Table 6 Cause of death in AIDS-associated autopsies

Total*

225

100.0%

136

100.0%

66

100.0%

Malignant lymphoma

50

22.2%

33

24.3%

16

24.2%

0.997

Cytomegalovirus

44

19.6%

27

19.9%

9

13.6%

0.279

Pneumonia

31

13.8%

19

14.0%

9

13.6%

0.949

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

30

13.3%

21

15.4%

4

6.1%

0.058

Non-tuberculous mycobacterium

12

5.3%

10

7.4%

2

3.0%

0.367

Y

Kaposi sarcoma

11

4.9%

7

5.1%

2

3.0%

0.749

Y

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

8

3.6%

4

2.9%

2

3.0%

0.684

Y

Cancer

8

3.6%

2

1.5%

6

9.1%

0.026

Y

Hepatitis

8

3.6%

3

2.2%

4

6.1%

0.320

Y

Cryptococcus

7

3.1%

6

4.4%

0

0.0%

0.197

Y

Kidney failure

7

3.1%

4

2.9%

3

4.5%

0.861

Y

HIV encephalopathy

7

3.1%

5

3.7%

2

3.0%

0.861

Y

Aspergillus

6

2.7%

5

3.7%

0

0.0%

0.274

Y

Toxoplasmosis

4

1.8%

3

2.2%

1

1.5%

0.835

Y

Tuberculosis

3

0.9%

2

1.5%

0

0.0%

0.816

Y

Sepsis

3

1.3%

2

1.5%

1

1.5%

0.551

Y

Candida

3

1.3%

2

1.5%

0

0.0%

0.816

Y

Varicella zoster virus

2

1.3%

1

0.7%

1

1.5%

0.816

Y

Nocardia

1

0.4%

1

0.7%

0

0.0%

0.711

Y

Histoplasma

1

0.4%

1

0.7%

0

0.0%

0.711

Y