THE STRUCTURE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH OF PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION IN 2018-2019 IN THE INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL IN ORENBURG
The article presents the results of a study of the structure of the causes of deaths of HIV-positive patients admitted to the infectious diseases hospital in Orenburg in 2018-2019. Persons aged 30-49 prevail in the age structure of the dead. The main cause of deaths is cancer of various localizations (generalized non- Hodgkin's lymphomas account for 18.1 % in the general structure and 21.3 % among HIV-related deaths). Other common causes of death are tuberculosis, bacterial pneumonia, pneumocystosis, toxoplasmosis, and viral meningoencephalitis. Among the causes of death not related to HIV, viral hepatitis in the stage of cirrhosis is in the lead. There is a decrease in the share of mycobacterial infection in the structure of causes of death of patients with HIV infection in an infectious diseases hospital in Orenburg.