General Population Cohort (GPC)


SUMMARY OF ROUND 27: Demographic and Health/Medical Surveillance
Round (Period) Items Notes
Round 27 (2021-2024) Protocol Title HIV epidemiology, non-communicable disease risk factors and the impact of COVID-19 disease: a population-based survey among adults in rural Uganda
Objectives in summary
  • To determine the prevalence of HIV and associated demographic and behavioral risk factors among adults in rural Uganda.
  • To assess the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors and examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health outcomes in this population.
Summary of the house-to-house Census
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date Dec 2021 – Feb 2024
#Households at end of round 1,006
#Residents at end of round 24,054 12,523 (52.1%) 11,531 (47.9%)
#Residents at start of round 22,804 11,895 (52.2%) 10,909 (47.8%)
#New births 1,105 553 (50.0%) 552 (60.0%)
#In-migrants 6,563 3,490 (53.2%) 3,073 (46.8%)
#Out-migrants 3,286 1,791 (54.5%) 1,495 (45.5%)
#Deaths 223 105 (47.1%) 118 (52.9%)
#Loss to follow-up
Age range (in years) 0-110 0-102 0-110
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 Jan 2022-Feb 2024
Eligibility criteria
#Eligible for medical survey*
#Households (participation % - % of all HHs with eligible participants that attended medical survey) 921 (88.3%)
#participants (participation % - % of all eligible participants) 7,414 4,604 (62.1%) 2,810 (37.9%)
Age range (in years) 15-11 16-97 18-111
HIV prevalence (95% CI) n=5,489 627 (11.4%) 436 (12.3%) 191 (9.8%)
HPV vaccination (n=812) 430 (53.0%)
Sexual activity (n=812) 448 (55.2%)
COVID-19 vaccination 5,744 3,686 (64.2) 2,058 (35.8%)
How old were you when you first had sex? (Median (IQR)) 17 (16;18)
Current use of tobacco 639 (8.6%) 186 (4.0%) 453 (16.1%)
Daily use of tobacco (n=638) 491 (77.0%) 115 (62.2%) 376 (83.0%)
Alcohol consumption in the past 12 months 2,106 (79.3%) 959 (73.8%) 1,147 (84.5%)
Medical history- Have you been diagnosed or had any of the following conditions? (n=7,406)
Hypertension 601 (8.1%) 429 (9.3%) 172 (6.1%)
Stroke/ heart disease / Angina 32 (0.4%) 18 (0.4%) 14 (0.5%)
Kidney failure 20 (0.3%) 7 (0.1%) 13 (0.5%)
ART use 518 (7.0%) 361 (7.8%) 157 (5.6%)
Tuberculosis 104 (1.4%) 54 (1.2%) 50 (1.8%)
Malaria 3,685 (49.8%) 2,357 (51.3%) 1,328 (47.3%)
Low/ high cholesterol 39 (0.5%) 29 (0.6%) 10 (0.4%)
Hepatitis B 29 (0.4%) 15 (0.3%) 14 (0.5%)
Leg ulcer 180 (2.4%) 104 (2.3%) 76 (2.7%)
Have you been operated on or had surgery before? 926 (12.5%) 751 (16.3%) 175 (6.2%)
Physical activity
Does your work involve activity that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate like carrying or lifting heavy loads, very brisk walking, digging or construction work for at least 10 minutes continuously? 4,028 (54.35) 2,260 (49.1%) 1,768 (62.9%)
Do you ever walk or use a bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places? 4,561 (61.5%) 2,736 (59.4%) 1,825 (64.9%)
Diet
In a typical week, on how many days do you eat fruit, such as pineapple, mango, jackfruit, and passion fruit? (Median (IQR)) 3 (2; 5) 3 (2; 5) 3 (2; 5)
In a typical week, on how many days do you eat vegetables such as tomato, cabbage, greens, carrots, and eggplant? (Median (IQR)) 3 (2; 7) 4 (2; 7) 3 (2; 7)
In a typical week, on how many days do you eat starchy staples, such as posho, cassava, sweet potato and rice? (Median (IQR)) 7 (5; 7) 7 (5; 7) 7 (5; 7)
In a typical week, how often did you drink sugary drinks (e.g. soda, fruit juices, squashes, Obushera, Minute Maid) or sweetened tea or coffee? (Median (IQR)) 7 (4; 7) 7 (4; 7) 7 (3; 7)