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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

From: Use of a population-based survey to determine incidence of AIDS-defining opportunistic illnesses among HIV-positive persons receiving medical care in the United States

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)

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