Table 2.

 Characteristics of deaths from AIDS (ICD-10 codes B20-B24) at age 15-59 by sex, from 1.1 million nationally representative homes in India, 2001-3. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Characteristic	Men (n=370)	Women (n=98)	Total (n=468)
Mean age (years)	35.5	35.2	35.5
Residence:
Rural	299 (81)	88 (90)	387 (83)
Urban	71 (19)	10 (10)	81 (17)
Education:
Illiterate or below primary	125 (34)	58 (59)	183 (39)
Primary or higher	245 (66)	40 (41)	285 (61)
Religion:
Hindu	318 (86)	86 (88)	404 (86)
Muslim	16 (4)	3 (3)	19 (4)
Christian	20 (5)	5 (5)	25 (5)
Others or unknown	16 (4)	4 (4)	20 (4)

Results exclude people with unknown status for age, religion, or education.