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Table 2 Comparison of the proportional HIV risk group distribution in the participating countries of the SPREAD study with proportional HIV risk group distribution collected in 2007 by the European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

From: Limited cross-border infections in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe

 

Men having Sex with Men(MSM)

Heterosexual

Injecting drug users

Country

SPREAD

ECDC

Absolute difference

SPREAD

ECDC

Absolute difference

SPREAD

ECDC

Absolute difference

Austria

39.1%

36.9%

2.2%

47.8%

41.1%

6.7%

6.5%

15.2%

8.7%

Belgium

43.5%

27.8%

15.7%

34.4%

40.5%

6.1%

0.9%

2.0%

1.1%

Croatia

60.0%

57.7%

2.3%

20.0%

28.8%

8.8%

13.3%

3.8%

9.5%

Cyprus

49.1%

13.7%

35.4%

45.5%

14.4%

31.1%

0.0%

1.4%

1.4%

Czech Republic

41.8%

63.6%

21.8%

20.0%

23.1%

3.1%

7.7%

9.9%

2.2%

Denmark

44.7%

46.4%

1.7%

45.4%

42.5%

2.9%

5.1%

6.9%

1.8%

Finland

45.3%

36.2%

9.1%

45.3%

40.4%

4.9%

8.4%

6.9%

1.5%

Germany

84.4%

56.0%

28.4%

7.7%

24.1%

16.4%

3.5%

5.5%

2.0%

Greece

67.0%

55.5%

11.5%

21.1%

25.3%

4.2%

2.7%

2.3%

0.4%

Ireland

33.3%

20.5%

12.8%

43.0%

40.7%

2.3%

18.3%

12.8%

5.5%

Israel

39.5%

21.9%

17.6%

46.2%

48.2%

2.0%

13.4%

11.0%

2.4%

Italy

37.6%

25.1%

12.5%

53.3%

49.2%

4.1%

2.5%

8.5%

6.0%

Latvia

8.3%

4.2%

4.1%

33.3%

36.0%

2.7%

38.9%

40.2%

1.3%

Luxembourg

34.6%

36.2%

1.6%

53.8%

38.3%

15.5%

3.8%

14.9%

11.1%

Netherlands

45.4%

62.5%

17.1%

45.4%

30.2%

15.2%

7.2%

1.1%

6.1%

Norway

32.2%

31.0%

1.2%

58.5%

57.3%

1.2%

8.5%

5.2%

3.3%

Poland

37.3%

4.7%

32.6%

28.5%

10.2%

18.3%

26.9%

12.9%

14.0%

Portugal

16.0%

15.0%

1.0%

62.6%

63.5%

0.9%

16.0%

19.4%

3.4%

Romania

14.9%

3.6%

11.3%

53.7%

66.1%

12.4%

3.0%

1.8%

1.2%

Serbia

32.8%

44.0%

11.2%

49.3%

25.3%

24.0%

14.9%

13.2%

1.7%

Slovakia

65.2%

64.1%

1.1%

34.8%

30.8%

4.0%

0.0%

2.6%

2.6%

Slovenia

86.9%

81.1%

5.8%

13.1%

5.4%

7.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Spain

53.3%

44.1%

9.2%

27.4%

39.3%

11.9%

8.3%

9.9%

1.6%

Sweden

36.4%

22.0%

14.4%

51.6%

40.7%

10.9%

9.9%

11.6%

1.7%

  1. The numbers may not add up to 100% as the HIV risk group is not always known (most notably this distribution was reported by ECDC for <30% of patients in Cyprus and Poland).