Round 2

SUMMARY OF THE GPC ROUND 2 (JAN 1990-DEC 1991): Demographic and Health/Medical Surveillance
Round (Period) Items Notes
JAN 1990-NOV 1991 Protocol Title Epidemiology and genetics of communicable and non-communicable diseases in the General Population Cohort in Kyamulibwa, Uganda
Objectives in summary
  • To determine the prevalence of HIV among GPC residents stratified by age and sex, comparing children (< years) and adolescents /adults (&ge 13 years).
  • To assess the burden of self-reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms—including genital ulcers and vaginal discharge—among adolescents and adults (&ge 13 years) in the GPC cohort.
Summary of the house-to-house Census
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date Jan 1991-Nov 1992    
#Households at end of round 249    
#Residents by the end of the round 10,578 5,309 (50.2%) 5,269 (49.8%)
#Residents during the round 9,936 5,005 (50.4%) 4,931 (49.6%)
       
#New births      
#In-migrants      
#Out-migrants      
#Deaths 165 85 (51.5%) 80 (48.5%)
       
Age range (in years) 0-97 0-96 0-97
Figure 1: Overall population pyramid (age-sex distribution, counts and percent)
Summary of the adult medical survey
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date 02 Jan 2007 to 25 Oct 2008    
Eligibility criteria GPC Residents ≥13 years ≥13 years
#Eligible for medical survey*      
#Households (participation % – % of all HHs with eligible participants that attended medical survey) 611    
#participants (participation % – % of all eligible participants) 6,223 3,578 (57.5%) 2,645 (42.5%)
       
Age range (in years) 13 – 98 13 – 91 13 – 98
       
HIV prevalence (95% CI) n=4,789 160 (3.3%) 113 (4.1%) 47 (2.3%)
Summary of the child medical survey
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date      
Eligibility criteria <13 years old      
#Households (HHs) with eligible participants that attended medical survey 520    
# of participants that attended the medical survey 5,660 2,805 (49.6%) 2,855 (50.4%)
       
Age range (in years) 0 – 12 0 – 12 0 – 12
       
HIV prevalence (95% CI) 24 (0.5%) 11(0.5%) 13 (0.5 %)