National tables: age and sex. Values
Persons 18 to 49 years by HIV/AIDS prevention methods,    opinion on efficiency, sex and age group.
Units: Thousands of persons

	Both sexes				Males				Females				
	Total	From 18 to 29 years of age	From 30 to 39 years of age	From 40 to 49 years of age	Total	From 18 to 29 years of age	From 30 to 39 years of age	From 40 to 49 years of age	Total	From 18 to 29 years of age	From 30 to 39 years of age	From 40 to 49 years of age	
Wash after having sexual relations	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	4,296.7	1,627.8	1,312.6	1,356.3	2,372.5	851.7	749.6	771.3	1,924.2	776.1	563.0	585.0	
    Not effective	15,733.3	5,809.1	5,507.6	4,416.6	7,806.3	2,951.6	2,725.4	2,129.3	7,927.0	2,857.5	2,782.2	2,287.3	
    No data recorded	729.6	243.0	223.4	263.2	353.3	129.2	109.5	114.6	376.3	113.8	114.0	148.6	
Choose partners correctly	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	12,868.3	4,719.2	4,233.5	3,915.6	6,954.2	2,618.6	2,237.6	2,098.0	5,914.1	2,100.6	1,995.9	1,817.6	
    Not effective	7,006.2	2,704.8	2,523.5	1,778.0	3,178.2	1,195.7	1,203.8	778.6	3,828.0	1,509.0	1,319.7	999.3	
    No data recorded	885.1	255.9	286.7	342.5	399.7	118.2	143.0	138.5	485.3	137.7	143.6	204.0	
Have few partners	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	8,892.1	3,043.2	2,939.1	2,909.9	4,670.5	1,593.1	1,541.7	1,535.7	4,221.6	1,450.1	1,397.4	1,374.1	
    Not effective	10,822.3	4,340.1	3,766.6	2,715.6	5,364.3	2,188.8	1,857.6	1,317.9	5,458.0	2,151.3	1,908.9	1,397.7	
    No data recorded	1,045.2	296.6	338.0	410.7	497.3	150.6	185.1	161.6	547.9	146.0	152.8	249.1	
Use a male condom	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	19,629.0	7,245.2	6,676.2	5,707.6	10,016.4	3,722.7	3,413.4	2,880.3	9,612.6	3,522.5	3,262.8	2,827.3	
    Not effective	660.5	298.0	204.9	157.6	275.1	136.2	84.2	54.7	385.4	161.9	120.7	102.9	
    No data recorded	470.1	136.6	162.5	170.9	240.6	73.7	86.8	80.1	229.5	63.0	75.7	90.8	
Use spermicides	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	3,336.4	1,483.9	973.9	878.7	1,779.0	811.0	521.7	446.3	1,557.4	672.8	452.2	432.3	
    Not effective	14,839.9	5,371.2	5,236.2	4,232.5	7,356.0	2,690.1	2,567.2	2,098.7	7,483.8	2,681.1	2,668.9	2,133.8	
    No data recorded	2,583.3	824.8	833.6	924.9	1,397.0	431.4	495.5	470.1	1,186.3	393.4	338.1	454.8	
Ask partner to have an AIDS test	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	13,610.7	5,407.8	4,477.2	3,725.7	6,711.2	2,701.2	2,193.7	1,816.2	6,899.5	2,706.6	2,283.5	1,909.4	
    Not effective	5,740.3	1,910.6	2,115.6	1,714.0	3,099.8	1,045.7	1,152.9	901.3	2,640.4	864.9	962.7	812.8	
    No data recorded	1,408.7	361.4	450.9	596.4	721.1	185.6	237.9	297.6	687.5	175.8	213.0	298.7	
Have an AIDS test frequently	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	12,141.4	4,924.2	3,826.2	3,391.1	6,239.4	2,531.9	1,975.5	1,732.1	5,902.0	2,392.3	1,850.7	1,659.0	
    Not effective	7,569.7	2,500.1	2,859.4	2,210.3	3,812.4	1,263.9	1,434.9	1,113.6	3,757.3	1,236.2	1,424.4	1,096.6	
    No data recorded	1,048.5	255.6	358.1	434.7	480.3	136.8	174.1	169.5	568.2	118.9	184.1	265.2	
Ask partners about their sexual history	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	8,449.8	3,658.0	2,582.6	2,209.2	4,080.9	1,826.0	1,202.2	1,052.7	4,368.9	1,832.0	1,380.4	1,156.5	
    Not effective	11,373.1	3,791.0	4,146.6	3,435.5	5,978.4	1,975.8	2,212.6	1,790.1	5,394.7	1,815.2	1,934.1	1,645.4	
    No data recorded	936.7	230.9	314.4	391.4	472.8	130.8	169.6	172.4	463.9	100.1	144.8	219.0	
Use a female condom	
    Total	20,759.6	7,679.9	7,043.6	6,036.1	10,532.1	3,932.5	3,584.4	3,015.2	10,227.5	3,747.4	3,459.2	3,020.9	
    Effective	10,246.2	4,267.8	3,256.6	2,721.8	5,173.0	2,190.2	1,607.8	1,375.0	5,073.2	2,077.6	1,648.8	1,346.8	
    Not effective	8,395.0	2,801.7	3,084.8	2,508.4	4,296.3	1,430.7	1,586.8	1,278.7	4,098.7	1,371.0	1,498.0	1,229.8	
    No data recorded	2,118.4	610.3	702.2	805.8	1,062.8	311.6	389.8	361.5	1,055.6	298.8	312.4	444.4	
Notes:
Data corresponding to cells with less than 45,000 persons must be used with  caution, because they may be affected by high sample errors.
Source: National Statistics Institute