Table 1.
Comparison of patients dying from AIDS Related deaths (ADR) and HIV Associated deaths (HIA)
| Factor (at time of death) |
AIDS related deaths No (%) (N=123) |
HIV associated deaths No(%) (N=92) |
p-value |
| Age (yrs) | |||
| 15–49 | 103 (83.7) | 79 (85.9) | 0.81 |
| >49 | 20 (16.3) | 13 (14.1) | |
| Sex | |||
| Males | 61 (49.6) | 42 (44.7) | 0.71 |
| Females | 63 (50.4) | 50 (54.3) | |
| Duration of Admission at time of death | |||
| <24 hrs | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | 0.85 |
| 1–6 days | 65 (55.5) | 50 (49.5) | |
| 7 days or more | 50 (42.5) | 45 (44.5) | |
| HAART use | |||
| Yes | 16 (13.6) | 16 (15.8) | 0.80 |
| No | 101 (86.4) | 85 (84.2) | |
| Morbidity | |||
| 0 concurrent illnesses |
48 (41.1) | 27 (26.7) | <0.01* |
| 1 concurrent illness |
45 (38) | 42 (41.6) | |
| 2 concurrent illnesses |
23 (20) | 20 (19.8) | |
| 3 or more concurrent illnesses |
1 (0.9) | 12 (11.9) | |
*
statistically significant at p<0.05