Table 6 Changed mobile phone numbers between visits by sex and HIV status.

From: Trends in mobile phone ownership, frequency of number changes, and implications for public health service delivery in Uganda, 2010–2020

Survey median date (range)—visit number

Changed mobile phone numbers between visits

Sex

HIV status

Men

Women

Negative

Positive

Jan 2011 (Jan 2010–June 2011)—R014

June 2012 (Aug 2011– May 2013)—R015

469/1658 (28.3%)

368/1480 (24.9%)

708/2650 (26.7%)

129/488 (26.4%)

Jul 2014 (Jul 2013– Jan 2015)—R016

853/2636 (32.4%)

682/2425 (28.1%)

1187/4020 (29.5%)

348/1041 (33.4%)

Jan 2016 (Jan 2015–Sept 2016)—R017

1017/3148 (32.3%)

818/3003 (27.2%)

1446/4909 (29.5%)

389/1242 (31.3%)

Jul 2017 (Oct 2016–May 2018)—R018

1172/3307 (35.4%)

1007/3382 (29.8%)

1726/5354 (32.2%)

453/1335 (33.9%)

Aug 2019 (Jun 2018–Nov 2020)—R019

1231/3262 (37.7%)

1084/3444 (31.5%)

1858/5396 (34.4%)

457/1310 (34.9%)

Total

4742/14,011 (33.8%)

3959/13,734 (28.8%)

6925/22,329 (31%)

1776/5416 (32.8%)