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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Figure 14.3 HIV Prevalence AmongWomen by Age <strong>and</strong> Residence45403550 Percent Urban women Rural women30252015105 015-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49Z<strong>DHS</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>Figure 14.4 HIV Prevalence Among Menby Age <strong>and</strong> Residence454035 3025201510 5015-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49Urban men Ruralmen50Z<strong>DHS</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>14.4 COMPARISON OF ANC SURVEILLANCE ESTIMATES AND THE Z<strong>DHS</strong> RATESAs discussed earlier, prior to the <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong> Z<strong>DHS</strong>, ANC surveillance provided the data on whichthe national seroprevalence estimates for the adult population were based. The use of ANC data for thispurpose was based on the assumption that the HIV level among pregnant women provides a reasonableestimate of the HIV level in the general population. However, the HIV prevalence rate for the adult populationbased on the <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong> <strong>Zambia</strong> ANC surveillance (Dzekedzeke, 2003) is 19 percent, roughly 20percent higher than the <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong> Z<strong>DHS</strong> estimate for the adult population age 15-49 of 16 percent.Prevalence of HIV <strong>and</strong> Syphilis | 239

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