ART Understanding the causes of death among HIV/AIDS patients commencing ART in Karonga district
Malawi, 2004 - 2018
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MWI-MEIRU-ARTidentification-2009-v1
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Reason for longest ART break 1 (rsnbrk1)
Data file: lvd_ARTI
Overview
Valid:
1151
Invalid:
13080
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
181
End:
182
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Literal question
Reason for longest ART break
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Away from home | 499 |
43.4%
|
| 2 | Work related | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 3 | Forgot appointment | 93 |
8.1%
|
| 4 | Lost mastercard | 12 |
1%
|
| 5 | Ill health | 104 |
9%
|
| 6 | Side effects of drug related | 67 |
5.8%
|
| 7 | Improved health | 33 |
2.9%
|
| 8 | Alternative treatment | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | Transport money | 46 |
4%
|
| 10 | Lack of social support | 175 |
15.2%
|
| 11 | No drugs at ART clinic | 56 |
4.9%
|
| 12 | other | 45 |
3.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 44 | |
| Sysmiss | 13036 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.