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. 2013 May 23;1(2):E68–E76. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20130002

Table 3: Mortality and excess mortality by cause of death in subgroups stratified by HCV and HIV status*.

Cause of death HCV+/HIV– †
n = 1068
HCV–/HIV+‡
n = 70
HCV+/HIV+
n = 465
HCV–/HIV–
n = 693
No. of deaths Rate§
(95% CI)
SMR
(95% CI)
No. of deaths Rate§
(95% CI)
SMR
(95% CI)
No. of deaths Rate§
(95% CI)
SMR
(95% CI)
No. of deaths Rate§
(95% CI)
SMR
(95% CI)
All
106
167 (138–203)
5.9 (4.9–7.1)
23
641 (426–964)
19.2 (12.8–28.9)
126
515 (432–613)
23.0 (19.3–27.4)
44
107 (79–143)
3.5 (2.6–4.7)
Infection
10
16 (8–29)
5.4 (2.9–10.1)
13
362 (210–624)
130.3 (75.7–224.5)
68
278 (219–352)
107.7 (84.9–136.6)
4
10 (4–26)
3.5 (1.3–9.4)
Neoplasm
9
14 (7–27)
1.8 (0.9–3.4)
0


6
25 (11–55)
4.1 (1.9–9.2)
11
27 (15–48)
2.9 (1.6–5.3)
Endocrine
0


2
56 (14–223)
50.0 (12.5–200.0)
0


0


Mental and behavioural
4
6 (2–17)
10.2 (3.8–27.2)
1
28 (4–200)
37.7 (5.3–267.5)
6
25 (11–55)
50.5 (22.7–112.4)
1
2 (0–17)
3.7 (0.5–26.6)
Nervous system
2
3 (1–13)
5.4 (1.4–21.6)
0


2
8 (2–33)
18.8 (4.7–75.3)
3
7 (2–23)
11.5 (3.7–35.5)
Circulatory system
14
22 (13–37)
4.4 (2.6–7.5)
1
28 (4–198)
4.1 (0.6–28.8)
3
12 (4–38)
3.5 (1.1–10.9)
7
17 (8–36)
2.9 (1.4–6.1)
Respiratory system
19
30 (19–47)
16.4 (10.4–25.7)
1
28 (4–198)
11.6 (1.6–82.2)
8
33 (16–65)
24.5 (12.3–49.0)
5
12 (5–29)
6.0 (2.5–14.3)
Digestive system
8
13 (6–25)
8.4 (4.2–16.7)
0


3
12 (4–38)
10.4 (3.4–32.2)
1
2 (0–17)
1.5 (0.2–10.6)
Genitourinary
0


0


0


1
2 (0–17)
8.4 (1.2–59.4)
Other¶
12
19 (11–33)
30.4 (17.3–53.6)
1
28 (4–198)
46.9 (6.6–333.1)
12
49 (28–86)
89.9 (51.1–158.3)
6
15 (7–32)
23.8 (10.7–53.1)
External 28 44 (31–64) 7.6 (5.2–11.0) 4 111 (42–297) 21.2 (8.0–56.5) 18 74 (46–117) 13.9 (8.8–22.1) 5 12 (5–29) 2.2 (0.9–5.2)

Note: CI = confidence interval, HCV = hepatitis C virus, SMR = standardized mortality ratio.
*Causes of death for participants in the “unknown status” group (i.e., those whose HCV status and HIV status were both unknown, and those whose status was unknown for either HCV or HIV and who had a negative HIV or HCV result, respectively) are shown in Appendix 2 (available at www.cmajopen.ca/content/1/1/E68/suppl/DC1).
†Includes participants whose HCV result was positive and whose HIV status was either negative or unknown.
‡Includes participants whose HIV result was positive and whose HCV status was either negative or unknown.
§Rate per 10 000 person-years.
¶Includes unknown causes of death.