HIV-RELATED MORTALITY STATISTICS IN SIBERIAN FEDERAL REGION IN 2005-2005
Study objective: To analyze mortality and lethality among HIV patients in Siberian Federal Region and their changes in total and by gender, social factors, causes of death, and ART and its effects and adherence to it. All parameters were highly variable during the study period; however, a general tread to their increases was revealed. Lethal cases were most frequent among male IDUs aged 35-39 years at AIDS stage. With regard to social factors, most vulnerable to death are unemployed subjects who have no access to ART or are not adherent to it. The leading factor of lethality among HIV patients is mycobacterial infections including tuberculosis.