Table 2. Independent predictors of death in 261 cases of cancer of cervix uteri, Kampala, Uganda, 1995–1997.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals
Predictor	Univariate	Multivariate
Age (years)
<35	1.0	1.0
35–44	1.5 (0.9–2.4)	0.9 (0.4–1.9)
45–54	1.6 (1.0–2.6)	1.0 (0.5–2.2)
55–64	2.0 (1.1–3.6)	2.3 (0.8–6.3)
65+	2.2 (1.2–4.0)	1.7 (0.6–5.3)
Stage
Stage I	1.0	1.0
Stage II	0.8 (0.4–1.7)	0.9 (0.4–2.0)
Stage III	1.5 (0.6–3.4)	1.8 (0.7–4.4)
Stage IV	3.1 (1.3–7.5)	3.1 (1.1–8.8)
Unknown	0.4 (0.2–0.8)	0.3 (0.1–0.8)
Treatment
Radio therapy	1.0	1.0
Not treated	0.9 (0.5–1.6)	1.0 (0.5–2.1)
Tribe
Ganda	1.0	1.0
Other	1.2 (0.8–1.9)	1.3 (0.7–2.3)
HIV infection
Positive	1.0	1.0
Negative	0.9 (0.6–1.5)	0.7 (0.4–1.2)