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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: Risk factors for viral hepatitis C infection in Rwanda: results from a nationwide screening program

Characteristics

Number of participants(%)

HCV Ab positive by Characteristics(%)

HCV Ab negative by Characteristics(%)

Gender(N = 326,175)

 Female

224,382 (68.8)

15,431 (6.9)

208,951 (93.1)

 Male

101,793 (31.2)

6651 (6.6)

95,142 (93.4)

Age group(N = 317,431)

  < 35 years old

92,243 (29.1)

3396 (3.7)

88,847 (96.3)

 35–44 years old

79,651 (25.1)

3427 (4.3)

76,224 (95.7)

 45–54 years old

61,905 (19.5)

3516 (5.7)

58,389 (94.3)

 55–64 years old

50,556 (15.9)

4674 (9.3)

45,882 (90.7)

 65 years old and above

33,076 (10.4)

6458 (19.6)

26,618 (80.4)

Marital status(N = 319,302)

 Married

247,437 (77.5)

1030 (3.7)

23,713 (96.3)

 Single

28,188 (8.8)

15,266 (6.2)

12,922 (93.8)

 Widow, Divorced and Separated

43,677 (13.7)

4866 (11.2)

38,811 (88.8)

Ubudehe category(N = 318,855)

 Category 1

49,886 (15.6)

4462 (9.0)

45,424 (91.0)

 Category 2

119,643 (36.5)

8034 (6.7)

111,609 (93.3)

 Category 3

149,092 (45.5)

9097 (6.1)

139,995 (93.9)

 Category 4

234 (0.1)

17 (7.3)

217 (92.7)

Health Insurance(N = 323,953)

 Mutuelle

303,206 (93.6)

21,095 (7.0)

282,111 (93.0)

 RAMA

14,708 (4.5)

515 (3.5)

14,193 (96.5)

 MMI

2574 (0.8)

78 (3.0)

2496 (97.0)

 Other private insurances

3465 (1.1)

218 (6.3)

3247 (93.7)

Province of screening(N = 315,040)

 East

110,337 (35.0)

3313 (5.0)

107,024 (95.0)

 North

65,824 (20.9)

5277 (5.9)

60,547 (94.1)

 West

89,885 (28.5)

5880 (12.0)

84,005 (88.0)

 South

48,994 (15.6)

7264 (6.6)

41,730 (93.4)