Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV patients who were enrolled for ART care at Hawassa University Comprehensive specialized Hospital Sidama, Ethiopia, from January 2015 to December 2020 (n = 483).

Characteristics

Status at last contact

Total

Death

Censored

Age in years [mean = 32.8, SD = 12.8]

18-39

8 (2.5%)

313 (97.5%)

321 (66.5%)

40-59

5 (3.5%)

138 (96.5%)

143 (29.6%)

> = 60

13 (68.4%)

6 (31.6%)

19 (3.9%)

Sex

Male

10 (4.5%)

211 (95.5%)

221 (45.8%)

Female

16 (6.1%)

246 (93.9%)

262 (54.2%)

Marital Status

Never Married

4 (3.7%)

103 (96.3%)

107 (22.2%)

Married

15 (5.5%)

256 (94.5%)

271 (56.1%)

Separated

3 (8.6%)

32 (94.1%)

35 (7.2%)

Widowed

1 (4.8%)

20 (95.2%)

21 (4.3%)

Divorced

3 (6.1%)

46 (93.9%)

49 (10.1%)

Residence

Urban

15 (5.1%)

282 (94.9%)

297 (61.5%)

Rural

11 (5.9%)

175 (94.1%)

186 (38.5%)

Religion

Protestant

10 (5.9%)

159 (34.8%)

169 (35%)

Orthodox

12 (5.3%)

213 (94.7%)

225 (46.6%)

Muslim

3 (5.8%)

49 (94.2%)

52 (10.8%)

Catholic

1 (3.8%)

25 (96.2%)

26 (5.4%)

Other

0

11 (100%)

11 (2.3%)

Substance Use

Yes

16 (6.5%)

231 (93.5%)

247 (51.1%)

No

10 (4.2%)

226 (95.8%)

236 (48.9%)

Educational Status

 No education

5 (8.1%)

57 (91.9%)

62 (12.8%)

 Primary

12 (8%)

138 (92%)

150 (31.1%)

 Secondary

6 (3.4%)

171 (96.6%)

177 (36.6%)

 More than  Secondary

3 (3.2%)

91 (96.8%)

94 (19.5%)

Occupation

Farmer

10 (17.5%)

47 (82.5%)

57 (11.8%)

Merchant/Trader

3 (2.7%)

108 (97.3%)

111 (23%)

Government Employed

2 (1.6%)

121 (98.4%)

123 (25.5%)

Non-Government

3 (7.1%)

39 (92.9%)

42 (8.7%)

Day Laborer

1 (2.3%)

43 (97.7%)

44 (9.1%)

Jobless

2 (6.3%)

30 (93.8%)

32 (6.6%)

Driver

2 (5.1%)

37 (94.9%)

39 (8.1%)

R Retired/housewives/Student (other)

3 (8.8%)

32 (91.4%)

34 (7%)