Table 3.

Median HIV inpatient admissions in Portugal by NUTS II region and year

NUTS II / Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total	% Change (2000–2010)
Norte, N	1,191	1,274	1,356	1,298	1,327	1,473	1,384	1,374	1,294	1,208	1,139	14,318	−4.4
Median LOS	12	11	11	12	13	12	10	11	10	9	9	10.9	−25
% Death	19.1	17.7	17.6	16.4	15.4	15.3	11.7	13.8	12.8	13.5	11.4	15.0	−40.1
Centro, N	415	449	563	552	528	565	539	535	604	536	546	5,832	31.6
Median LOS	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	10.4	−18.2
% Death	10.1	9.4	12.4	8.9	10.8	11.3	14.8	11.2	7.3	7.5	7.7	10.1	−24.0
Lisbon, N	3,511	3,412	3,319	3,366	3,237	3,020	2,908	2,712	2,609	2,226	2,272	32,592	−35.3
Median LOS	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11.6	−8.3
% Death	14.5	16.1	15.0	15.7	15.3	15.2	14.5	13.8	14.2	14.4	15.0	14.9	3.4
Alentejo, N	76	100	103	132	111	143	137	129	114	98	91	1,234	19.7
Median LOS	11	10	13	11	12	10	9	9	11	10	9	10.4	−18.2
% Death	17.1	12.0	24.3	15.2	22.5	16.8	17.5	17.1	19.3	19.4	23.1	18.4	34.9
Algarve, N	266	315	313	280	265	290	246	339	273	258	206	3,051	−22.6
Median LOS	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	14	13	11.7	8.3
% Death	8.3	10.2	12.1	14.6	12.8	14.1	12.2	11.2	14.3	14.3	12.6	12.4	52.6
Total, N	5,459	5,550	5,654	5,628	5,468	5,491	5,214	5,089	4,894	4,326	4,254	57,027	−22.1
Median LOS	11.5	11.2	11.6	11.0	11.8	11.2	8.0	10.6	10.8	10.8	10.2	11.0	−8.9
% Death	14.9	15.5	15.4	15.1	14.9	14.8	13.8	13.4	13.1	13.4	13.1	14.4	−11.7

NUTS II = Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics II; LOS = length of stay.