Table 2 Mortality rates for specific causes of death stratified by transmission category
Causes of death | n | py | All-cause | AIDS-related | Non-AIDS-related | External | Unknown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | WA (95%CI) | Deaths | WA (95%CI) | Deaths | WA (95%CI) | Deaths | WA (95%CI) | Deaths | WA (95%CI) | |||
Total | 5942 | 17,770 | 118 | 6.6 (5.2–8.0) | 69 | 3.9 (2.8–5.0) | 43 | 2.4 (1.6–3.3) | 5 | 0.3 (0.0–0.6) | 1 | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) |
Homosexuals | 4205 | 12,776 | 52 | 2.9 (2.0–3.8) | 31 | 1.7 (1.0–2.4) | 17 | 0.9 (0.4–1.5) | 3 | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 1 | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) |
Heterosexuals | 1358 | 3669 | 34 | 2.1 (1.3–2.9) | 18 | 1.1 (0.5–1.7) | 14 | 0.9 (0.4–1.4) | 2 | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | – | – |
IDUs | 85 | 246 | 3 | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 3 | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Blood and plasma donors | 23 | 83 | 3 | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | – | – | 3 | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | – | – | – | – |
Unknown | 271 | 996 | 26 | 1.2 (0.6–1.8) | 17 | 0.8 (0.3–1.3) | 9 | 0.4 (0.1–0.8) | – | – | – | – |