Title: Five-year HIV-1 associated mortality in a rural Ugandan population.

POPLINE Document Number: 127801

Author(s):

Nunn AJ
Mulder DW
Kamali A
Ruberantwari A
Kengeya-Kayondo JF
Whitworth J

Source citation:

In: The socio-demographic impact of AIDS in Africa. Based on the conference organized by the Committee on AIDS of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3-6 February 1997. Papers. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1997. :16 p.

Abstract:

Findings are reported from a study conducted to measure the impact of HIV-1 infection upon mortality rates in rural Rakai District of southwestern Uganda over a 5-year period. The population of approximately 10,000 inhabitants was spread over 15 neighboring villages, was enrolled in 1989/90, and then followed annually. 8853 of 9777 people resident in the study area in 1989/90 had an unambiguous HIV-1 serostatus; adult HIV seroprevalence remained approximately 8% throughout the period of follow-up. During 35,083 person-years of follow-up, 459 deaths occurred, 273 among seronegative individuals and 186 among those seropositive. This mortality corresponds to standardized death rates of 8.1 and 129.3 per 1000 person-years, respectively. Standardized death rates among adults were 10.4 and 114.0, respectively. The HIV-1 attributable mortality fraction was 41.1% for adults and more than 70% for males aged 25-44 and females aged 20-44 years. Life expectancy from birth among the resident population is estimated to be 42.5 years, lower than the 58.6 year expectancy among people known to be HIV-seronegative.

Keywords:

Uganda
Research Report
Rural Population
HIV Infections
AIDS
Epidemics
Excess Mortality
Prevalence
Life Expectancy
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Mortality
Population Dynamics
Measurement
Research Methodology
Length of Life