“Late for testing, early for antiretroviral therapy, less likely to die”: results from a large HIV cohort study in China, 2006–2014

Table 2 Initial CD4 cell counts after diagnosed of HIV newly diagnosed individuals in China between 2006 and 2014 (N = 528,234)

Characteristic	Newly diagnosed (age > 14 years old)	Initial CD4 cell count within one month		Initial CD4 cell count within one year		Initial CD4 cell counts < 200 cell/ul within one year
Characteristic	Newly diagnosed (age > 14 years old)	n	%	n	%	n	%
Year of HIV diagnosis
2006	26,027	4950	19.0	9129	35.1	3901	42.7
2007	32,538	8856	27.2	15,621	48.0	6282	40.2
2008	40,690	14,475	35.6	23,979	58.9	8491	35.4
2009	48,163	20,327	42.2	32,083	66.6	11,321	35.3
2010	53,375	25,110	47.0	40,073	75.1	13,511	33.7
2011	67,256	35,950	53.5	54,378	80.9	18,002	33.1
2012	76,716	45,550	59.4	66,064	86.1	20,444	30.9
2013	85,518	54,931	64.2	76,191	89.1	23,474	30.8
2014	97,951	64,403	65.8	86,482	88.3	25,669	29.7
Route of HIV infection
Heterosexual	333,753	183,602	55.0	264,332	79.2	96,527	36.5
Homosexual	85,252	57,299	67.2	78,895	92.5	15,515	19.7
Injection drug use	73,834	21,958	29.7	40,713	55.1	9168	22.5
Sexual contact and injection drug use	5257	1760	33.5	3257	62.0	777	23.9
Blood or plasma transfusion	16,767	7006	41.8	11,833	70.6	7142	60.4
Sites of diagnosis
VCT centers	150,157	91,425	60.9	124,603	83.0	39,141	31.4
Hospitals	236,047	118,702	50.3	176,834	74.9	73,114	41.3
Detention centers	43,231	12,397	28.7	23,395	54.1	3196	13.7
others	98,799	52,028	52.7	79,168	80.1	15,644	19.8
Total	528,234	274,552	52.0	404,000	76.5	131,095	32.4

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