Table 2.
Characteristics of deceased patients by HIV status
| Characteristics | No. (%) of subjects* | P value | |
| Deceased patients with HIV, n=5691 | Deceased patients without HIV, n=14 722 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Age, years | |||
| Mean±SD | 39.27±12.74 | 44.73±15.30 | <0.001 |
| 18–64 | 5410 (95.06) | 12 765 (86.71) | <0.001 |
| ≥65 | 281 (4.94) | 1957 (13.29) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 433 (7.61) | 633 (4.30) | |
| Male | 5258 (92.39) | 14 089 (95.70) | |
| Income level | <0.001 | ||
| Low | 2112 (37.11) | 4540 (30.84) | |
| Intermediate | 2619 (46.02) | 6740 (45.78) | |
| High | 960 (16.87) | 3442 (23.38) | |
| Urbanisation | <0.001 | ||
| Rural | 491 (8.63) | 1601 (10.87) | |
| Suburban | 3228 (56.72) | 9289 (63.10) | |
| Urban | 1972 (34.65) | 3832 (26.03) | |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Cancer | 1149 (20.19) | 5076 (34.48) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 881 (15.48) | 3857 (26.20) | <0.001 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 754 (13.25) | 2814 (19.11) | <0.001 |
| Congestive heart failure | 381 (6.69) | 1822 (12.38) | <0.001 |
| Coronary heart disease | 691 (12.14) | 3132 (21.27) | <0.001 |
| Liver cirrhosis | 751 (13.20) | 2652 (18.01) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 1212 (21.30) | 3546 (24.09) | <0.001 |
| Dementia | 65 (1.14) | 546 (3.71) | <0.001 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 678 (11.91) | 3114 (21.15) | <0.001 |
| Utilisation of hospice care services during the last year of life | 328 (5.76) | 1811 (12.30) | <0.001 |
*Unless stated otherwise.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.