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Table 1 HIV Prevalence by demographic characteristics among adolescents aged 12–19 years from the 2008, 2012 and 2017 surveys, South Africa

From: Trends and correlates of HIV prevalence among adolescents in South Africa: evidence from the 2008, 2012 and 2017 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour surveys

Variables

2008

2012

2017

 
 

N (%)

95% CI

N (%)

95% CI

N (%)

95% CI

p-value

Total

2892 (3.0)

2.1–4.2

4829 (3.2)

2.5–4.0

3937 (4.1)

3.3–5.0

0.031

Age group

 12–14

964 (1.1)

0.5–2.4

1712 (3.2)

2.0–5.0

1564 (2.4)

1.6–3.4

0.044

 15–19

1928 (4.4)

3.0–6.5

3117 (3.2)

2.4–4.1

2373 (6.5)

4.1–6.7

0.103

Sex

 Male

1391 (1.8)

0.7–4.5

2377 (1.6)

0.9–2.7

1869 (4.5)

2.4–4.9

 < 0.001

 Female

1501 (4.2)

3.2–5.7

2452 (4.7)

3.7–6.1

2068 (5.7)

3.7–5.9

0.816

Race

 Black African

1785 (3.6)

2.5–5.1

3400 (3.8)

3.0–4.7

2915 (5.1)

3.7–5.6

0.361

 White

232 (0.1)

0.0–0.4

183 (0.0)

101 (0.4)

0.8–11.6

0.047

 Coloured

642 (0.6)

0.1–3.1

919 (0.3)

0.1–1.2

740 (3.1)

0.3–1.5

0.474

 Indian

230 (0.0)

0.0–0.1

322 (0.1)

0.0–0.7

181 (0.1)

0.535

Locality

 Urban areas

2023 (3.2)

1.9–5.3

2886 (2.5)

1.7–3.6

2275 (5.3)

3.1–5.4

0.058

 Rural areas

869 (2.7)

1.8–4.0

1943 (3.9)

2.9–5.2

1662 (4.0)

3.1–5.4

0.600

Province

 Western Cape

434 (0.6)

0.2–2.0

489 (0.9)

0.3–2.8

444 (2.0)

1.4–5.5

0.083

 Eastern Cape

418 (3.5)

1.9–6.6

736 (1.9)

1.0–3.7

445 (6.6)

2.7–8.3

0.423

 Northern Cape

214 (1.2)

0.4–3.2

392 (2.1)

0.6–7.0

311 (3.2)

0.5–3.4

0.642

 Free State

178 (2.3)

0.4–12.7

287 (2.0)

1.0–4.2

310 (12)

2.3–7.0

0.028

 KwaZulu-Natal

495 (2.8)

1.7–4.8

1165 (5.8)

4.1–8.1

813 (4.8)

3.0–6.7

0.644

 North West

229 (2.1)

0.7–6.3

331 (3.5)

1.7–7.3

343 (6.3)

1.4–5.3

0.495

 Gauteng

431 (4.4)

1.6–11.2

481 (2.6)

1.3–5.3

489 (11)

2.7–7.9

0.785

 Mpumalanga

221 (4.4)

2.5–7.4

456 (4.3)

2.4–7.5

386 (7.4)

3.8–10.6

0.842

 Limpopo

272 (2.5)

1.1–5.9

492 (2.4)

1.1–5.3

396 (5.9)

1.3–4.1

0.977

Orphanhood status

 Yes

633 (5.1)

3.4–7.7

1071 (5.9)

3.8–8.9

863 (7.7)

6.3–11.5

0.435

 No

1971 (2.2)

1.2–4.0

2778 (1.8)

1.3–2.6

2718 (4.0)

1.9–3.5

0.025

Education attendance and employment status

 Attend an educational institution

2274 (2.4)

1.5–3.9

4193 (2.8)

2.1–3.6

3256 (3.9)

2.9–4.5

0.060

 Do not attend educational institution and unemployed

259 (9.0)

5.6–14.1

446 (8.5)

5.3–13.3

361 (14)

6.7–15.8

0.713

 Do not attend educational institution and Employed

110 (2.3)

0.7–7.2

121 (2.5)

0.9–6.7

60 (7.2)

0.0–1.6

0.903