
Disparities Details by HIV Transmission Category for 2016
HIV-13 : Knowledge of serostatus among HIV-positive persons (percent, 13+ years)
This chart compares rates by population.
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by HIV Transmission Category for HIV-13
HIV-13 Increase the proportion of persons living with HIV who know their serostatus
Knowledge of serostatus among HIV-positive persons (percent, 13+ years)

HIV Transmission Category | 2016 | Disparity |
---|---|---|
Injection drug use, female | 94.7 CI 88.6/100.0 SE |
x 1.000 Best rate |
Injection drug use | 94.0 CI 89.7/98.8 SE |
x 1.008 |
Injection drug use, male | 93.5 CI 87.7/100.0 SE |
x 1.013 |
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use | 92.3 CI 86.5/99.0 SE |
x 1.026 |
Heterosexual contact, female | 87.3 CI 84.2/90.6 SE |
x 1.085 |
Heterosexual contact | 85.5 CI 82.7/88.4 SE |
x 1.108 |
Male-to-male sexual contact | 83.6 CI 81.7/85.6 SE |
x 1.133 |
Heterosexual contact, male | 81.6 CI 76.4/87.5 SE |
x 1.161 |
Average group rate excluding best group rate |
88.3 ... SE |
x 1.073 CI / |
Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release. Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population. Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown. CI: 95% confidence interval. |
- The best group rate for this objective, 94.7%, was attained by HIV-positive females who had injection drug use.
- The worst group rate for this objective, 81.6%, was attained by HIV-positive males who had heterosexual contact.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 13.2 percentage points.
- The best group rate was 1.161 times the worst group rate.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the average rate for all other HIV transmission category groups (excluding the best), 88.3%.
HIV-positive females who had injection drug use achieved the best group rate for this objective, 94.7%.
The best group rate was:
- <1.1 times the rate among HIV-positive persons who had injection drug use.
- <1.1 times the rate among HIV-positive males who had injection drug use.
- <1.1 times the rate among HIV-positive males who had male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use.
- <1.1 times the rate among HIV-positive females who had heterosexual contact.
- 1.108 times the rate among HIV-positive persons who had heterosexual contact.
- 1.133 times the rate among HIV-positive males who had male-to-male sexual contact.
- 1.161 times the rate among HIV-positive males who had heterosexual contact.