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Table 1 HIV prevalence by age groups and gender

From: Increased HIV in Greater Kinshasa Urban Health Zones: Democratic Republic of Congo (2017–2018)

 

Entire sample

HIV prevalence

p-value*

Overall

(N = 8320)

Female

(N = 5652)

Male

(N = 2668)

N (%)

100%

68%

32%

Age (years)

 18–24

1687 (20.3%)

4.7%

5.0%

4.0%

0.399

 25–34

3144 (37.8%)

8.3%

8.5%

7.9%

0.636

 35–44

1877 (22.6%)

15.8%

15.8%

15.8%

0.985

 45–54

844 (10.1%)

23.6%

23.1%

24.3%

0.686

 55–64

514 (6.2%)

12.7%

12.8%

12.4%

0.894

 65+ 

254 (3.1%)

3.9%

2.7%

5.7%

0.232

 Total

8320 (100.0%)

11.0%

10.5%

11.9%

0.069

p-value**

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 
  1. *Calculated using a 2 sample test of proportion
  2. **Calculated using a Chi-square test