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Table 1 Characteristics and distribution of public sector cancer cases by HIV status, 2004–2014

From: The burden of cancers associated with HIV in the South African public health sector, 2004–2014: a record linkage study

 

HIV POSITIVE

HIV NEGATIVE

HIV UNKNOWN

Characteristic

n = 46,951

Proportion (95% CI)

n = 48,328

Proportion (95% CI)

n = 234,001

Proportion (95% CI)

Gender

 Female

30,487

0.65(0.645–0.654)

30,032

0.62(0.617–0.626)

129,051

0.55(0.549–0.554)

 Male

16,443

0.35(0.346–0.355)

18,287

0.38(0.374–0.383)

104,413

0.45(0.444–0.448)

 Missing

21

0(0–0.001)

9

0(0–0)

538

0(0.002–0.002)

Age

 0–14

590

0.01(0.012–0.014)

2755

0.06(0.055–0.059)

3091

0.01(0.013–0.014)

 15–19

338

0.01(0.006–0.008)

582

0.01(0.011–0.013)

1331

0.01(0.005–0.006)

 20–24

1317

0.03(0.027–0.03)

742

0.02(0.014–0.016)

2407

0.01(0.01–0.011)

 25–29

3915

0.08(0.081–0.086)

1020

0.02(0.02–0.022)

4839

0.02(0.02–0.021)

 30–34

6733

0.14(0.14–0.147)

1295

0.03(0.025–0.028)

7822

0.03(0.033–0.034)

 35–39

7773

0.17(0.162–0.169)

2250

0.05(0.045–0.048)

10,468

0.04(0.044–0.046)

 40–44

7220

0.15(0.151–0.157)

3452

0.07(0.069–0.074)

14,051

0.06(0.059–0.061)

 45–49

5812

0.12(0.121–0.127)

5081

0.11(0.102–0.108)

17,996

0.08(0.076–0.078)

 50–54

4671

0.1(0.097–0.102)

6291

0.13(0.127–0.133)

22,903

0.1(0.097–0.099)

 55–59

3351

0.07(0.069–0.074)

6588

0.14(0.133–0.139)

26,590

0.11(0.112–0.115)

 60+

4738

0.1(0.098–0.104)

17,890

0.37(0.366–0.374)

113,501

0.49(0.483–0.487)

 Missing

493

0.01(0.01–0.011)

382

0.01(0.007–0.009)

9003

0.04(0.038–0.039)

Race

 Asian

333

0.01(0.006–0.008)

826

0.02(0.016–0.018)

6869

0.03(0.029–0.03)

 Black

40,004

0.85(0.849–0.855)

25,335

0.52(0.52–0.529)

140,946

0.6(0.6–0.604)

 Coloured

2620

0.06(0.054–0.058)

10,107

0.21(0.206–0.213)

28,793

0.12(0.122–0.124)

 White

1548

0.05(0.05–0.054)

1641

0.22(0.212–0.219)

10,115

0.2(0.2–0.204)

 Missing

2446

0.03(0.031–0.035)

10,419

0.03(0.032–0.036)

47,279

0.04(0.042–0.044)

Province

 Eastern Cape

3314

0.07(0.068–0.073)

4020

0.08(0.081–0.086)

32,379

0.14(0.137–0.14)

 Free State

4364

0.09(0.09–0.096)

5178

0.11(0.104–0.11)

16,773

0.07(0.071–0.073)

 Gauteng

20,957

0.45(0.442–0.451)

15,534

0.32(0.317–0.326)

62,004

0.26(0.263–0.267)

 Kwazulu-Natal

1434

0.03(0.029–0.032)

712

0.01(0.014–0.016)

35,268

0.15(0.149–0.152)

 Limpopo

3661

0.08(0.076–0.08)

553

0.01(0.01–0.012)

15,529

0.07(0.065–0.067)

 Mpumalanga

3277

0.07(0.067–0.072)

593

0.01(0.011–0.013)

9390

0.04(0.039–0.041)

 North West

2869

0.06(0.059–0.063)

1526

0.03(0.03–0.033)

9700

0.04(0.041–0.042)

 Northern Cape

1098

0.02(0.022–0.025)

1396

0.03(0.027–0.03)

6561

0.03(0.027–0.029)

 Western Cape

5962

0.13(0.124–0.13)

18,791

0.39(0.384–0.393)

45,466

0.19(0.193–0.196)

 Missing

15

0(0–0)

25

0(0–0.001)

932

0(0.004–0.004)

Type of cancer

 NADC

17,604

0.37(0.371–0.379)

34,965

0.72(0.72–0.727)

172,260

0.74(0.734–0.738)

 ADC

27,125

0.58(0.573–0.582)

10,288

0.21(0.209–0.217)

42,992

0.18(0.182–0.185)

 Primary site unknown

2222

0.05(0.045–0.049)

3075

0.06(0.061–0.066)

18,750

0.08(0.079–0.081)

Cancer diagnosis year

 2004

1026

0.02(0.021–0.023)

1767

0.04(0.035–0.038)

23,656

0.1(0.1–0.102)

 2005

2337

0.05(0.048–0.052)

3281

0.07(0.066–0.07)

21,784

0.09(0.092–0.094)

 2006

3038

0.06(0.062–0.067)

3678

0.08(0.074–0.078)

23,101

0.1(0.098–0.1)

 2007

3616

0.08(0.075–0.079)

3882

0.08(0.078–0.083)

22,376

0.1(0.094–0.097)

 2008

4434

0.09(0.092–0.097)

4378

0.09(0.088–0.093)

22,506

0.1(0.095–0.097)

 2009

4782

0.1(0.099–0.105)

4839

0.1(0.097–0.103)

21,917

0.09(0.092–0.095)

 2010

5194

0.11(0.108–0.113)

4926

0.1(0.099–0.105)

21,279

0.09(0.09–0.092)

 2011

5714

0.12(0.119–0.125)

5485

0.11(0.111–0.116)

19,769

0.08(0.083–0.086)

 2012

5931

0.13(0.123–0.129)

5749

0.12(0.116–0.122)

21,592

0.09(0.091–0.093)

 2013

5719

0.12(0.119–0.125)

5401

0.11(0.109–0.115)

18,881

0.08(0.08–0.082)

 2014

5159

0.11(0.107–0.113)

4942

0.1(0.1–0.105)

17,141

0.07(0.072–0.074)