Sociodemographic and Survival Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients Attending a Tertiary Health Facility in India

Our objectives of the study is to assess the sociodemographic profile and survival profile of HIV patients. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among patients enrolled at a single antiretroviral therapy center at North Karnataka. A total of 11099 were recruited during April 2007 to January 2020. The outcome of interest was the time to death in months of HIV patients on ART. R Studio Version 1.3.1093 was used for statistical analysis. Out of 7423 HIV-positive people majority were female (51.4%), heterosexual typology (89.2%), and in the age group 31 to 45 years (45.5%). In the multivariable analysis that hazards of mortality increased by 3.11 times and 2.11 times in patients with baseline CD4 count  200. The mortality rate was high in the initial three months after the start of ART and overall survival probabilities among HIV-infected patients declined over follow-up time. This study proved that age, sex, baseline CD4 count, and TB status act as risk factors for mortality among HIV-positive individuals. Prevention strategies, control measures, and program planning should be done based on the sociodemographic determinants of mortality.