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. 2020 Jul 25;72(9):e224–e231. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1016

Table 2.

Cancer-attributable Mortality Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus from 10 States, 2001–2015, by Cancer Site

Cancer Site Number of Cancers Proportion of Deaths Preceded by Cancer, pd (95% CI) Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) Population-attributable Fraction (95% CI) Cancer-attributable Mortality Rate
All sites combined 31 611 17.5% (17.3%–17.8%) 5.79 (5.69–5.89) 14.5% (13.6%–15.4%) 386.9
AIDS-defining cancers 12 315 6.5% (6.4%–6.7%) 4.28 (4.17–4.40) 5.0% (4.4%–5.6%) 134.1
 Kaposi sarcoma 4485 1.9% (1.8%–2.0%) 2.99 (2.86–3.14) 1.3% (.9%–1.6%) 34.0
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 7072 4.3% (4.1%–4.4%) 5.35 (5.18–5.52) 3.5% (3.0%–3.9%) 92.6
 Cervical 758 .4% (.3%–.4%) 2.56 (2.31–2.85) .2% (.1%–.4%) 5.9
Non–AIDS-defining cancers 19 296 11.0% (10.8%–11.2%) 6.21 (6.08–6.34) 9.2% (8.5%–9.9%) 245.7
 Anus 1729 .8% (.7%–.9%) 4.02 (3.74–4.31) .6% (.4%–.8%) 16.1
 Liver 1331 1.1% (1.1%–1.2%) 19.0 (17.9–20.2) 1.1% (.8%–1.3%) 28.4
 Hodgkin lymphoma 1420 .6% (.5%–.6%) 3.47 (3.20–3.77) .4% (.2%–.6%) 11.3
 Breast 1110 .4% (.4%–.5%) 2.97 (2.70–3.27) .3% (.1%–.4%) 7.8
 Prostate 2252 .5% (.5%–.6%) 1.21 (1.11–1.32) .1% (−.1%−.2%) 2.3
 Lung 2878 2.5% (2.4%–2.6%) 16.3 (15.7–17.0) 2.4% (2.0%–2.7%) 63.0
 Colorectal 1272 .6% (.6%–.7%) 4.00 (3.69–4.34) .5% (.3%–.7%) 12.6
 Other 7304 4.3% (4.2%–4.5%) 6.25 (6.06–6.45) 3.6% (3.2%–4.1%) 97.4

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Mortality rates are per 100 000 person-years. Cox proportional hazards regression models use age as the time scale and are adjusted for sex, human immunodeficiency virus transmission risk group, race/ethnicity, time-dependent AIDS status, and attained calendar year. The population-attributable fraction (PAF) is calculated as PAF = pd × [(HR − 1)/HR], where pd is the proportion of deaths preceded by a cancer diagnosis and HR is the adjusted hazard ratio for the association between cancer diagnosis and overall mortality. The sum of cancer-specific population-attributable fractions approximates the fractions for all sites combined and for AIDS-defining and non–AIDS-defining cancer categories, which were estimated using separate models.