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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of ART-purchasing persons in 2016

From: HIV treatment regimens and adherence to national guidelines in Australia: an analysis of dispensing data from the Australian pharmaceutical benefits scheme

Characteristic

ART-purchasing cohort N = 1995 n (%)

Male gender

1765 (88.5%)

Age (median, range)a

49 (1–88)

 ≤25

52 (2.6%)

 26 to 35

242 (12.1%)

 36 to 45

463 (23.2%)

 46 to 55

693 (34.7%)

 56 to 65

374 (18.7%)

 66 to 75

134 (6.7%)

 76 to 85

36 (1.8%)

 ≥86

< 3 (< 0.15%)b

State of prescription purchase

 NSW

787 (39.4%)

 VIC

556 (27.9%)

 QLD

344 (17.2%)

 WA

154 (7.7%)

 SA

90 (4.5%)

 TAS

24 (1.2%)

 ACT

29 (1.5%)

 NT

11 (0.6%)

  1. aAge was calculated as the number of years from the year of birth to 2016
  2. bWhere results are based on less than 3 patients in the sample, a condition of data release is that the results are to be replaced with < 3