Table 1 Prevalence of HIV according to background characteristics in 602 men and women with severe mental illness, consecutively discharged from psychiatric admission wards in Butabika hospital, Uganda

Demographic characteristics

Sex

 Male

259

19

7. 3

 Female

343

49

14. 3

 Missing

0

0

Age

 18-29

120

5

4. 2

152

19

12 . 5

272

24

8. 8

 30-39

85

7

8. 2

113

13

11 . 5

198

20

10. 1

 40-49

53

7

13 . 2

76

17

22 . 4

129

24

18. 6

 Missing

1

0

2

0

3

0

Place of residence

 Urban

54

4

7 . 4

71

8

11 . 3

125

12

9. 6

 Semi-urban

94

6

6. 4

85

16

18 . 8

179

22

12. 3

 Rural

107

9

8 . 4

184

24

13 . 0

291

33

11. 3

 Missing

4

0

3

1

7

1

Marital status

 Never married

139

5

3 . 6

163

19

11. 7

302

24

7. 9

 Ever married

119

13

10. 9

180

30

16. 7

299

43

14. 4

 Missing

1

1

0

0

1

1

Socioeconomic position

Income

 No income

132

7

5 . 3

200

29

4. 5

332

36

10. 8

 Any income

123

10

8 . 1

142

20

14. 1

265

30

11. 3

 Missing

4

2

1

0

5

2

Education

 None to primary 7

123

8

6 . 5

207

33

15. 9

330

41

12. 4

 Secondary 1 or higher

135

11

8 . 1

135

15

11. 1

270

26

9. 6

 Missing

1

0

1

1

2

1

Occupation

 Unemployed

58

3

5 . 2

181

24

13. 3

239

27

11. 3

 Any employment

201

16

8 . 0

152

21

13. 8

353

37

10. 5

 Missing

0

0

10

4

10

4

Psychiatric characteristics

Psychiatric diagnosis

 Bipolar affective disorder

142

10

7 . 0

195

27

13. 8

337

37

11. 0

 Non-affective psychosis

109

9

8 . 3

115

17

14. 8

224

26

11. 6

 Depression

6

0

0. 0

33

5

15. 2

39

5

12. 8

 Missing

2

0

0

0

2

0

Psychiatric history

 Previously admitted

189

14

7 . 4

217

29

13. 4

406

43

10. 6

 Not previously admitted

70

5

7 . 1

126

20

15. 9

196

25

12. 8

 Missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL SAMPLE

259

19

7 . 3

343

49

14. 3

602

68

11. 3