From: Late entry into HIV care: lessons from Brazil, 2003 to 2006
Characteristic | N | % | Proportion of late entry | Risk ratio | Adjusted risk ratio | 95% confidence interval | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Min | Max |  |
Brazil | Â | 115,369 | 100 | 43.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
Geopolitical region | South | 22,229 | 19.3 | 40.8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | Â |
North | 6,270 | 5.4 | 53.4 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.37 | < 0.001 | |
Northeast | 17,448 | 15.1 | 48.1 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.21 | < 0.001 | |
Central-West | 7,997 | 6.9 | 47.1 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 1.20 | < 0.001 | |
Southeast | 58,499 | 50.7 | 43.1 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.07 | < 0.001 | |
No data | 2,926 | 2.5 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Size of municipality (number of inhabitants) | ≥ 500,000 | 46,835 | 40.6 | 42.6 | 1 | 1 | - | - |  |
100,000-499,999 | 33,339 | 28.9 | 43.0 | 1.01* | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.06 | < 0.001 | |
< 100,000 | 30,429 | 26.4 | 46.3 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.10 | < 0.001 | |
No data | 4,766 | 4.1 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
HIV testing rate†| High | 89,550 | 77.6 | 42.7 | 1 | 1 | - | - |  |
Medium | 5,063 | 4.4 | 46.8 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.10 | <0.001 | |
Low | 15,990 | 13.9 | 48.5 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.06 | 1.11 | < 0.001 | |
No data‡ | 4,766 | 4.1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | |
Sex | Female | 50,354 | 43.6 | 35.7 | Â | 1 | - | - | Â |
Male | 64,932 | 56.3 | 49.8 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.35 | < 0.001 | |
No data | 83 | 0.1 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Age bracket | 15-29 years | 36,201 | 31.4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | - | Â |
30-59 years | 76,134 | 66 | 49.5 | 1.65 | 1.60 | 1.58 | 1.63 | < 0.001 | |
≥ 60 years | 3,034 | 2.6 | 59.3 | 1.98 | 1.91 | 1.85 | 1.98 | < 0.001 | |
HIV transmission category§ | Heterosexual women | 15,665 | 41.9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |  |
 | Injection drug user | 2,997 | 8.0 | - | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.22 | < 0.001 |
 | Heterosexual men | 11,467 | 30.7 | - | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.15 | 1.19 | < 0.001 |
 | Blood transfusion | 107 | 0.3 | - | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.01 | 1.32 | 0.039 |
 | Homosexual/bisexual men | 7,155 | 19.1 | - | 1.06 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.07 | < 0.001 |