Table 1.

Descriptive Analysis of the Population Studied.

VARIABLE	Total		Women		Men
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Deceased
No	3440	39.1	693	48.63	2747	37.25
Yes	5360	60.9	732	51.37	4628	62.75
Route of Infection
IVDU	6260	71.1	802	56.28	5458	74.01
Heterosexual	1174	13.3	468	32.84	706	9.57
Homosexual	763	8.7	0	0.00	763	10.35
Other	492	5.6	149	10.46	343	4.65
Province of residence at diagnosis
Jaen	444	5.0	81	5.68	363	4.92
Huelva	511	5.8	81	5.68	430	5.83
Almeria	600	6.8	124	8.70	476	6.45
Cordoba	608	6.9	109	7.65	499	6.77
Granada	871	9.9	158	11.09	713	9.67
Cadiz	1541	17.5	254	17.82	1287	17.45
Seville	1713	19.5	215	15.09	1498	20.31
Malaga	2511	28.5	403	28.28	2108	28.58

Qualitative variables

IVDU: Intravenous drug users