The mortality results imply an HIV prevalence at age 15-49 years of 0.26% (0.13% to 0.39 %) in 2004, comparable to results from a 2005/6 household survey that tested for HIV (0.28 %).
These data suggest that India had about 1.4-1.6 million HIV infected adults aged 15-49 years in 2004-6, about 40% lower than the official estimate of 2.3 million for 2006.