Demographic characteristics HIV positive cases aged no less than 15 years old and related factors in communicable disease prevention demonstration area in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To understand the demographic characteristics of the HIV positive cases detected in the screening project in communicable disease prevention demonstration area in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and analyses the related factors of HIV infection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>HIV antibody detection was conducted for local people aged no less than 15 years old in 3 demonstration counties, and the demographic information of the subjects were collected. The factors influencing HIV infection were analyzed with software PASW Statistics 18.0.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 770 454 local people aged over 15 years were screened, the HIV infection rate was 1.58‰ among them. The positive cases were mainly married males aged≥30 years and with the educational level of primary school and junior middle school. Thus male, age over 30 years and educational level of primary school and junior middle school. were the common risk factors for HIV infection, whereas being married was a protective factor for HIV infection in 3 demonstration counties, but Han ethnic group and divorced/widowed were risk factors for HIV infection in the demonstration county A, non-farmer, divorced/widowed and educational level of senior middle school were the risk factors for HIV infection in demonstration county B and Han ethnic group and farmer were risk factors HIV infection in demonstration county C.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It suggested to conduct targeted HIV infection screening according to the survey results to find out the HIV cases in general population.</p>