Skip to main content

Table 2 HIV prevalence and age-adjusted risk ratios estimates for ZDHS (2001–2, 2007, and 2013–14) by rural/urban residence, province, and age group among young people (aged 15–24 years)

From: Contrasting HIV prevalence trends among young women and men in Zambia in the past 12 years: data from demographic and health surveys 2002–2014

 

Women

Men

2001/2

2007

2013/14

2001/2–2013/14

P-value

2001/2

2007

2013/14

2001/2–2013/14

P-value

%

%

%

aOR (CI)

 

%

%

%

aOR (CI)

 

Urban

15.2

11.2

10.7

0.66 (0.53–0.93)**

0.02

3.7

5.7

7.3

2.17 (0.99–4.75)**

0.05

Age Group

 15–19

9.0

5.5

6.6

0.73 (0.41–1.30)

0.29

2.4

4.3

5.9

2.52 (0.60–10.62)

0.21

 20–24

22.7

18.8

15.4

0.63 (0.41–0.96)**

0.03

4.9

7.6

9.1

1.87 (0.77–5.04)

0.16

Province

 Central

15.9

15.3

9.8

0.50(0.17–1.39)

0.18

4.3

10.4

3.9

0.88 (0.10–7.54)

0.91

 Copperbelt

12.3

8.9

10.6

0.82(0.43–1.56)

0.55

2.8

5.2

10.7

4.34 (1.03–18.32)**

0.05

 Eastern

0.0

11.1

11.0

  

0.0

2.9

4.9

–

 

 Luapula

11.1

10.5

18.3

1.87(0.25–13.81)

0.54

0.0

1.6

9.5

–

 

 Lusaka

20.8

10.8

9.0

0.38(0.21–0.69)***

0.00

6.0

7.3

4.3

0.75 (0.21–2.66)

0.66

 Muchinga

–

–

6.5

–

 

–

–

6.4

–

 

 Northern

11.8

8.8

9.4

0.62(0.12–3.10)

0.56

0.0

1.0

6.8

–

 

 N/Western

5.9

9.4

7.9

1.37(0.18–11.25)

0.77

6.8

0.0

5.3

0.99 (0.14–7.21)

0.99

 Southern

21.7

19.7

17.6

0.79(0.27 - 2.30)

0.67

0.0

5.2

8.9

–

 

 Western

18.2

21.1

19.2

1.36(0.31–6.08)

0.68

16.7

9.4

11.8

0.52 (0.06–4.85)

0.56

 Rural

8.2

6.2

4.8

0.59(0.41–0.85)***

0.01

2.6

2.9

3.6

1.46 (0.78–2.75)

0.24

Age Group

 15–19

4.7

5.9

3.2

0.68 (0.38–1.23)

0.20

1.6

3.0

2.5

1.64 (0.69–3.89)

0.26

 20–14

11.9

6.5

6.9

0.57(0.36–0.89)***

0.01

4.0

2.9

5.3

1.40 (0.59–3.33)

0.45

Province

 Central

7.5

14.8

8.1

1.03(0.44–2.38)

0.95

3.4

3.0

6.0

1.87 (0.49–7.11)

0.36

 Copperbelt

11.1

4.1

5.6

0.48(0.13–1.81)

0.28

0.0

2.0

10

–

 

 Eastern

10.4

2.9

3.3

0.37(0.14–0.94)**

0.04

4.2

2.1

2

0.53(0.12–2.44)

0.42

 Luapula

6.4

8.2

5.6

0.90(0.28–2.85)

0.85

0.0

12

3.7

–

 

 Lusaka

5.0

8.3

4.0

0.70(0.09–5.55)

0.73

0.0

2.1

1.7

–

 

 Muchinga

–

–

2.0

–

 

–

–

2.4

–

 

 Northern

5.4

3.9

4.5

0.84(0.31–2.28)

0.73

1.1

2.4

6.3

5.96(0.77–46.22)

0.09

 N/Western

6.5

3.1

3.7

0.56(0.19–1.64)

0.29

6.6

0.0

2.7

0.39(0.12–1.31)

0.13

 Southern

6.9

6.5

4.9

0.68(0.23–2.02)

0.49

3.8

2.6

1.7

0.47(0.08–2.61)

0.39

 Western

12.7

8.4

6.1

0.48(0.19–1.21)

0.12

2.4

1.1

3.6

2.02(0.18–22.31)

0.57

  1. The dash (−) represents missing cases
  2. % percentage, aOR age – adjusted Odds Ratio and CI Confidence Interval
  3. Significant results are in bold (p < 0.05)
  4. P-values are from the log-binomial regression analysis test for trends. Figures with asterix are significat at *(p < 0.10) **(P < 0.05) ***(P < 0.01)
Back to article page

BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

Contact us