Table 2. Severity, composition and accessibility of consecutive 2-year cohorts starting ART in Karonga District, 2005-2012.
| Cohort | Number of patients (N=8,159) | Severity | Composition | Accessibility | |||||
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| Initiated because of CD4 cell count | Initiated in WHO stage 3 (n, %) | Initiated in WHO stage 4 (n, %) | Mortality at 6 months (n, %) | Number of female patients (n, %) | Number of patients ≥ 35 years (n, %) | Number started in district hospital (n, %) | Distance (km) to initiating ART clinic (median, IQR) | ||
| 2005-2006 | 1,085 (13.3) | 16 (1.5) | 401 (37.0) | 668 (61.6) | 244 (22.5) | 653 (60.2) | 636 (58.6) | 996 (91.8) | 10.8 (3.8-30.1) |
| 2007-2008 | 2,244 (27.5) | 151 (6.7) | 1,410 (62.8) | 682 (30.4) | 205 (9.1) | 1,309 (58.3) | 1,282 (57.2) | 1,342 (59.8) | 5.2 (3.3-12.9) |
| 2009-2010 | 2,458 (30.1) | 622 (25.3) | 1,485 (60.4) | 351 (14.3) | 122 (5.0) | 1,439 (58.5) | 1,388 (56.5) | 1,190 (48.4) | 5.3 (3.1-11.3) |
| 2011-2012 | 2,372 (29.1) | 409 (17.2) | 1,719 (72.5) | 238 (10.0) | 70 (3.0) | 1,330 (56.1) | 1,469 (62.3) | 928 (39.1) | 4.6 (3.0-8.5) |