Table 2.
Social determinants of Tb/HIV co-infection mortality at JUTH, southwest Ethiopia, 2013
| Variable | Category | Tb/HIV co-infection status (n = 272) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alive, n (%) | Died, n (%) | ||
| Age (in years) | 15–24 | 32 (14.7) | 6 (10.9) |
| 25–34 | 114 (52.5) | 26 (47.3) | |
| 35–44 | 48 (22.1) | 21 (38.2) | |
| ≥45 | 23 (10.7) | 2 (3.6) | |
| Sex | Male | 91 (41.9) | 23 (41.8) |
| Female | 126 (58.1) | 32 (58.2) | |
| Occupation | Government employee | 40 (18.4) | 8 (14.5) |
| NGO | 37 (17.1) | 9 (16.4) | |
| Farmer | 69 (31.8) | 11 (20) | |
| Daily labor | 64 (29.5) | 22 (40) | |
| Commercial sex worker | 7 (3.2) | 5 (9.1) | |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 61 (28.1) | 20 (36.4) |
| Read and write (informal) | 39 (18) | 12 (21.8) | |
| Formal education | 117 (53.9) | 23 (41.8) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 65 (30) | 11 (20) |
| Muslim | 104 (47.9) | 30 (54.5) | |
| Protestant | 40 (18.4) | 10 (18.2) | |
| Catholic | 8 (3.7) | 4 (7.3) | |
| Marital status | Single | 45 (20.7) | 13 (23.6) |
| Married | 132 (60.9) | 33 (60.1) | |
| Divorced | 28 (12.9) | 8 (14.5) | |
| Widowed | 12 (5.5) | 1 (1.8) | |
| Residence | Urban | 154 (71) | 35 (63.6) |
| Rural | 63 (29) | 20 (36.4) | |
| Number of people living with | <5 | 172 (79.3) | 38 (69.1) |
| ≥5 | 45 (20.7) | 17 (30.9) | |
| Water | Yes | 166 (76.5) | 41 (74.5) |
| No | 51 (23.5) | 14 (25.5) | |
| Electricity | Yes | 165 (76) | 42 (76.4) |
| No | 52 (24) | 13 (23.6) | |
| Room | 1 | 97 (44.7) | 24 (43.6) |
| 2 | 87 (40.1) | 23 (41.8) | |
| 3 | 24 (11.1) | 7 (12.7) | |
| 4 | 9 (4.1) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Functional status | Work | 112 (51.6) | 26 (47.3) |
| Ambulatory | 79 (36.4) | 16 (29.1) | |
| Bed ridden | 26 (12) | 13 (23.6) | |
| WHO stage | 1 | 11 (5.1) | 7 (12.7) |
| 2 | 55 (25.3) | 12 (21.8) | |
| 3 | 101 (46.5) | 23 (41.8) | |
| 4 | 50 (23.1) | 13 (23.7) | |
| Tb type | Pulmonary | 172 (79.3) | 41 (74.5) |
| Extra pulmonary | 11 (5.1) | 3 (5.5) | |