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

Table 3.

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

Characteristic Proportion of Deaths Preceded by Cancer, pd (95% CI) Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) Population-attributable Fraction (95% CI) Crude Mortality Rate Cancer-attributable Mortality Rate
Calendar period
 2001–2005 15.1% (14.8%–15.5%) 5.99 (5.82–6.17) 12.6% (11.4%–13.8%) 3839 484.0
 2006–2010 18.0% (17.6%–18.3%) 5.70 (5.55–5.85) 14.8% (13.4%–16.2%) 2582 382.3
 2011–2015 20.7% (20.2%–21.3%) 5.68 (5.49–5.88) 17.1% (14.3%–19.9%) 1835 313.6
Sex
 Male 18.5% (18.2%–18.8%) 5.79 (5.68–5.91) 15.3% (14.1%–16.4%) 2628 401.4
 Female 15.1% (14.7%–15.6%) 5.76 (5.57–5.95) 12.5% (10.9%–14.1%) 2785 348.1
Age category, years
 20–39 13.3% (12.8%–13.8%) 7.07 (6.77–7.39) 11.4% (8.9%–13.9%) 1671 191.1
 39–59 17.1% (16.8%–17.4%) 6.01 (5.89–6.14) 14.2% (13.2%–15.3%) 2855 406.5
 60+ 24.6% (23.9%–25.3%) 4.42 (4.25–4.59) 19.0% (16.9%–21.2%) 4999 952.2
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 20.7% (20.1%–21.2%) 5.74 (5.54–5.94) 17.1% (14.7%–19.5%) 2152 367.5
 Non-Hispanic black 17.3% (17.0%–17.6%) 5.78 (5.64–5.92) 14.3% (13.1%–15.5%) 3016 431.7
 Hispanic 15.5% (15.0%–15.9%) 5.93 (5.72–6.14) 12.9% (11.1%–14.6%) 2632 338.9
 Other 17.7% (15.2%–20.2%) 5.78 (4.85–6.90) 14.6% (1.4%–27.9%) 1540 225.6
Risk group
 MSM 22.5% (22.0%–23.1%) 6.12 (5.93–6.32) 18.9% (16.1%–21.6%) 1683 317.3
 PWID 14.1% (13.7%–14.5%) 5.86 (5.68–6.06) 11.7% (10.6%–12.8%) 4602 537.5
 MSM + PWID 14.9% (13.9%–15.9%) 5.73 (5.31–6.20) 12.3% (8.9%–15.7%) 3132 385.6
 Heterosexual 17.1% (16.5%–17.7%) 5.97 (5.73–6.23) 14.2% (11.9%–16.6%) 2432 345.9
 Other/unknown 18.3% (17.8%–18.8%) 5.19 (5.01–5.38) 14.8% (12.7%–16.8%) 2750 406.4
AIDS status
 AIDS 18.2% (17.9%–18.4%) 5.61 (5.51–5.71) 14.9% (14.0%–15.8%) 3556 530.8
 Human immunodeficiency virus only 13.6% (13.1%–14.2%) 9.04 (8.58–9.52) 12.1% (8.6%–15.6%) 1073 130.1

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.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MSM, men who have sex with men; PWID, people who inject drugs.