Table 2 Period prevalence of illness and death among households and individuals, at baseline and after 6 months
From: Health and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on South African households: a cohort study
Urban | Rural | All | P* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affected n/N (%) | Not affected n/N (%) | Affected n/N (%) | Not affected n/N (%) | Affected n/N (%) | Not affected n/N (%) | ||
Continuously ill in the last month | |||||||
Households | |||||||
Baseline | 61/79 (77) | 18/89 (20) | 82/114 (72) | 19/103 (18) | 143/194 (74) | 37/194 (19) | <0.001 |
Follow up | 46/79 (58) | 12/92 (13) | 57/114 (50) | 17/100 (17) | 103/194 (53) | 29/193 (15) | <0.002 |
Individuals | |||||||
Baseline | 54/571 (9.5) | 21/455 (4.6) | 63/454 (14) | 11/429 (2.6) | 205/1022 (20) | 55/884 (6.2) | <0.001 |
Follow up | 96/565 (17) | 23/460 (5.0) | 108/450 (24) | 3/4431(7.0) | 117/1064 (11) | 32/889 (3.6) | <0.001 |
Continuously ill with HIV/AIDS, TB, meningitis or pneumonia in last month | |||||||
Individuals | |||||||
Baseline | 36/671 (6.3) | 1/455 (0.22) | 51/454 (11) | 2/429 (0.47) | 87/1032 (8.4) | 3/885 (0.34) | <0.001 |
Follow up | 29/571 (5.1) | 2/455 (0.44) | 48/454 (11) | 4/429 (0.93) | 81/1032 (7.9) | 7/885 (0.79) | <0.001 |
Severity of illness if ill (at follow up) | |||||||
Admitted to hospital | 16/56 (29) | 1/21 (4.8) | 20/67 (30) | 1/12 (8.3) | 36/123 (29) | 2/33 (6.1) | 0.006 |
Unable to perform daily tasks | 17/54 (32) | 4/21 (19) | 22/67 (33) | 3/12 (25) | 39/123 (32) | 7/33 (21) | 0.24 |
Not recovered | 50/56 (89) | 20/21 (95) | 63/67 (94) | 9/12 (75) | 113/123 (92) | 29/33 (98) | 0.48 |
Died in the last 6 months | |||||||
Households | |||||||
Baseline | 10/79 (13) | 1/89 (1.1) | 29/114 (25) | 1/103 (1.0) | 39/194 (20) | 2/192 (1.0) | <0.001 |
Follow up | 8/79 (10) | 1/89 (1.1) | 16/114 (16) | 2/103 (2.0) | 24/194 (12) | 3/192 (1.6) | <0.001 |
Individuals | |||||||
Follow up** | 13/571 (2.3) | 2/455 (0.44) | 13/454 (2.9) | 3/429 (0.70) | 26/1025 (2.5) | 5/884 (0.57) | 0.001 |