Table 1 Socio-demographics and medical experience of HIV physicians from Brazil and Mexico, 2020

 26–34

90 (18.7)

73 (22.3)

17 (12)

.01

 35–49

229 (47.6)

148 (45.3)

81 (57)

  ≥ 50

162 (33.7)

106 (32.4)

44 (31)

 Median (IQR)

43 (36–53)

43 (35–54)

44 (38–51)

.75^b

Gender

.48

 Male

276 (57.4)

198 (58.4)

78 (54.9)

 Female

205 (42.6)

141 (41.6)

64 (45.1)

Race/skin color

<.001^c

 White

303 (63.9)

272 (81.2)

31 (22.3)

 Mixed

152 (32.1)

51 (15.2)

101 (72.7)

 Asian

9 (1.9)

9 (2.7)

0 (0)

 Black

4 (0.8)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

 Indigenous

6 (1.3)

0 (0)

6 (4.3)

Live in metropolitan area of state capitals

.23

 Yes

327 (68.0)

236 (69.6)

91 (64.1)

 No

154 (32.0)

103 (30.4)

51 (35.9)

Infectious disease specialist

<.001

 Yes

333 (69.4)

268 (79.1)

65 (46.1)

 No

147 (30.6)

71 (20.9)

76 (53.9)

Number of years as MD^d

.05

  ≤ 5

38 (7.9)

29 (8.6)

9 (6.4)

 6–10

81 (16.8)

59 (17.4)

22 (15.5)

 11–15

82 (17.1)

57 (16.8)

25 (17.6)

 16–20

78 (16.2)

44 (13)

34 (23.9)

  > 20

202 (42.0)

150 (44.2)

52 (36.6)

Number of patients living with HIV under follow-up

<.001^c

 None

26 (5.5)

26 (7.8)

0 (0)

 1–19

65 (13.8)

56 (16.8)

9 (6.5)

 20–49

85 (18.0)

82 (24.6)

3 (2.2)

  ≥ 50

296 (62.7)

170 (50.9)

126 (91.3)