Table 2 Sex-specific and urban-rural differences in HIV prevalence and treatment coverage

From: Analysis of travel-time to HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa reveals inequities in access to antiretrovirals

HIV prevalence

Men

Women

F

P

Rural

Urban

F

P

Eswatini

20.4%

(4023)

34.2%

(5526)

307

<0.001*

27.0%

(7428)

30.4%

(2131)

2.41

0.133

Malawi

8.5%

(6956)

12.5%

(9744)

67.0

<0.001*

9.6%

(10,390)

14.1%

(6310)

53.3

<0.001*

Zambia

9.3%

(8142)

14.6%

(10,973)

162

<0.001*

9.3%

(10,775)

15.3%

(8340)

78.5

<0.001*

Treatment coverage

Men

Women

F

P

Rural

Urban

F

P

Eswatini

70.7%

(869)

79.6%

(1916)

30.3

<0.001*

78.3%

(2079)

72.9%

(706)

7.67

0.010*

Malawi

63.1%

(677)

74.3%

(1470)

24.1

<0.001*

71.4%

(1119)

66.1%

(1028)

5.64

0.026*

Zambia

61.6%

(767)

63.2%

(1672)

0.54

0.468

57.6%

(1037)

66.2%

(1402)

11.8

0.002*

  1. HIV prevalence and treatment coverage estimates are given as weighted percentages, with the sample size (n) they are calculated from. Hypothesis tests for differences in A) HIV prevalence and B) treatment coverage between (i) men and women and (ii) rural and urban residents were two-tailed and evaluated at α = 0.05; significant differences are denoted with an asterisk (*).
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