Table 2 VMMC adverse event rate over time in the Oshana and Zambezi regions in Namibia (January 2015–September 2019)
Total VMMC (N = 36,573) | Total AE (N = 547) | Proportion of VMMCs resulting in AE (95% CI*) | Chi2 for trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Year 1 (Jan 2015-Sep 2015) | 6,251 | 207 | 3.31% (2.90–3.78) | < 0.001 |
Year 2 (Oct 2015-Sep 2016) | 7,686 | 166 | 2.16% (1.86–2.51) | ||
Year 3 (Oct 2016-Sep 2017) | 8,004 | 89 | 1.11% (0.90–1.37) | ||
Year 4 (Oct 2017-Sep 2018) | 7,592 | 41 | 0.54% (0.40–0.73) | ||
Year 5(Oct 2018-Sep 2019) | 7,040 | 44 | 0.63% (0.47–0.84) | ||
Oshana | Year 1 | 4,071 | 121 | 2.97% (2.50–3.54) | < 0.001 |
Year 2 | 4,484 | 88 | 1.96% (1.60–2.41) | ||
Year 3 | 4,619 | 54 | 1.17% (0.90–1.52) | ||
Year 4 | 5,009 | 18 | 0.36% (0.23–0.57) | ||
Year 5 | 3,828 | 13 | 0.34% (0.20–0.58) | ||
Zambezi | Year 1 | 2,180 | 86 | 3.94% (3.21–4.85) | < 0.001 |
Year 2 | 3,202 | 78 | 2.44% (1.96–3.03) | ||
Year 3 | 3,385 | 35 | 1.03% (0.74–1.43) | ||
Year 4 | 2,583 | 23 | 0.89% (0.59–1.33) | ||
Year 5 | 3,212 | 31 | 0.97% (0.68–1.37) |