Table 4 Baseline characteristics of children ART initiation in Zambia from 2004 to 2017
Characteristic | 2004/2006 n = 6217 | 2007/2009 n = 16,940 | 2010/2012 n = 19,780 | 2013/2015 n = 18,768 | 2016/2017 n = 6925 | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Birth–17 months | 467 (8) | 2735 (16) | 3 393 (17) | 2 495 (14) | 876 (13) | |
18 months–4 years | 1622 (26) | 5235 (31) | 5891 (30) | 4846 (27) | 1706 (26) | |
5–9 years | 2137 (35) | 4625 (27) | 5282 (27) | 5379 (30) | 1840 (28) | |
10–15 years | 1942 (31) | 4230 (25) | 4945 (25) | 5468 (30) | 2240 (34) | |
Median age (IQR) | 7 (4–10) | 5 (2–10) | 5 (2–10) | 7 (2–11) | 7 (3–12) | |
Sex n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Male | 3085 (50) | 8475 (50) | 9569 (48) | 8767 (47) | 3273 (47) | |
Female | 3103 (50) | 8446 (50) | 10,192 (52) | 9976 (53) | 3641 (53) | |
Place of testing n (%) | < 0.001 | |||||
Hospital | 3178 (51) | 8983 (53) | 9188 (47) | 7774 (41) | 2592 (37) | |
Health centre | 3002 (49) | 7854 (46) | 10,477 (53) | 10,698 (57) | 4105 (59) | |
District type n (%) | ||||||
Rural | 394 (6) | 1981 (12) | 2849 (14) | 2807 (15) | 854 (12) | < 0.001 |
Urban | 5794 (94) | 14,940 (88) | 16,912 (86) | 15,936 (85) | 6060 (88) | |