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Table 2 Prevalence of HIV-1 infection by age and sex Cango Lyec study, mid-northern Uganda districts, 2011/2012

From: “The Cango Lyec Project - Healing the Elephant”: HIV related vulnerabilities of post-conflict affected populations aged 13–49 years living in three Mid-Northern Uganda districts

Variable

HIV+/Total (Weighted %)

HIV+/Total (Weighted %)

HIV+/Total (Weighted %)

p-value

Age

Total

Males

Females

 13–19

15/723 (2.2%)

3/343 (0.8%)

12/380 (3.4%)

0.005

 20–24

40/443 (8.5%)

8/185 (4.0%)

32/258 (11.5%)

<0.001

 25–29

58/442 (14.0%)

11/161 (9.3%)

47/281 (16.5%)

0.046

 30–34

61/315 (21.7%)

15/118 (15.7%)

46/197 (25.0%)

0.152

 35–39

46/199 (22.7%)

17/84 (22.6%)

29/115 (22.8%)

0.972

 40–44

42/155 (30.1%)

16/63 (27.7%)

26/92 (31.4%)

0.073

 45–49

15/111 (14.6%)

7/37 (17.8%)

8/74 (13.0%)

0.655

Total

277/2388 (12.2%)

77/991 (8.5%)

200/1397 (14.6%)

0.0002

  1. Legend: HIV prevalence was higher in females compared to males and increased with increasing age with a peak at the 40–44 years in both sexes
  2. NB: % weighted using sampling weights