Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV prevalence and related sexual and substance use risk practices among key populations who access HIV prevention, treatment and related services in South Africa: findings from a seven-city cross-sectional survey (2017)

Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics (n = 3439)

	SWs (n = 1528)					MSM (n = 746)			PWUD/ID (n = 1165)			TOTAL
	CT	PE	Mthatha	DBN	PMB	CT	JHB	PTA	CT	DBN	PTA
N	384	248	248	399	249	250	250	246	367	398	400	3439
Age
Median (IQR)	31 (26–37)	28 (24–35)	26 (23–30)	30 (25–35)	27 (24–31)	31 (26–39)	29 (24–34)	29 (24–37)	31 (28–35)	27 (25–31)	30 (26–34)	29 (25–35)
< 25 years	80 (21%)	78 (31%)	104 (42%)	90 (23%)	78 (31%)	49 (20%)	68 (27%)	65 (26%)	28 (8%)	96 (24%)	71 (18%)	807 (23%)
≥ 25 year	304 (79%)	170 (69%)	144 (58%)	309 (77%)	171 (69%)	201 (80%)	182 (73%)	181 (74%)	339 (92%)	302 (76%)	329 (82%)	2632 (77%)
Sex
Female	337 (88%)	247 (> 99%)	248 (100%)	397 (> 99%)	246 (99%)	0	0	0	69 (19%)	42 (11%)	55 (14%)	1641 (48%)
Male	47 (12%)	1 (< 1%)	0	2 (< 1%)	3 (1%)	250 (100%)	250 (100%)	246 (100%)	298 (81%)	356 (89%)	345 (86%)	1798 (52%)
Race^a
Black	106 (28%)	182 (73%)	247 (99%)	369 (92%)	249 (100%)	102 (41%)	197 (79%)	118 (48%)	15 (4%)	218 (55%)	275 (69%)	2078 (60%)
Coloured	247 (64%)	49 (20%)	0	12 (3%)	0	47 (19%)	9 (4%)	9 (4%)	274 (75%)	45 (11%)	13 (3%)	705 (21%)
White	18 (5%)	17 (7%)	0	5 (1%)	0	92 (37%)	37 (15%)	109 (44%)	71 (19%)	96 (24%)	109 (27%)	554 (16%)
Indian/ Asian	1 (< 1%)	9	0	10 (3%)	0	4 (2%)	2 (1%)	4 (2%)	1 (< 1%)	39 (10%)	1 (< 1%)	62 (2%)
Other	12 (3%)	0	1 (< 1%)	3 (1%)	0	5 (2%)	5 (2%)	6 (2%)	6 (2%)	0	2 (1%)	40 (1%)
Homeless	66 (17%)	1 (< 1%)	0	0	0	14 (6%)	1 (< 1%)	3 (1%)	201 (55%)	278 (70%)	262 (66%)	826 (24%)
General population^b	3,740,026	1,152,115	451,710	3,442,361	618,536	3,740,026	4,434,827	2,921,488	3,740,026	3,442,361	2,921,488

^aBased on race categories used by Statistics South Africa. Coloured is a South African term which refers to people of mixed ancestry. The national distribution of race is: Black 80,9%, Coloured 8,8%, White 7,8%, Indian/ Asian 2,5% [43]
^bPopulation of municipality based on most recent census (2011)
CT Cape Town, DBN Durban, JHB Johannesburg, PE Port Elizabeth, PMB Pietermaritzburg, PTA Pretoria

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