Table 1.

Mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

Studya	Year	Country	n	Setting	Median(IQR) CD4 count (cells/μL)	Median follow-up (months)	On-treatment survival proportion		Survival proportion at 12 months of ART		Temporal distribution of deaths	Losses to follow-up
							12m	24m	CD4<50a	CD4>50a
Weidle [25]	2002	Uganda	476	Urban	73 (15-187)	3	0.74	-	0.67	0.82	57% deaths in first 3 m	24%
Djomand [30]	2003	Cote D'Ivoire	480	Urban	[37% <50]	6	0.84	-	-	-	-	Not reported
Seyler [31]	2003	Cote D'Ivoire	101	Urban	135 (55-221)	17	-	-	0.80	0.96	50% deaths in first 3.3 m	Not reported
Coetzee[10]	2004	S. Africa	287	Urban	43 (13-94)	13.9	0.86	0.86	0.82	0.91	71% deaths in first 3 m	2%
Laurent [40]	2005	Senegal	176	Urban	144 (58-224)	30	-	0.84	-	-	Median time to death 9 m	Not reported
Wester [11]	2005	Botswana	153	Urban	96 (33-165)	12	0.85	-	0.76	0.90	Majority of deaths in first 6 m	8% at 12 mc
Lawn[22]	2006	S. Africa	927	Urban	100 (47-160)	7	0.91	0.90	0.85	0.94	87% between enrolment and first 4 m ART	2%
Ferradini [24]	2006	Malawi	1308	Rural	112 (59-176)	8.3	0.81	0.72	-	-	77% deaths in first 6 m	5% at 12 mc
Etard [23]	2006	Senegal	404	Urban	128 (54-127)	46	0.88	0.83	0.80	0.90	50% deaths in first 12 m	2% at 12 m
Stringer [6]	2006	Zambia	16,198	Urban	147 (69-268)	7	0.82	-	0.80	-	71% within first 3 m	Not reported
Zachariah [35]	2006	Malawi	1507	Rural	123 (58-206)	10b	0.87	-	0.77	0.92	61% in first 3 m; 79% in first 6m	3%
Makombe [95]	2007	Malawi	4580	Rural	-	12	0.87	-	-	-	>90% in first 6 m	11% at 12 m
Bajunirwe [37]	2007	Uganda	398	Rural	-	-	0.76	0.71	-	-	-	Not reported
De Iaco [32]	2007	Burkina Faso	315	Urban	97	18	0.69	0.83	-	-	Mortality rate 2.3-fold higher in first 6 m ART	Not reported
Johannessen [36]	2007	Tanzania	336	Rural	-	12	0.74	0.68	-	-	60% deaths in first 3 m	11%
Kambugu [51]	2007	Uganda	559	Urban	104	12	0.86	-	-	-	73% in first 6 m	Not reported
Moore [39]	2007	Uganda	1120	Rural	127	24	0.92	0.91	-	-	68% in first 6 m	Not reported
Toure [8]	2008	Cote D'Ivoire	10,211	Urban	123 (47-207)	7.7	-	-	0.76	>0.86	75% in first 4.6 m	19% total losses at 12 mc

^aCD4 cell counts in cells/μL.

^bMean (SD).

^cKaplan-Meier estimate.

m = months.