Table 3.

Multiple causes of death among persons diagnosed with AIDS between 1996 and 2005, by homeless status at diagnosis

	Homeless	Housed
Cause of death	N (%)	N (%)
HIV/AIDS	156 (78%)	905 (83%)
Hepatitis	41 (21%)	130 (12%)
Liver disease	39 (20%)	160 (15%)
Septicemia	35 (18%)	121 (11%)
Mental illness	33 (17%)	52 (5%)
Heart disease	29 (15%)	201 (18%)
Pneumonia (non-AIDS-related)	27 (14%)	172 (16%)
Non-AIDS cancer	12 (6%)	139 (13%)

P = 0.02 using the chi square test for differences between HIV/AIDS-related deaths and non-HIV/AIDS-related deaths.