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Table 1 HIV prevalence among girls and boys 15–19 years, by subregion (with p-value for difference of proportions test trend over time)

From: HIV trends and disparities by gender and urban–rural residence among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Survey year

Girls, 15–19 years

Boys, 15–19 years

First

Last

First

Last

p-value

First

Last

p-value

Eastern & Southern Africa

       

 Eswatini

2007

2017

10.1

7.2

0.03

1.9

3.9

0.59

 Ethiopia

2005

2016

0.7

0.4

0.39

0.1

0.0

0.52

 Kenya

2003

2018

3.0

1.2

 

0.4

0.5

 

 Lesotho

2004

2017

7.8

5.7

0.13

2.3

2.8

1.30

 Malawi

2004

2016

3.7

2.0

0.09

0.4

0.9

1.28

 Mozambique

2009

2015

7.1

6.5

0.71

2.7

1.5

0.15

 Namibia

 

2017

 

4.7

  

2.7

 

 South Africa

2008

2016

6.7

5.9

 

2.5

4.1

 

 Tanzania

2004

2017

2.1

1.0

0.03

2.1

0.4

0.00

 Uganda

2005

2017

2.6

1.8

0.12

0.3

0.5

1.33

 Zambia

2007

2018

5.7

2.6

0

3.6

1.2

0.00

 Zimbabwe

2006

2016

6.2

3.9

0.01

3.1

3.2

1.10

Median all

 

2017

 

3.3

  

1.4

 

Median (trend)

2005

2017

5.7

2.6

 

2.1

1.2

 

West & Central Africa

       

 Angola

 

2016

 

0.8

  

0.6

 

 Burkina Faso

2003

2010

0.9

0.1

0.04

0.7

0.4

0.54

 Burundi

2010

2017

0.2

0.1

0.55

0.3

0.0

0.14

 Cameroon

2004

2018

2.1

1.2

 

0.6

0.2

 

 Chad

 

2015

 

1.2

  

0.4

 

 Cote d'Ivoire

2005

2018

0.4

0.6

 

0.2

0.4

1.35

 DR Congo

2007

2014

0.7

0.7

1

1.7

0.2

0.16

 Gabon

 

2012

 

1.5

  

0.4

 

 Gambia

 

2013

 

0.4

  

0.3

 

 Ghana

2003

2014

0.5

0.3

0.55

0.2

0.2

1.00

 Guinea

2005

2018

0.9

1.2

0.58

0.5

0.9

1.36

 Liberia

2007

2013

1.3

0.2

0.03

0.4

1.0

1.36

 Mali

2006

2013

0.6

0.8

0.67

0.7

0.3

0.36

 Niger

2006

2012

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

 Nigeria

 

2018

 

0.7

  

0.1

 

 Rwanda

2005

2015

0.7

0.9

0.72

0.3

0.3

1.00

 Senegal

2005

2017

0.2

0.0

0.08

0.0

0.0

1.00

 Sierra Leone

2008

2013

1.3

1.5

0.75

0.0

0.7

0.31

 Togo

 

2014

 

0.4

  

0.1

1.35

Median all

 

2014

 

0.7

  

0.3

 

Median (trend)

2005

2014

0.7

0.5

 

0.3

0.3

 
  1. n/a not available