Table 3.
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.