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Table 3 Differences in HIV prevalence between routine PMTCT HIV status and ANC surveillance tests in Mozambique

From: Routine data from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) HIV testing not yet ready for HIV surveillance in Mozambique: a retrospective analysis of matched test results

 

n

Prevalence (%)

Difference in prevalence

  

ANC surveillance

Routine PMTCT

Relative1

Absolute2

Region

  South

5729

20.70

19.71

−4.8

−1.00

  Center

8675

16.43

15.53

−5.5

−0.90

  North

6159

8.22

7.81

−4.9

−0.41

Year

  2007

10364

15.17

14.32

−5.6

−0.85

  2009

10199

15.15

14.44

−4.7

−0.71

Total

20563

15.16

14.38

−5.1

−0.78

  1. Notes:
  2. 1. relative difference between routine PMTCT HIV status (R) and ANC surveillance (S) calculated as (R-S)/S where R+/R- refers to routine PMTCT HIV status and S+/S- refers to ANC surveillance HIV status.
  3. 2. absolute difference between routine PMTCT HIV status (R) and ANC surveillance (S) calculated as (R-S).
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