Causes of Death in HIV Patients and the Evolution of an AIDS Hospice: 1988–2008

Table 1

Demographics of patients who died in the pre-HAART and post-HAART periods.

	Pre-HAART (1988) (𝑛=59)	Post-HAART (2006–2008) (𝑛=48)	Statistical difference
Average age at death (𝑛=59; 𝑛=48)	39.0 (SD = 9.3; range 23–65)	48.1 (SD = 8.6; range 30–69)	𝑡(105)=5.2, 𝑃<.001
Gender (𝑛=59; 𝑛=48):			𝑥^2(1)=6.4,
Male	59 (100%)	43 (89.6%)	𝑃=.001
Female	0	5 (10.4%)
MSM (𝑛=59; 𝑛=42)	58 (98.3%)	34 (80.9%)	𝑥^2(1)=9.1, 𝑃<.01
Average number of years since HIV/AIDS diagnosis until death (𝑛=59; 𝑛=48)	1.5 (SD =  .9; range 0–4)	13.5 (SD = 6.5; range 1–25)	𝑡(47)=12.6, 𝑃<.001
Average number of days in hospital prior to death (𝑛=59; 𝑛=48)	31.6 (SD = 29.8; range 1–159)	44.8 (SD = 57.9; range 0–228)	𝑡(67)=1.4, 𝑃=.16
Has mental illness (𝑛=43; 𝑛=46)	16 (37.2%)	31 (67.4%)	𝑥^2(1)=9.4, 𝑃=.002
Homeless (𝑛=38; 𝑛=47)	2 (5.3%)	7 (14.9%)	𝑥^2(1)=2.1, 𝑃=.15
Current smoker (𝑛=56; 𝑛=46)	28 (50.0%)	25 (54.3%)	𝑥^2(1)=.19, 𝑃=.66
Recreational drug use (𝑛=56; 𝑛=47)	12 (21.4%)	30 (63.8%)	𝑥^2(1)=19.0, 𝑃<.001
Current IV drug use (𝑛=55; 𝑛=47)	4 (7.3%)	11 (23.4%)	𝑥^2(1)=5.7, 𝑃=.017