Table 2 Population, hospitalization, and mortality trends in HIV-related inpatient admissions in Portugal

Mid-year populations of persons living with HIV*

4,466

4,993

5,524

6,010

6,437

6,854

7,213

7,521

7,819

8,052

8,289

382.127

[341.991:422.264]

HIV/AIDS hospitalization frequency

57,027

5,459

5,550

5,654

5,628

5,468

5,491

5,214

5,089

4,894

4,326

4,254

−132.118

[−186.756: −77.480]

Hospitalization rate^#

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

−0.069

[−0.078: −0.060]

Gender (% male)

73

76

76

76

74

74

73

74

72

70

70

70

−0.691

[−0.854:−0.528]

Age (mean)

39

35

37

38

38

39

41

41

42

42

43

44

0.827

[0.709:0.946]

Median LOS (days)

11

12

12

12

11

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

−0.200

[−0.296:−0.104]

In-hospital mortality (%)

14.4

14.9

15.5

15.4

15.1

14.9

14.8

13.8

13.4

13.1

13.4

13.1

−0.262

[−0.349:−0.175]

Average cost (€)

5,148.7

997.7

4,818.1

6,062.0

6,625.6

6,689.7

6,640.8

5.676.4

4,480.0

4,670.4

4,594.1

4,664.0

72.329

[−293.079:437.737]

Total cost in M (€)

293,614

5,446

26,740

34,274

37,288

36,579

36,464

29,596

22,798

22,856

19,874

19,840

−233.736

[−2437.823:1970.350]