General Population Cohort (GPC)


SUMMARY OF ROUND 27 (2020-2022): population enumeration and survey participation
Round (Period) Items Notes
Round 27 (2020-2022) 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
#Residents at end of round
#Residents at start of round
#New births
#In-migrants
#Out-migrants
#Deaths
#Loss to follow-up
Age range (in years)
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) xxx (%yy)
#participants (participation % - % of all eligible participants) xxx (F-xx, M-xx)
#Females
#Males
16-25 years
26-35 years
36-50 years
≥51 years
HIV prevalence (95% CI) 9.0 [xx-yy] 9.8 [xx-yy] 8.0 [xx-yy]
% with unknown HIV status (age category? Too old?)
% of PLHIV who know their HIV status 86.4% 81.6%
% on ART among those who know HIV status 98.9% 98.9%
% with suppressed viral load among those on ART 91.7% 91.0%
% circulating high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes among women
% vaccinated against HPV
% of hypertension among adults