Background Characteristics

TB

Multiple infections

Wasting

syndrome

Other specified conditions

AIDS related complex

Cause unknown

Others

p-value

Gender (%)

Male (n = 296)

Female (n = 74)

29.7

23.3

9.8

6.8

7.4

16.4

4.1

9.6

10.5

9.6

24.0

21.9

14.5

12.3

0.090

Age group %

<18 (n = 10)

18 - 24 (n = 18)

25 - 34 (n = 113)

35 - 44 (143)

45+ (n = 86)

30.0

22.2

37.2

26.6

20.9

0.0

5.6

5.3

12.6

10.5

0.0

11.1

6.2

9.1

14.0

10.0

0.0

5.3

6.3

3.5

40.0

16.7

11.5

9.8

5.8

10.0

16.7

24.8

23.1

25.6

10.0

27.8

9.7

12.6

19.8

0.067

Education (%)

Illiterate (n = 44)

Primary (n = 92)

Secondary (n = 183)

College & above (n = 51)

18.2

33.7

25.7

37.3

4.5

9.8

8.7

13.7

11.4

4.3

12.6

3.9

9.1

3.3

6.0

2.0

13.6

6.5

12.0

9.8

27.3

32.6

18.6

21.6

15.9

9.8

16.4

11.8

0.095

Occupation (%)^#

Unskilled/agricultural labor (n = 26)

Service (n = 163)

Business/self-Employment (n = 91)

Unemployed (n = 90)

11.5

30.1

35.2

23.3

7.7

11.7

7.7

6.7

15.4

8.0

4.4

14.4

11.5

5.5

2.2

5.6

11.5

8.0

7.7

17.8

26.9

22.7

28.6

18.9

15.4

14.1

14.3

13.3

0.117

Use of alcohol (%)

Regular (daily) (n = 84)

Not regular (n = 69)

Never (n = 179)

Past alcoholic (n = 38)

34.5

26.1

26.8

26.3

4.8

7.2

10.1

18.4

2.4

10.1

10.1

18.4

1.2

7.2

6.1

5.3

2.4

20.3

10.6

10.5

46.4

13.0

21.8

0.0

8.3

15.9

14.5

21.1

<0.001

Median CD4 count at the time of diagnosis (N = 370)

87

42.5

60.5

110

66

87

84

Median CD4 count prior to death (N = 295)

108

51

69

90

68

99

135

Adherence to ART >95% (%) (N = 314)

23.1

12.1

12.1

6.6

13.2

15.4

17.6

% who had multiple OIs (N = 54)

22.2

22.2

7.4

7.4

7.4

20.4

13.0