Table 1

Incidence of AIDS-Defining opportunistic illness diagnoses among persons in care for HIV infection in Michigan, Southern Louisiana, and King County Washington – 1998

Population Group
Number of observed persons diagnosed with ≥ 1 OI
Estimated total persons diagnosed with ≥ 1 OI (95% CI)
Number of observed OI diagnoses
Estimated total OI diagnoses (95% CI)
Estimated Rate of OI diagnoses per 100 persons in care for HIV (95%CI)

Overall
124
2236 (1697, 2776)
152
2718 (2158, 3278)
13.8 (10.2, 17.3)
Sex





     Male
97
1760 (1273, 2248)
116
2123 (1365, 2881)
14.5 (9.7, 19.3)
     Female
27
476 (210, 742)
36
595 (249, 941)
11.6 (5.3, 17.9)
Race





     White, non-Hispanic
61
898 (571, 1226)
74
1044 (633, 1455)
12.3* (6.8, 17.7)
     Black, non-Hispanic
49
1045 (562, 1527)
61
1187 (632, 1742)
11.9* (6.7, 17.1)
     Other/unknown race
14
293 (183, 403)
17
487 (195, 779)
38.3* (18.6, 58.0)
History of injecting drug use





     Yes
17
528 (218, 838)
20
687 (201, 1173)
14.9 (6.6, 23.1)
     No
107
1708 (1226, 2190)
132
2031 (1485, 2577)
13.4 (9.3, 17.5)

OI: opportunistic illness. * p = .01 for difference by race across all sites

Sullivan et al. AIDS Research and Therapy 2007 4:17   doi:10.1186/1742-6405-4-17