High Loss to Followup and Early Mortality Create Substantial Reduction in Patient Retention at Antiretroviral Treatment Program in North-West Ethiopia

Table 1

Baseline Sociodemographic profile of AIDS patients on ART at University of Gondar Hospital ART program between March 2005 and August 2010.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	1,349 (44.8)
Female	1,663 (55.2)
Age (years)
15–24	330 (11.0)
25–34	1,332 (44.2)
35–44	954 (31.7)
≥45	396 (13.65)
Marital status
Married	1,041 (34.6)
Single	613 (20.4)
Separated, divorced, and widowed	1,358 (45.1)
Religion
Muslim	218 (7.2)
Christian	2,784 (92.4)
Others	10 (0.3)
Education
No education	1,061 (35.2)
Primary	858 (28.5)
Secondary	761 (25.3)
Tertiary	332 (11.0)
Occupation
Employed	1,388 (46.1)
Unemployed	1,624 (53.9)