Table 1

Clinical, epidemiological characteristics and related to the treatment of infectious diseases and time of incarceration of 741 inmates diagnosed with infectious diseases in prisons in the western and northwestern regions of São Paulo state, Brazil, 2018

VariableIndividuals (n=741)
Male, n (%)Female, n (%)
Age
 18–20 years16 (2.16)
 21–30 years248 (33.47)1 (0.13)
 31–40 years238 (32.12)1 (0.13)
 41–50 years139 (18.76)1 (0.13)
 51–60 years64 (8.64)
 ≥61 years9 (1.22)
 Not known24 (3.24)
Schooling
 Illiterate19 (2.56)
 Incomplete elementary school350 (47.24)1 (0.13)
 Complete elementary school127 (17.14)1 (0.13)
 Incomplete high school and/or technical education123 (16.60)
 Complete high school and/or technical education69 (9.32)1 (0.13)
 Incomplete university11 (1.49)
 University graduate8 (1.08)
 Not known31 (4.18)
Sexual behaviour
 Heterosexual567 (76.52)3 (0.39)
 Homoaffective88 (11.88)
 Bisexual33 (4.46)
 Not known50 (6.75)
Marital status
 Single336 (45.35)1 (0.13)
 Married305 (41.16)
 Divorced53 (7.16)1 (0.13)
 Widow15 (2.03)1 (0.13)
 Not informed29 (3.91)
Number of sons
 None285 (38.46)
 1–2219 (29.57)3 (0.39)
 3–486 (11.61)
 ≥532 (4.32)
 Not known116 (15.65)
Treatment
 Never treated73 (9.61)
 Abandoned treatment14 (1.84)
 Complete treatment99 (13.02)
 Treatment up to 200029 (3.81)1 (0.13)
 Treatment 2001–201063 (8.29)
 Treatment since 2011464 (61.06)2 (0.26)
 Not known15 (1.98)
How long incarcerated
 <1 year319 (43.07)3 (0.39)
 1–5 years297 (40.08)
 6–10 years48 (6.48)
 11–20 years32 (4.32)
 >20 years17 (2.29)
 Not known25 (3.37)
Imprisonment
 First179 (24.17)3 (0.39)
 Previous429 (57.90)
 Not known130 (17.54)