Table 1 Number of AIDS‐related deaths and percentage by age, transmission group and educational level.

Variables	Pre‐HAART				Post‐HAART
	Men	%	Women	%	Men	%	Women	%
Age groups (years)
20–29	279	16.7	130	34.3	26	6.2	12	11.1
30–39	819	49.1	179	47.2	202	48.3	64	58.7
40–49	349	20.9	37	9.8	101	24.2	20	18.3
50–59	132	7.9	19	5	50	12	6	5.5
⩾60	90	5.4	14	3.7	39	9.3	7	6.4
Transmission group
IDU	765	45.8	205	54.1	182	43.5	56	51.4
Homosexual and bisexual	562	33.7	—	—	74	17.7	—	—
Heterosexual and other	149	8.9	131	34.6	56	13.4	24	22
Missing data	193	11.6	43	11.3	106	25.4	29	26.6
Educational level
Illiterate and no education	151	9	49	12.9	45	10.8	13	11.9
Primary not finished	521	31.2	137	36.2	148	35.4	47	43.2
Primary finished, secondary and university	777	46.6	154	40.6	176	42.1	43	39.4
Missing data	220	13.2	39	10.3	49	11.7	6	5.5
Total	1669	100	379	100	418	100	109	100

HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; IDU, injecting drug user.

Barcelona, men and women, in the pre‐HAART (1991–1996) and post‐HAART (1997–2001) periods.