Volume 15, Number 11—November 2009
Dispatch
HIV Infection among Illegal Migrants, Italy, 2004–2007
Maria Chiara Pezzoli, Issa El Hamad, Carmelo Scarcella, Francesco Vassallo, Fabrizio Speziani, Graziella Cristini, Carla Scolari, Barbara Suligoi, Anna Maria Luzi, Daniela Bernasconi, Miriam Lichtner, Nino Manca, Giampiero Carosi, Francesco Castelli
, and Giuseppina Cassara’the PRISHMA Study Group
, and Giuseppina Cassara’the PRISHMA Study GroupTable 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of 3,003 migrants, Italy, 2004–2007
| Characteristic | Value* |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| F | 1,587 (52.8) |
| M |
1,416 (47.2) |
| Median age, y (range) |
31 (18–74) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 1,236 (43.3) |
| Single |
1,617 (56.7) |
| Place of origin | |
| Europe | 1,341 (44.7) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 674 (22.4) |
| Asia | 470 (15.7) |
| North America | 339 (11.3 |
| Latin America |
179 (6.0) |
| Median migration period, mo (range) |
23.4 (0.2–324) |
| Religion† | |
| Christianity | 1,854 (61.8) |
| Islam | 901 (30.0) |
| Other | 115 (3.8) |
| None |
129 (4.3) |
| Education, y‡ | |
| <8 | 775 (25.9) |
| >8 |
2,222 (74.1) |
| Job status | |
| Employed | 1,545 (51.4) |
| Unemployed |
1,458 (48.6) |
| Immigration status | |
| Illegal | 2,748 (91.5) |
| Legal | 255 (8.5) |
*Except where indicated, values are no. (%).
†n = 2,999.
‡n = 2,997
1PRISHMA (Prevalence, Incidence, Risk Factors and Identification of Subtypes of HIV in Migrants and Analysis of Specific Antibody Avidity) Study Group: Elena Grassi, Antonella Ricci, and Anna Rodella (Brescia, Italy); Mario Affronti and Tullio Prestileo (Palermo, Italy); Giovanni Baglio, Stefano Buttò, Laura Cacciani, Anna Colucci, Rosaria Cuomo, Pietro Gallo, Vincenza Regine, and Vincenzo Vullo (Rome, Italy).
