Table 12. Distribution of months from first positive HIV
test result to first medical care, by selected characteristics of
persons with HIV infection (N = 1,507), Supplement to HIV/AIDS
Surveillance, June 1997–December 2000
Male-to-male sexual contact with injection drug use
74
66.7
12
10.8
25
22.5
Heterosexual contact
97
85.1
6
5.3
11
9.6
Women
Injection drug use
69
67.0
15
14.6
19
18.4
Heterosexual contact
261
87.6
15
5.0
22
7.4
Most recent CD4 count
<200
39
66.1
4
6.8
16
27.1
200-499
317
75.8
46
11.0
55
13.2
≥500
460
81.0
42
7.4
66
11.6
Don’t know/never had CD4 count
375
87.2
20
4.7
35
8.1
Recruitment
Population-based
604
87.0
42
6.1
48
6.9
Facility-based
615
75.6
73
9.0
125
15.4
Overall
1,219
80.9
115
7.6
173
11.5
Note.
Excludes persons without data for calculating interval from
first positive HIV test result to first medical care. Values may
not sum to totals because of missing data.
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