Age, sex, and HIV seroprevalence among individuals from different parts of India tested for HIV infection in a nongovernmental setting.

India has a large population of HIV-infected individuals, but the amount of information available about this population is small and not commensurate with the population's size. Here, we report the age and sex for 11,925 individuals tested for HIV infection in a nongovernmental setting over a 36-month period. The samples were derived from 161 sites located in different parts of the country and the odds of HIV infection among males was 2.