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Table 3 Gender specific prevalence of HSV-2 infection by district and place of residence*

From: Heterogeneity of the HIV epidemic in the general population of Karnataka state, south India

 

N

Belgaum (N=502) % (95% CI)

Bellary (N=475) % (95% CI)

Mysore (N=436) % (95% CI)

P-value$

Urban Total

652

7.54 (3.91-11.17)

10.10 (7.15-13.05)

9.56 (4.09-15.03)

0.406

Urban Males

322

4.00 (0.55-7.45)

6.37 (1.49-11.24)

7.98 (1.97-13.98)

0.318

Urban Females

330

11.53 (5.67-17.39)

13.33 (6.82-19.85)

11.01 (4.12-17.89)

0.835

Rural Total

761

19.87 (13.87-25.87)

12.31 (8.66-15.96)

11.80 (5.58-18.03)

0.452

Rural Males

367

11.43 (4.18-18.69)

7.37 (2.27-12.47)

9.64 (2.66-16.63)

0.834

Rural Females

394

27.96 (17.10-38.83)

17.09 (11.38-22.80)

13.83 (3.24-24.41)

0.431

All total

1413

16.93 (12.25-21.61)

11.38 (8.93-13.82)

10.89 (6.54-15.23)

0.929

Males

689

9.55 (4.09-15.01)

6.96 (3.51-10.41)

8.97 (4.56-14.09)

0.601

Females

724

24.29 (16.37-32.20)

15.46 (11.25-19.66)

12.67 (6.12-19.21)

0.707

  1. *All figures in weighted percentages, 95%CI: 95% Confidence interval
  2. $p-values for Pearson χ2 test for difference across districts with two degrees of freedom