General Population Cohort (GPC)


SUMMARY OF ROUND 26 (2019-2021): population enumeration and survey participation
Round (Period) Items Notes
Round 26 (2019-2021) Protocol Title Non communicable disease risk factors and HIV epidemiology: a population-based survey among adults in rural Uganda
Objectives in summary
  • Monitor vital status, e.g Births, deaths, migration
  • HIV prevalence and the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets
  • Monitor prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases
  • Prevalence of circulating high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes among women
Summary of the house-to-house Census
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date 11 Jun 2019 – 07 Jul 2021
#Households at end of round 1,057
#Residents at end of round 24,595 12,812(52.1%) 11,783(47.9%)
#Residents at start of round 20,852 10,831(51.9%) 10,021(48.1%)
#New births 985 464(47.1%) 521(52.9%)
#In-migrants 4,894 2639(53.9%) 2,255(46.1%)
#Out-migrants 3,544 1,890(53.3%) 1,654(46.7%)
#Deaths 277 129(46.6%) 148(53.4%)
#Loss to follow-up
Age range (in years) 0 - 108 0 - 100 0 - 108
Figure 1: Overall population pyramid (age-sex distribution, counts and percent)
Summary of the adult medical survey
GPC Residents
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date
Eligibility criteria ≥16 years ≥18 years
#Eligible for medical survey*
#Households (participation % - % of all HHs with eligible participants that attended medical survey) 876
#participants (participation % - % of all eligible participants) 6,807 4,211(61.9%) 2,596(38.1%)
Age range (in years) (16 – 109) (16 – 97) (18 – 109)
HIV prevalence (95% CI) 9.1%(8.4% ; 9.8%) 9.8%(8.9% ; 10.7%) 8.1%(7.1% ; 9.2%)
% with unknown HIV status 2311(33.9%) 1298(30.8%) 1013(39.0%)
% of PLHIV who know their HIV status 4495(66.1%) 2913(69.2%) 1582(61%)
% on ART among those who know HIV status 98.9% 98.5% 99%
% vaccinated against HPV 71(1.7%) 71(1.7%)
Other medical conditions ; N=2468
% of hypertension among adults 202(8.2%) 141(9.3%) 61(6.4%)
% of diabetes among adults 47(1.9%) 35 (2.3%) 12(1.3%)
% of heart disease 3 (0.1%) 2(0.1%) 1(0.1%)
% of overweight 2 (0.1%) 2(0.1%) -
% of stroke - - -
% of chronic kidney disease 4(0.2%) 3(0.2%) 1(0.1%)
% of hepatitis 6(0.3%) 2(0.1%) 4(0.4%)
% of anaemia 23(0.9%) 14(0.9%) 9(1.0%)
% of asthma 49(2.0%) 27(1.8%) 22(2.3%)
% other lung conditions 4(0.2%) 3(0.2%) 1(0.1%)
% of cancer 5(0.2%) 2(0.1%) 3(0.3%)
% of dementia 26(1.1%) 15(1.0%) 11(1.2%)
% of TB 29(1.2%) 18(1.2%) 11(1.2%)
% of alcohol abuse 14(0.6%) 1(0.1%) 13(1.4%)
How to request for data

Meta data for the GPC data can be accessed using the Persistent identifier https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003702