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Table 1 Characteristics and outcome of women screened in 2015 by age and HIV status

From: Cervical cancer screening uptake and challenges in Malawi from 2011 to 2015: retrospective cohort study

 

Total

VIA positive

Suspect cancer

VIA positive or suspect cancer

 

n

%

n

%

95 % CI

n

%

95 % CI

n

%

95 % CI

Age (years):

  ≤ 29

13,642

28.1

307

2.3*

1.4-3.2

163

1.2*

0.3-2.1

470

3.4*

2.6-4.2

 30-45

27,275

56.1

1,540

5.6 (ref)

5.0-6.2

710

2.6 (ref)

2.0-3.2

2,250

8.2 (ref)

7.6-8.8

  ≥ 46

7,671

15.8

399

5.2

4.1-6.3

910

11.9*

10.8-13.0

1,309

17.1*

16.1-18.1

All with known age

48,588

100.0

2,246

4.6

4.2-5.0

1,783

3.7

3.3-4.1

4,029

8.3

7.9-8.7

HIV status:

 Negative

21,546

55.1

1,088

5.0 (ref)

4.3-5.7

638

3.0 (ref)

2.3-3.7

1,726

8.0 (ref)

7.3-8.7

 Positive

6,209

15.9

546

8.8*

7.6-10.0

399

6.4*

5.2-7.6

945

15.2*

14.0-16.4

 Unknown

11,346

29.0

558

4.9

4.0-5.8

520

4.6*

3.7-5.5

1,078

9.5*

8.6-10.4

All with HIV status data

39,101

100.0

2,192

5.6

5.1-6.1

1,557

4.0

3.5-4.5

3,749

9.6

9.1-10.1

  1. CI = confidence interval, n = number of women in the group, VIA = visual inspection with acetic acid, % = percentage, ref = reference, * = statistically significant, p < 0.05