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Table 1 Characteristics of U.S. Adults Age 18-64 in 2005, by Metropolitan Residence

From: Frequency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in urban vs. rural areas of the United States: Results from a nationally-representative sample

   

METROPOLITAN

 

NON-METROPOLITAN

  
 

p

Overall

N = 257,895

Central City

N = 84,492

Other

N = 92,818

Adjacent

N = 44,096

Micropolitan

N = 20,584

Remote

N = 15,905

Age, Median (IQR)

< 0.001

39 (29-50)

38 (28-49)

40 (30-50)

41 (29-51)

41 (29-51)

42 (30-52)

Race/ethnicity, % (SE)

< 0.001

      

   White, non-Hispanic

 

68.5 (0.2)

56.8 (0.4)

73.1 (0.3)

82.9 (0.4)

81.4 (0.6)

85.5 (0.6)

   Black, non-Hispanic

 

10.1 (0.1)

14.7 (0.2)

7.4 (0.2)

7.2 (0.2)

5.9 (0.3)

5.4 (0.6)

   Hispanic

 

15.5 (0.2)

21.2 (0.4)

14.2 (0.3)

6.0 (0.3)

7.9 (0.5)

5.6 (0.4)

   Other

 

5.2 (0.1)

6.6 (0.2)

4.7 (0.2)

3.3 (0.2)

4.1 (0.4)

3.1 (0.3)

   Unknown

 

0.7 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.4 (0.1)

Sex, % Female (SE)

.96

50.0 (0.2)

50.0 (0.3)

50.0 (0.3)

50.3 (0.5)

50.3 (0.7)

49.8 (0.7)

Region, % (SE)

< 0.001

      

   Northeast

 

18.6 (0.1)

15.4 (0.2)

24.0 (0.2)

15.2 (0.3)

8.5 (0.3)

5.1 (0.3)

   South

 

35.8 (0.1)

36.7 (0.3)

32.2 (0.2)

45.5 (0.4)

33.7 (0.6)

42.1 (0.7)

   Midwest

 

22.3 (0.1)

19.1 (0.2)

21.7 (0.2)

28.1 (0.4)

36.0 (0.6)

38.2 (0.7)

   West

 

23.2 (0.1)

28.8 (0.3)

22.1 (0.3)

11.2 (0.3)

21.8 (0.5)

14.6 (0.5)

HIV Risk Factor, % (SE)

< 0.001

4.0 (0.1)

4.7 (0.2)

3.7 (0.2)

3.3 (0.2)

3.3 (0.3)

2.9 (0.3)