Table 3.

Survival of patients followed up who never had ART by their staging at initial assessment - Bangwe 2003-2008

Cumulative survival - Kaplan Meier survival function of all followed up patients not on ART by HIV known status
		At initial assessment	survive 1 yr		survive 2 yr		survive 3 yr		survive 4 yr		survive 5 yr
Last known HIV status	WHO stage	number	percent	number known alive	percent	number known alive	percent	number known alive	percent	number known alive	percent	number known alive
HIV Positive	Stage 2	32	80	8	54	3	54	1	54	1	54	1
	Stage 3	131	36	32	25	15	20	5	20	2	0	0
	Stage 4	202	28	43	20	22	15	8	12	3	0	0
	Stages 3 + 4	291	30	60	22	27	18	9	15	4	0	0
	All cases	365	34	83	24	40	19	14	17	6	13	1
HIV not known	Stage 2	55	57	24	43	12	31	8	27	5	22	3
	Stage 3	169	37	46	26	27	22	17	17	9	15	5
	Stage 4	263	35	74	23	38	20	24	17	16	17	10
	Stages 3 + 4	432	36	120	24	65	21	41	17	25	16	15
	All cases	487	37	144	26	77	22	49	18	30	17	18
All cases	Stage 2	87	64	32	47	15	36	9	32	6	26	4
	Stage 3	300	37	78	26	42	21	22	17	11	14	5
	Stage 4	465	32	117	22	60	18	32	15	19	15	10
	Stages 3 + 4	765	34	195	23	102	19	54	16	30	15	15
	All cases	852	37	227	25	117	21	63	18	36	16	19

Test of equality of survival distributions for the different levels of the last known HIV status adjusted for staging using Log Rank (Mantel-Cox) test is Chi-sq 1.32 with 1 degree of freedom and p = 0.251