Table 3 Prevalence of serologic markers for specific TTIs and relationship to demographic factors
Socio demographic Variable | Number of Donors | Any TTI No (%) | HBsAg + ve No (%) | HCV + ve No (%) | HIV + ve No (%) | Anti –TP + No (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||||
Male | 1711 | 234 (13.7%) | 86 (5.0%) | 12 (0.7%) | 16 (0.9%) | 136 (7.9%) |
Female | 228 | 16 (7.0%) | 11 (4.8%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.8%) |
P -value | 0.000 | 0.527 | 0.537 | 0.134 | 0.000 | |
Age Group | ||||||
< 18 | 258 | 22 (8.5%) | 13 (5.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (3.1%) |
19–35 | 912 | 92 (10.1%) | 37 (4.1%) | 4 (0.4%) | 8 (0.9%) | 52 (5.7%) |
36–45 | 507 | 78 (15.4%) | 31 (6.1%) | 4 (0.8%) | 6 (1.2%) | 40 (7.9%) |
> 45 | 262 | 58 (22.1%) | 16 (6.1%) | 4 (1.5%) | 2 (0.8%) | 40 (15.3%) |
P -value | 0.000 | 0.295 | 0.257 | 0.394 | 0.000 | |
Educational Level | ||||||
No Education | 344 | 93 (27%) | 21 (6.1%) | 2 (0.6%) | 2 (0.6%) | 74 (21.5%) |
Elementary School | 220 | 41 (18.6%) | 14 (6.4%) | 4 (1.8%) | 3 (1.4%) | 21 (9.5%) |
Junior | 339 | 41 (12.1%) | 19 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.2%) | 22 (6.5%) |
High School | 683 | 55 (8.1%) | 29 (4.2%) | 6 (0.9%) | 6 (0.9%) | 19 (2.8%) |
Tertiary | 353 | 20 (5.7%) | 14 (4.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (1.1%) |
P -value | 0.000 | 0.460 | 0.095 | 0.585 | 0.000 | |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 1335 | 129 (9.7%) | 64 (4.8%) | 8 (0.6%) | 6 (0.4%) | 57 (4.3%) |
Rural | 604 | 121 (20%) | 33 (5.5%) | 5 (0.8%) | 10 (1.7%) | 83 (13.7%) |
P-value | 0.000 | 0.300 | 0.380 | 0.009 | 0.000 | |
Occupation | ||||||
Office worker | 432 | 28 (6.5%) | 17 (3.9%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 10 (2.3%) |
Housewife | 68 | 8 (11.8%) | 5 (7.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (4.4%) |
Daily Workers | 684 | 146 (21.3%) | 41 (6.0%) | 7 (1.0%) | 10 (1.5%) | 101 (14.8%) |
Students | 399 | 28 (7%) | 18 (4.5%) | 3 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 8 (2.0%) |
Unemployed | 17 | 3 (17.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (5.9%) | 1 (5.9%) | 1 (5.9%) |
Others | 339 | 37 (10.9%) | 16 (4.7%) | 1 (0.3%) | 3 (0.9%) | 17 (5.0%) |
P value | 0.000 | 0.494 | 0.058 | 0.026 | 0.000 | |