Table 3 Multilevel associations between AIDS‐related mortality and individual‐(educational level and age group) and community‐level‐(neighbourhood deprivation) effects by transmission groups in women.
| Independent variables and neighbourhood variability | IDUs | Heterosexual/other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | RR | 95% CI | n | RR | 95% CI | n | RR | 95% CI | |
| Pre‐HAART (1991–6) | |||||||||
| 20–39‐year age group | |||||||||
| Illiterate and no education | 18 | 5.35 | 3.16 to 9.05 | 6 | 3.80 | 1.46 to 9.87 | 28 | 5.23 | 3.56 to 7.67 |
| Primary not finished | 75 | 3.58 | 2.71 to 4.73 | 30 | 2.96 | 1.83 to 4.77 | 109 | 3.20 | 2.41 to 4.27 |
| Primary finished or more | 80 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 140 | 1 | |||
| ⩾40‐year age group* | |||||||||
| Illiterate and no education | 2 | 3.13 | 0.44 to 22.15 | 15 | 1.56 | 0.72 to 3.37 | 20 | 1.31 | 0.63 to 2.74 |
| Primary not finished | 8 | 4.79 | 1.11 to 20.62 | 18 | 1.53 | 0.96 to 2.43 | 28 | 1.59 | 1.01 to 2.51 |
| Primary finished or more | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Neighbourhood deprivation† | |||||||||
| 1, Most deprived | 5.71 | 2.92 to 11.15 | 4.23 | 2.48 to 7.22 | 5.32 | 3.22 to 8.8 | |||
| 2 | 2.49 | 1.19 to 5.22 | 0.94 | 0.51 to 1.72 | 1.80 | 1.07 to 3.02 | |||
| 3 | 1.48 | 0.76 to 2.91 | 1.27 | 0.74 to 2.15 | 1.44 | 0.9 to 2.33 | |||
| 4 | 2.18 | 1.09 to 4.38 | 0.57 | 0.19 to 1.73 | 1.34 | 0.73 to 2.45 | |||
| 5, Least deprived | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Variability | p Value | Variability | p Value | Variability | p Value | ||||
| Neighbourhood variability | <0.001 | >0.5 | <0.001 | 0.003 | 0.1274 | <0.001 | |||
| Post‐HAART (1997–2001) | |||||||||
| 20–39‐year age group | |||||||||
| Illiterate and no education | 2 | 2.84 | 0.54 to 14.97 | 2 | 9.06 | 1.85 to 44.42 | 5 | 4.48 | 1.42 to 14.1 |
| Primary not finished | 23 | 4.99 | 2.73 to 9.11 | 6 | 4.02 | 1.37 to 11.79 | 35 | 4.90 | 3.08 to 7.8 |
| Primary finished or more | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | |||
| ⩾40‐year age group* | |||||||||
| Illiterate and no education | 3 | 7.81 | 1.53 to 39.8 | 1 | 1.54 | 0.07 to 31.78 | 6 | 0.73 | 0.27 to 1.99 |
| Primary not finished | 3 | 1.84 | 0.47 to 7.15 | 3 | 3.19 | 0.2 to 50.07 | 12 | 1.07 | 0.41 to 2.81 |
| Primary finished or more | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Neighbourhood deprivation† | |||||||||
| 1, Most deprived | 20.75 | 5.12 to 84.16 | 3.27 | 0.67 to 16 | 6.69 | 4.23 to 10.59 | |||
| 2 | 2.04 | 0.46 to 9.11 | 1.57 | 0.32 to 7.62 | 0.94 | 0.59 to 1.5 | |||
| 3 | 2.56 | 0.57 to 11.54 | 1.15 | 0.18 to 7.36 | 1.20 | 0.51 to 2.82 | |||
| 4 | 2.94 | 0.68 to 12.69 | 2.13 | 0.45 to 9.99 | 1.10 | 0.63 to 1.92 | |||
| 5, Least deprived | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Variability | p Value | Variability | p Value | Variability | p Value | ||||
| Neighbourhood variability | <0.001 | >0.5 | <0.001 | 0.251 | <0.001 | >0.5 | |||
HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; IDU, injecting drug user.
Barcelona, in the pre‐HAART (1991–6) and post‐HAART (1997–2001) periods.
*IDUs 40–49‐year age group.
†Percentage male unemployment.