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

From: 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)

 

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%)

Racea

 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 populationb

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

 
  1. 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]
  2. bPopulation of municipality based on most recent census (2011)
  3. CT Cape Town, DBN Durban, JHB Johannesburg, PE Port Elizabeth, PMB Pietermaritzburg, PTA Pretoria