Bulletin of the World Health Organization

HIV infection in older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: extrapolating prevalence from existing data

Joel Negin & Robert G Cumming

Volume 88, Number 11, November 2010, 847-853

Table 2. Prevalence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among older adults (i.e. people aged ≥ 50 years) in sub-Saharan Africa, by country, from population-based surveys conducted after 2000

Country Study
Year(s) Sex of respondents Age range (years) Prevalence of HIV infection (%) Source
Benin 2006 Male 50–64 1.0 DHS18
Burkina Faso 2003 Male 50–54 2.8 DHS18
2003 Male 55–59 2.6 DHS18
Cameroon 2004 Male 50–54 2.5 DHS18
2004 Male 55–59 1.0 DHS18
Cape Verde 2005 Male 50–54 0.3 DHS18
2005 Male 55–59 0.0 DHS18
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2007 Male 50–59 0.6 DHS18
Ethiopia 2005 Male 50–54 0.9 DHS18
2005 Male 55–59 0.3 DHS18
Ghana 2003 Male 50–54 3.6 DHS18
2003 Male 55–59 2.8 DHS18
Guinea 2005 Male 50–54 1.6 DHS18
2005 Male 55–59 2.5 DHS18
Kenya 2003 Male 50–54 5.7 DHS18
2007 Male 50–54 8.3 KAIS17
2007 Male 55–59 2.3
2007 Male 60–64 3.4
2007 Female 50–54 7.5
2007 Female 55–59 4.7
2007 Female 60–64 1.7
Lesotho 2004 Male 50–54 16.2 DHS18
2004 Male 55–59 16.6 DHS18
Mali 2006 Male 50–59 1.7 DHS18
2001 Male 50–59 1.4 DHS18
Niger 2006 Male 50–54 0.1 DHS18
2006 Male 55–59 0.5 DHS18
Rwanda 2005 Male 50–54 1.7 DHS18
2005 Male 55–59 0.8 DHS18
Senegal 2005 Male 50–54 0.3 DHS18
2005 Male 55–59 0.3 DHS18
South Africa 2005 Male 50–54 14.2 NHPIBCS19
2005 Male 55–59 6.4 NHPIBCS19
2005 Female 50–54 7.5 NHPIBCS19
2005 Female 55–59 3.0 NHPIBCS19
2005 Male ≥ 60 4.0 NHPIBCS19
2005 Female ≥ 60 3.7 NHPIBCS19
2008 Male 50–54 10.4 NHPIBCS20
2008 Female 50–54 10.2 NHPIBCS20
2008 Male 55–59 6.2 NHPIBCS20
2008 Female 55–59 7.7 NHPIBCS20
2008 Male ≥ 60 3.5 NHPIBCS20
2008 Female ≥ 60 1.9 NHPIBCS20
Uganda 2004–2005 Male 50–54 6.9 UHSS21
2004–2005 Female 50–54 5.4
2004–2005 Male 55–59 5.8
2004–2005 Female 55–59 4.9
Zambia 2001–2002 Male 50–54 13.5 DHS18
2001–2002 Male 55–59 11.6 DHS18
Zimbabwe 2005–2006 Male 50–54 20.0 DHS18

DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; KAIS, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey; NHPIBCS, South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey; UHSS, Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-behavioural Survey 2004–2005.