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Table 1 Characteristics of clients aged > 15 years offered home-based HIV testing in Siaya County

From: Mapping geographic clusters of new HIV diagnoses to inform granular-level interventions for HIV epidemic control in western Kenya

 

Enumerated, n (%)

Eligibility assessed, n (%)

Eligible for HIV testing, n (%)

Tested for HIV, n (%)

With conclusive test results, n

HIV-positive, n (%)

Total clients

365,798 (100%)

355,277 (97%)

312,223 (88%)

268,543 (86%)

268,153

2906 (1.1%)a

Relationship to household head

 Household headb

136,607 (37%)

132,622 (37%)

111,024 (36%)

94,506 (35%)

94,349

1432 (1.5%)

 Spouse

80,161 (22%)

78,756 (22%)

66,124 (21%)

60,660 (23%)

60,545

848 (1.4%)

 Children > 15 years

110,255 (30%)

105,999 (30%)

99,144 (32%)

80,781 (30%)

80,698

345 (0.4%)

 Relatives & non-relatives

38,775 (11%)

37,900 (11)

35,931 (11%)

32,596 (12%)

32,561

281 (0.9%)

 Age (median, interquartile  range)

30 (20, 47)

30 (20, 47)

28 (19, 46)

28 (19, 47)

  

Age group (years)

 15–19

88,758 (24%)

85,813 (24%)

81,979 (26%)

69,651 (26%)

69,580

166 (0.2%)

 20–24

52,952 (14%)

51,579 (14%)

47,722 (15%)

41,738 (16%)

41,682

442 (1.1%)

 25–35

82,771 (23%)

80,349 (23%)

67,381 (22%)

57,238 (21%)

57,138

1096 (1.9%)

  > 35

141,317 (39%)

137,536 (39%)

115,141 (37%)

99,916 (37%)

99,753

1202 (1.2%)

Sex

 Men

162,628 (44%)

156,410 (44%)

141,011 (45%)

114,349 (43%)

114,187

1123 (1.0%)

 Women

203,170 (56%)

198,867 (56%)

171,212 (55%)

154,194 (57%)

153,966

1783 (1.2%)

Marital statusc

 Single

   

102,988 (38%)

102,887

442 (0.4%)

 Married monogamous

   

131,034 (49%)

130,802

1844 (1.4%)

 Married polygamous

   

6284 (2%)

6275

154 (2.5%)

 Separated/divorced

   

1917 (1%)

1913

100 (5.2%)

 Widow/widower

   

26,317 (10%)

26,273

363 (1.4%)

Time since last HIV testc

  < 3 months

   

2521 (1%)

2516

32 (1.3%)

 3–12 months

   

183,854 (69%)

183,606

1711 (0.9%)

  > 12 months

   

64,870 (24%)

64,761

951 (1.5%)

 Never tested

   

17,298 (6%)

17,270

212 (1.2%)

  1. aIn addition to the new diagnoses of 2906, a total of 27,833 previously diagnosed HIV-positive clients were identified; the proportion of total HIV-positive clients was 8.7% among those whose eligibility was assessed
  2. bAmong household heads, 81,599 (60%) were men and 55,008 (40%) women
  3. cThese variables were collected only for clients tested for HIV
  4. Abbreviation: n, number
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