Feasibility and yield of HIV screening among adult trauma patients presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Table 2 Distribution by gender, age, marital status and referral status of trauma patients who accepted HIV screening and were ready to receive the test results

Variable	Number	Accepted Testing for HIV	Ready to receive test results	Test results positive
Overall	N	n/N (%)	n/N (%)	n/N (%)
Total	346	250 (77.0%)	247 (98.8%)	14 (5.6%)
Sex
Male	248	172 (69.0%)	171 (99.0%)	9 (5.2%)
Female	78	78 (100%)	76 (97.0%)	5 (6.4%)
Age group
18–31	145	109 (76%)	107 (98%)	5 (4.6%)
32–41	100	78 (78%)	77 (99%)	5 (6.4%)
42–53	51	41 (80%	41 (100%)	1 (2.4%)
54–66	19	15 (79%)	15 (100%)	2 (13.3%)
> 66	11	7 (64%)	7 (100%)	1 (14.3%)
Marital status
Married	160	127 (79%)	127 (100%)	5 (3.9%)
Single	154	115 (75%)	112 (97%)	8 (7.0%)
Divorced	5	3 (60%)	3 (100%)	0
Widowed	7	5 (71%)	5 (100%)	1 (20.0%)
Referral status
Referred	190	152 (80%)	149 (98%)	12 (7.9%)
Not referred	136	98 (72%)	98 (100%)	2 (2.0%)

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