Table 1 National antenatal seroprevalence data from South Africa by age of woman and year of sample

From: Erratum to: Southern Africa: the Highest Priority Region for HIV Prevention and Care Interventions

Age in years Year of sample
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
15–19 15.4 14.8 15.8 16.1 15.9 13.7 12.9
20–24 28.4 29.1 30.3 30.8 30.6 28.0 28.1
25–29 31.4 34.5 35.4 38.5 39.5 38.7 37.9
30–34 25.6 29.5 30.9 34.4 36.4 37.0 40.2
35–39 19.3 19.8 23.4 24.5 28.0 29.3 33.2
≥40 9.8 17.2 15.8 17.5 19.8 21.3 21.5
All ages 24.8 26.5 27.9 29.5 30.2 29.1 28.0
  1. Data for 2001 are from THE NATIONAL HIV AND SYPHILIS ANTENATAL SERO-PREVALENCE SURVEY IN SOUTH AFRICA 2002 Pretoria: National Department of Health, South Africa, 2003. Accessible here: http://www.gov.za/sites/www.gov.za/files/hivsyphilis_0.pdf (accessed May 6, 2015).
  2. Data from 2002 to 2004 are from the Directorate: Health Systems Research, Research Coordination and Epidemiology. NATIONAL HIV AND SYPHILIS ANTENATAL SERO-PREVALENCE SURVEY IN SOUTH AFRICA 2004: Pretoria: National Department of Health, South Africa, 2005. Accessible here: http://www.hst.org.za/sites/default/files/hiv-syphilis04.pdf (accessed May 6, 2015).
  3. Data from 2005 to 2007 are from THE NATIONAL HIV AND SYPHILIS PREVALENCE SURVEY SOUTH AFRICA 2007. Pretoria: National Department of Health, South Africa, 2008. Accessible here: http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/20080904_southafrica_anc_2008_en.pdf (accessed May 6, 2015).