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Table 3 Accuracy of self-perceived risk of HIV infection by gender and location.

From: Gender variation in self-reported likelihood of HIV infection in comparison with HIV test results in rural and urban Nigeria

Location

Urban

Rural

Characteristics

Men

n(%)

Women

n (%)

Both Sexes

(n)

Men

(n)

Women

(n)

Both Sexes

(n)

Accurate Self Reports

      

TN

982

906

1888

1707

1440

3147

TP

18

15

33

42

40

82

TN + TP

1000

921

1921

1749

1480

3229

Inaccurate Self Reports

      

FN

30

52

82

55

46

101

FP

570

470

1040

1119

797

1916

FN + FP

600

522

1122

1174

843

2017

Total

1600

1443

3043

2923

2323

5246

Accurate Self Reports (%)

62.5

63.8

63.1

59.8

63.7

61.6

** Inaccurate self reports (%)

95

90

92.7

95.3

94.5

95

Sensitivity (%)

37.5

22.4

28.7

43.3

46.5

44.8

Specificity (%)

63.3

65.8

64.5

60.4

64.4

62.2

Negative Predictive Value (%)

97

94.6

95.8

96.9

96.9

96.9

Positive Predictive Value (%)

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.6

4.8

4.1

  1. **Inaccurate Self Reports due to overestimating one's risk. TN = T rue Negatives, TP = True Positives, FN = False Negatives FP = False Positives