Table 1. Characteristics of patients at enrollment in the Neno Palliative Care Program (NPCP, January through October 2012).

Characteristic		n/N (%)
Total cohort		63/63 (100)
Gender
	Male	37/63 (59)
Age (years)
	Mean (standard error, SE)	48 (SE: 2.2)
Primary diagnoses
Cancer
	All cancers	50/63 (79)
	Kaposi sarcoma	32/50 (64)
	Cervical	7/50 (14)
	Other malignancy	11/50 (22)
Stroke		5/63 (8)
Cirrhosis		3/63 (5)
Peripheral Neuropathy		2/63 (3)
Other*		3/63 (5)
HIV § status ¶
	Sero-positive	37/61 (61)
HIV care
Enrollment status
	Documented in HIV care and receiving ART• in Neno District	31/37 (84)
	No documentation of HIV care	6/37 (16)#

*Includes the following conditions: anal fissure, paraplegia, and tuberculosis.

^§HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus.

^¶Documented HIV sero-status is missing for 2 patients.

^•ART = Antiretroviral therapy.

^#For 3 of 6 patients documentation could not be verified because patients presented for palliative care from districts other than Neno district.