Table 1. Characteristics of HIV infected patients in chronic HIV care in SNNP region, Ethiopia, September 2007 to August 2010.
| Category | Sub-category | Number (%) |
| Age (years) | <15 | 475 (9) |
| 15–50 | 4683 (87) | |
| >50 | 249 (5) | |
| Sex | Female | 3095 (57) |
| Male | 2312 (43) | |
| WHO Stage | Stage 1 & 2 | 3182 (59) |
| Stage 3 & 4 | 2225 (41) | |
| CPT initiation | Yes | 3926 (73) |
| No | 1481 (27) | |
| Baseline CD4 (count/mm3) | <100 | 1002 (19) |
| 100–199 | 1545 (29) | |
| 200–349 | 1590 (29) | |
| ≥350 | 1270 (23) | |
| IPT intake | Yes | 2131 (39) |
| No | 3276 (61) | |
| Timing of IPT initiation * | Before ART initiation | 939 (44) |
| After ART initiation | 1192 (56) | |
| ART initiation | Yes | 3183 (59) |
| No | 2224 (41) |
*among those who initiated IPT (n = 2131); IPT-Isoniazid Preventive Therapy; ART-antiretroviral therapy; CPT-Cotrimoxazole Preventive Therapy; WHO-World Health Organization; HIV-Human Immunodeficiency virus.