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Table 4 Access to ART and early mortality among late diagnosis individuals within one year of diagnosis between 2006 and 2014 (N=178,296)

From: “Late for testing, early for antiretroviral therapy, less likely to die”: results from a large HIV cohort study in China, 2006–2014

Characteristics

Late diagnosis (age>14 years old)*

N (% of access to ART within one month)

N (% of access to ART within one year)

N (% of died after receiving ART)

χ2

P-value b

Year of HIV diagnosis

    

141.52

<0.01

 2006

8675

1436(16.6)

3429(39.5)

267(7.8)

  

 2007

11252

2105(18.7)

5126(45.6)

341(6.7)

  

 2008

13535

3051(22.5)

7387(54.6)

568(7.7)

  

 2009

16874

3906(23.1)

9527(56.5)

621(6.5)

  

 2010

19532

4498(23.0)

12021(61.5)

679(5.6)

  

 2011

23741

6383(26.9)

16355(68.9)

1076(6.6)

  

 2012

26445

8524(32.2)

19038(72.0)

1495(7.9)

  

 2013

29192

11068(37.9)

22212(76.1)

1897(8.5)

  

 2014

29050

12668(43.6)

21478(73.9)

1693(7.9)

  

Sex

    

137.54

<0.01

 Female

49561

15132(30.5)

32806(66.2)

1959(6.0)

  

 Male

128735

38507(29.9)

83767(65.1)

6678(8.0)

  

Age group (years)

    

871.48

<0.01

 15-24

12082

3107(25.7)

8305(68.7)

317(3.8)

  

 25-34

43688

12146(27.8)

28734(65.8)

1436(5.0)

  

 35-44

51244

15499(30.2)

33684(65.7)

2430(7.2)

  

 45-54

32084

10846(33.8)

21947(68.4)

1832(8.3)

  

 55+

39198

12041(30.7)

23903(61.0)

2622(11.0)

  

Marital status

    

11.08

<0.01

 Single, divorced, or widowed

73626

20957(28.5)

48061(65.3)

3411(7.1)

  

 Married or lives with partner

103411

32483(31.4)

67970(65.7)

5177(7.6)

  

Education

    

488.54

<0.01

 Middle school or more

110338

34898(31.6)

77177(69.9)

4792(6.2)

  

 Primary school or less

66599

18585(27.9)

39012(58.6)

3826(9.8)

  

Occupation

    

663.26

<0.01

 Other

83510

25305(30.3)

57787(69.2)

3130(5.4)

  

 Farmer or rural laborer

94786

28334(29.9)

58786(62.0)

5507(9.4)

  

Ethnic group

    

16.57

<0.01

 Others

34969

9013(25.8)

19866(56.8)

1335(6.7)

  

 Han

143327

44626(31.1)

96707(67.5)

7302(7.6)

  

Route of HIV infection

    

622.49

<0.01

 Heterosexual

126054

40124(31.8)

83978(66.6)

6547(7.8)

  

 Homosexual

20832

6951(33.4)

17167(82.4)

646(3.8)

  

 Injection drug use

13531

1955(14.4)

5809(42.9)

372(6.4)

  

 Sexual contact and IDU

1102

245(22.2)

560(50.8)

31(5.5)

  

 Blood or plasma transfusion

12841

3722(29.0)

7457(58.1)

917(12.3)

  

Sites of diagnosis

    

681.88

<0.01

 VCT centers

53825

17809(33.1)

36452(67.7)

2346(6.4)

  

 Hospitals

96608

29659(30.7)

62791(65.0)

5683(9.1)

  

 Detention centers

4859

197(4.1)

1563(32.2)

62(4.0)

  

 others

23004

5974(26.0)

15767(68.5)

546(3.5)

  

Migrant population a

    

10.03

<0.01

 No

142108

43658(30.7)

93717(65.9)

7056(7.5)

  

 Yes

36188

9981(27.6)

22856(63.2)

1581(6.9)

  

Initial CD4+ cell count

    

10298.66

<0.01

 0-49

49241

18191(36.9)

33897(68.8)

4521(13.3)

  

 50-99

26373

9778(37.1)

19220(72.9)

1520(7.9)

  

 100-199

51681

17268(33.4)

37747(73.0)

1385(3.7)

  

 200-349

24403

6167(25.3)

17685(72.5)

361(2.0)

  

 350-499

8436

1177(14.0)

5135(60.9)

107(2.1)

  

 500-

4018

476(11.8)

2041(50.8)

53(2.6)

  

 No CD4 records

14144

582(4.1)

848(6.0)

690(81.4)

  

Total

178296

53639(30.1))

116573(65.4)

8637(7.4)

  
  1. aThose who died of overdose drug use or suicide were excluded
  2. bThe proportion of those who died after ART within one year is compared by different characteristics