interval [SI])

Mean difference (status quo- no incarceration scenario)a

N, %

Male duration of high risk behavior post-release

 3 months

1607 (1408-1804)

− 25 (− 1.6%)

 6 months (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 24 months

2081 (1751-2429)

449 (21.6%)

Female duration of high risk behavior

 3 months

1639 (1394-1874)

7 (0.4%)

 6 months (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 24 months

1673 (1426-1879)

41 (2.5%)

Female proportion engaging in high risk behavior

 0%

1652 (1426-1923)

20 (1.2%)

 40–60% (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 100%

1652 (1452-1879)

20 (1.2%)

ART coverage post-release

 0%

1767 (1518-1980)

135 (7.6%)

 21% (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 100%

1613 (1386-1808)

− 19 (− 1.2%)

Relative risk (RR) of incarceration for HIV+ men vs. HIV-uninfected men

 RR = 1 (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 RR = 2

1618 (1430-1848)

− 14 (− 0.9%)

 RR = 5

1609 (1399-1822)

− 23 (− 1.4%)

Doubled HIV acquisition risk per unprotected sex act due to increased STI risk among high-risk agents

 Not implemented (referent)

1641 (1421-1881)

9 (0.5%)

 High-risk period only

1658 (1439-1892)

26 (1.6%)

 Remainder of model run

1816 (1619-2002)

184 (10.1%)

  1. aScenario with no incarceration had 1632 (1427-1861) HIV transmissions