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. 2019 Feb 4;19:149. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6482-1

Table 2.

Follow-up time and proportion of mortality reported on studies included in the review (n = 29)

Author Country Patients started on ART (N) Median or mean follow-up years Child-years of follow-up Overall incidence of death/100 PY Total reported death Proportion of death (%)
n % 3 months 6 months 12 months 24 months
Abrams [28] South Africa 226 28 12.4 12.4
Andargie [31] Ethiopia 269 46 17.1
Anigilaje [32] Nigeria 368 3.0 40 10.9 8.2 2.7
Auld [34] Côte d’Ivoire 2110 4585 5.17 237 11.2 6.4
Auld [33] Mozambique 1054 2652 0.98 26 2.5
Ben-Farhat [11] Malawi, Uganda and Kenya 3949 2 5858 5.1 299 7.6 3.4 4.9 5.8a 7.6
Biru [35] Ethiopia 304 0.99 287.7 2.1 6 2.0 1.6c 2.0
Brophy [22] Malawi 2203 1.5 3900 3.4 134 6.1 4.8
Davies [19] Malawi, South
Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
12,655 877 6.9 6.9
Ditekemena [36] Democratic Republic of Congo 522 3 22 4.2
Ebissa [12] Ethiopia 556 58 10.4 7.4 8.5a 10.4
Ebonyi [13] Nigeria 691 4.4 2752 1.0 32 4.6 3.8 3.9 4.2a
Edessa [37] Ethiopia 305 609 3.2 28 9.2 4.3 5.9 7.2 9.2
Kedir [38] Ethiopia 560 3.9 2078 2.06 43 7.7 4.1 5.9 7.0 7.1
Lamb [18] Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Rwanda 2045 91 4.4 4.4
Lilian [29] South Africa 5461 2.2 300 5.5 3.1 3.8 4.4
Marazzi [30] Mozambique, Malawi and Guinea 2215 1.5 6.9 238 10.7
McHugh [39] Zimbabwe 296 1.3 2.86 12 4.1
Melaku [20] Ethiopia 6815 327b 4.8b 3.4b 4.1b 4.8b
Mokgatle [45] Ethiopia 786 3.4 2.3 62 7.9 4.2
Mulugeta [40] Ethiopia 757 5.7 4112 1.24 51 6.7 2.2 3.6 4.8 5.5
Naik [41] Tanzania 93 4 4.3 1.1 2.2 4.3
Njom [14] Cameroon 197 4 20 10.2 7.1 7.6a 8.6a
Ojeniran [42] Nigeria 660 2468.7 66 10.0
Ojikutu [23] Nigeria 1516 2.3 64 4.2 2.0 2.4 3.2 3.8
Porter [21] South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia 4945 0.93 596 12.1 8.7 10.7
Sidamo [44] Ethiopia 407 59 14.5 3.4 4.4 4.9
Teasdale [43] South Africa 681 143 21.0
Vermund [27] Mozambique 753 152 20.2 7.8 12.0 16.1 20.2

aInterpolated/extrapolated data. bData extracted from cumulative incidence cSix months data is at 8 months. Blank spaces mean data is not available or not reported