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. 2012 Jul 30;17(8):e66–e73. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02841.x

Table 2.

All-cause mortality in adults aged 15–59 years, pre- and post-ART roll-out*

Adults 15–59, 1999–2009, entire population

Deaths/pyrs (rate/1000 pyr) Unadjusted RR (95% CI) Adjusted RR (95% CI)
All individuals P < 0.001 P < 0.001
 0–5 years pre ART 390/35 626 (10.9) 1 1
 ART period 1 71/7713 (9.2) 0.84 (0.65–1.08) 0.82 (0.64–1.06)
 ART period 2 225/33 650 (6.7) 0.61 (0.52–0.72) 0.58 (0.50–0.68)
Stratified by sex
 Male P < 0.001 P < 0.001
  0–5 years pre ART 185/17 145 (10.8) 1 1
  ART period 1 34/3671 (9.3) 0.86 (0.60–1.24) 0.84 (0.58–1.20)
  ART period 2 109/15 907 (6.9) 0.64 (0.50–0.80) 0.60 (0.47–0.76)
 Female P < 0.001 P < 0.001
  0–5 years pre ART 205/18 481 (11.1) 1 1
  ART period 1 37/4042 (9.2) 0.83 (0.58–1.17) 0.81 (0.57–1.15)
  ART period 2 116/17 743 (6.5) 0.59 (0.47–0.74) 0.57 (0.45–0.71)
Stratified by age
 15–29 years P = 0.06 P = 0.06
  0–5 years pre ART 109/20 447 (5.3) 1 1
  ART period 1 21/4259 (4.9) 0.92 (0.58–1.48) 0.92 (0.58–1.47)
  ART period 2 67/17 980 (3.7) 0.70 (0.52–0.95) 0.70 (0.51–0.94)
 30–44 years P < 0.001 P < 0.001
  0–5 years pre ART 192/9853 (19.5) 1 1
  ART period 1 34/2268 (15.0) 0.77 (0.53–1.11) 0.77 (0.53–1.11)
  ART period 2 84/10 046 (8.4) 0.43 (0.33–0.55) 0.43 (0.33–0.55)
 45–59 years P = 0.29 P = 0.29
  0–5 years pre ART 89/5327 (16.7) 1 1
  ART period 1 16/1185 (13.5) 0.81 (0.47–1.38) 0.81 (0.47–1.38)
  ART period 2 74/5624 (13.2) 0.79 (0.58–1.07) 0.79 (0.58–1.07)

ART, antiretroviral therapy; RRs, rate ratios.

*

ART roll-out defined as 1 January 2004.

Adjusted for sex and age (RRs for all individuals), age (RRs stratified by sex), or sex (RRs stratified by age).

ART period 1 defined as the first year after ART roll-out (1 January 2004 to 1 January 2005). ART period 2 defined as the 4-year period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2009).

§

All estimates include participants whose HIV status was unknown (never tested).