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Table 1 Characteristics among indigenous people screened according to DSEI, Brazilian Amazon, 2009–2011

From: HIV and syphilis in the context of community vulnerability among indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon

DSEI

# screened/sexually active population (%)

Participants screened

n (%)

Female sex n (%)

Age in years (mean, SD)

Condom use among those who reported using condoms n (%)

Intrusion

Mobility

Violence

Manaus

8,055/10,980 (73.4)

8,055 (17.5)

4,613 (57.3)

30.6 (14.8)

4,241/4,886 (86.8)

Low

High

High

Yanomami

3,401/4,317 (78.8)

3,401 (7.4)

2,081 (61.4)

27.9 (13.4)

472/1,074 (43.9)

High

Low

High

Leste Roraima

3,892/4,038 (96.4)

3,892 (8.5)

2,569 (66.2)

29.8 (13.2)

858/1,721 (49.9)

High

High

High

Alto Solimões

19,893/25,322 (78.6)

19,893 (43.3)

10,773 (54.2)

25.2 (11.4)

7,150/9,761 (73.3)

High

High

High

Parintins

687/4,904 (14.0)

687 (1.5)

373 (54.5)

30.9 (13.4)

282/457 (61.7)

Low

High

Moderate

Alto Rio Negro

7.260/19,872 (36.5)

7,260 (15.8)

4,117 (56.8)

30.9 (15.2)

1,458/2,867 (50.9)

High

Moderate

High

Médio Solimões

573/9,092 (6.3)

573 (1.2)

321 (56.2)

29.7 (14.1)

329/526 (62.5)

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Médio Purus

329/2,950 (11.2)

329 (0.7)

155 (47.1)

30.0 (13.2)

227/228 (99.6)

Low

Moderate

Moderate

Vale do Javari

1,877/2,563 (73.2)

1,877 (4.1)

968 (57.1)

31.0 (15.9)

1,098/1,329 (82.6)

High

High

High

Total

45,967/84,038 (54.7)

45,967 (100%)

25,970 (56.5)

22.5 (9.2)

16,115/22,849 (70.5)

NA

NA

NA

  1. NA not applicable