Table 3:
Sensitivity Analysis: All Persons with Unknown HIV Severity Assigned to Highest Severity Category.
| Severity Level |
Description | Number of Persons Living with HIV (95% CI) (N) |
Duration (95% CI) (t) |
Disability Weight from Global Burden of Disease 2016 Study (95% CI) (w) |
Years Lived with Disability (95% CI) (YLD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD4 >500 | “Has a disease diagnosis that causes some worry but minimal interference with daily activities.” | 234,942 (221,466–248,657) |
1 | 0.012 (0.0035–0.0205) |
2,821 (2,668–2,981) |
| CD4 350-499 | “Has occasional fevers and infections. The person takes daily medication that sometimes causes diarrhea.” | 68,648 (60,676–76,852) |
1 | 0.078 (0.0485–0.1075) |
5,362 (4,728 – 5,991) |
| CD4 200-349 | “Has weight loss, fatigue, and frequent infections. | 37,061 (31,350–43,376) |
1 | 0.274 (0.1775–0.3705) |
10,182 (8,417–11,881) |
| CD4 0-199 | Has severe weight loss, weakness, fatigue, cough and fever, and frequent infections, skin rashes and diarrhea.” | 123,682 (113,556–134,658) |
1 | 0.582 (0.4135–0.7505) |
71,914 (65,585–78,277) |
| Total |
464,637 (448,951 – 480,389) |
90,279 (81,398 – 99,130) |
Note. The relationship between the variables corresponds to the formula: YLD~N * T * W. YLD is not exactly the sum of N, t, and w because the values are determined from by a bootstrapping simulation.