Deaths of people ≥ 13 years of age living with AIDS, by underlying cause of death, associated cause of death, and period of death. São Paulo, Brazil, 1991–2006.

Notes: HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; CNS: central nervous system; ADCs: AIDS-defining cancers; NADCs: non-AIDS-defining cancers; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.1The table shows only major underlying and associated causes of death rather than showing all of the conditions described in each chapter of the International Classification of Diseases; includes 31,204 and 29,417 deaths for which data regarding the underlying and associated causes, respectively, were available.2Including all underlying and associated causes of death described in each chapter of the International Classification of Diseases.*Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test applied in order to compare the pre-HAART and late post-HAART periods.**Proportions calculated in relation to the number of deaths in each period.Deaths of people ≥ 13 years of age living with AIDS, by underlying cause of death, associated cause of death, and period of death. São Paulo, Brazil, 1991–2006.