Table 2.
Mortality of TB/HIV co-infected patients.
| Characteristics |
Person months (pm) | Number of deaths | Mortality per 1000 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude mortality | 5673 | 44 | 7.76 |
| Mortality since TB treatment started | |||
| 3rd mo | 73 | 23 | 315.07 |
| 6th mo | 3183 | 38 | 11.94 |
| 12th mo | 5673 | 44 | 7.76 |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 1106 | 5 | 4.52 |
| Male | 4567 | 39 | 8.54 |
| Age group (yr) | |||
| 0–20 | 147 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 21–40 | 2525 | 20 | 7.92 |
| 41–60 | 2117 | 17 | 8.03 |
| >60 | 884 | 7 | 7.92 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Han | 3017 | 30 | 9.94 |
| Yi | 2528 | 13 | 5.14 |
| Others | 128 | 1 | 7.81 |
| Occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 5182 | 41 | 7.91 |
| Employed | 341 | 2 | 5.87 |
| Unknown | 150 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Referral type | |||
| Self-referral | 1640 | 11 | 6.71 |
| Tracing | 3957 | 33 | 8.34 |
| Others | 69 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Patient type | |||
| New | 5151 | 40 | 7.77 |
| Re-treatment | 522 | 4 | 7.66 |
| Health facility level | |||
| County-level | 5336 | 38 | 7.12 |
| City-level | 337 | 6 | 17.80 |
| Anatomical site of TB | |||
| PTB | 4937 | 33 | 6.68 |
| PTB and EPTB | 736 | 11 | 14.95 |
| TB results | |||
| Bacteriologically unconfirmed | 3159 | 18 | 5.70 |
| Bacteriologically confirmed | 2514 | 26 | 10.34 |
| Severely ill | |||
| No | 5277 | 39 | 7.39 |
| Yes | 396 | 5 | 12.63 |
| ART initiation | |||
| Yes | 3297 | 16 | 4.85 |
| No | 2376 | 28 | 11.78 |
| CD4+T-lymphocyte count (cells/μL) | |||
| ≥200 | 1474 | 4 | 2.71 |
| <200 | 1107 | 14 | 12.65 |
| Unknown/missing | 3092 | 26 | 8.41 |
ART = anti-retroviral therapy, CD4 = cluster of differentiation 4, EPTB = extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, PTB = pulmonary tuberculosis, TB = tuberculosis.