Table 2. Patient characteristics at initiation.

	Kenya	Uganda	Zambia	Total
N	13,135	8,097	8,275	29,507
	%	%	%	%
Female	65.9	61.4	58.5	62.6
Age (median (IQR))	35 (28–43)	35 (29–42)	36 (30–42)	35 (29–42)
18–29	28.9	27.6	23.8	27.1
30–39	37.6	39.3	43.7	39.8
40–49	22.3	22.6	22.7	22.5
50+	11.3	10.6	9.8	10.7
WHO stage
I	20.4	20.1	24.5	21.5
II	32.5	34.7	23.4	30.6
III	33.6	29	42.3	34.8
IV	3.7	6.3	6.4	5.2
Missing	9.7	9.8	3.5	8
CD4 count (median(IQR))	173 (79–259)	175 (83–264)	170 (96–256)	173 (86–259)
<50	11.8	13	9	11.4
50–199	27.8	28.6	41.4	31.8
200–349	23.3	25.3	27.3	25
350+	5.6	6.8	6.4	6.2
Missing	31.5	26.2	16	25.7
Year
2007			14.1	3.9
2008	18.6	11.8	18.9	16.8
2009	20	16.4	27.3	21
2010	25.9	23.1	35.5	27.8
2011	29.4	33.3	4.3	23.4
2012	6.1	15.5		7