Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing in Women 15-44 Years of Age: UnitedStates, 1990

摘要

In 1990, an estimated 20.4 million women 15-44 years of age had been tested atsome time in their lives for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This includes 5.5 million women who had donated blood since March 1985 but did not recognize that this donation also involved a test for HIV infection. Women 20-29 years of age were most likely to have been tested, as were formerly married women and women with the most education. Women with specific risk characteristics were also more likely to have been tested for HIV infection: never-married women who had a positive history of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), and formerly and never-married women with six or more sexual partners in their lifetimes. The findings presented here are from the National Survey of Family Growth (NFSG) 1990 telephone reinterview, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Questions on AIDS-related behaviors, including testing for HIV infection, were included in the 1990 interview in response to requests for AIDS-related information from other agencies in the U.S. Public Health Services.