Table 1

Paediatric in-hospital mortality and HIV status

Total no. of admissionsNo. of HIV positive admissionsPercentage mortality in HIV positive admissionsNo. of HIV negative admissions (% of all admissions)Percentage mortality in HIV negative admissionsNo. of admissions not tested for HIV (% of all admissions)Percentage mortality in untested admissionsPercentage of annual deaths that were HIV positivePaediatric in-hospital mortality (%)
Total (% of all admissions)15 months or below (% of HIV tests positive)Above 15 months (% of HIV tests positive)
19923800120 (3)95 (9)25 (5) 9.21472 (39)5.42208 (58)3.4 6.74.3
19934061228 (6)174 (17)54 (10)12.71346 (33)6.52487 (61)2.117.34.1
19944070304 (7)221 (26)83 (18)15.11003 (25)5.12763 (68)3.025.74.4
19954108449 (11)355 (35)94 (21)13.81006 (24)4.02653 (65)2.934.84.3
19964694870 (19)644 (46)226 (35)12.91187 (25)4.52637 (56)3.046.15.2