Table 1: Baseline demographic characteristics and associated mortality and opportunistic infections of 340 HIV-infected patients in Jimma University specialized hospital, from January 2006 to December 2011.
Characteristics |
Number of patients [%] |
Number of deaths[%] |
Number of OI [%] |
Sex |
Male |
140[41.2] |
19[45.2] |
38[45.8] |
Female |
200[58.8] |
23[54.8] |
45[54.2] |
BMI |
<18.5 |
170[50] |
25[59.5] |
55[66.3] |
≥18.5 |
170[50] |
17[40.5] |
28[33.7] |
Religion |
Orthodox |
203[59.7] |
29[69] |
44[53] |
Muslim |
100[29.4] |
13[31] |
26[31.3] |
Protestant |
31[9.1] |
0 |
11[13.3] |
Catholic |
2[0.6] |
0 |
1[1.2] |
Others |
2[0.6] |
0 |
0 |
Age(years) |
<30 |
174[51.2] |
21[50.0] |
46[55.4] |
30-39 |
94[27.6] |
11[26.2] |
21[25.3] |
40-49 |
57[16.8] |
6[14.3] |
12[14.5] |
>50 |
15[4.4] |
4[9.5] |
4[4.8] |
Marital status |
Single |
43[12.6] |
7[16.7] |
10[12.0] |
Married |
116[34.1] |
16[38.1] |
36[43.4] |
Widowed |
22[6.5] |
1[2.4] |
5[6.0] |
Divorced |
44[12.9] |
8[19.0] |
9[10.8] |
Occupation |
Gov’t employee |
98[28.8] |
14[33.3] |
19[22.9] |
Merchant |
5[1.5] |
0[0] |
2[2.4] |
Unemployed |
189[55.6] |
25[59.5] |
51[61.4] |
Private org |
37[10.9] |
2[4.8] |
10[12.0] |
NGO’s |
5[1.5] |
1[2.4] |
0[0] |
Educational status |
Not educated |
69[20.3] |
4[9.5] |
24[28.9] |
Primary |
122[35.9] |
17[40.5] |
25[30.1] |
Secondary |
106[31.2] |
14[33.3] |
21[25.3] |
Tertiary |
42[12.4] |
7[1.7] |
12[14.4] |