Hepatitis B and C infection and liver disease trends among human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals

Table 4 Overall death rates and deaths potentially due to liver disease among individuals with chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and liver disease diagnoses among human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals followed by the Adult/adolescent spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-related diseases project, 11 U.S. metropolitan areas; 1998-2004

Diagnoses	Number of deaths	Overall death rate [Per 1000 person-years (py)]	Potential liver disease death rate [(Per 1000 person-years py)]1
Entire cohort	4461	64.2	2.9
Liver disease	475	73.0	31.0
HCV	1073	74.4	7.0
Chronic hepatitis B	455	68.9	6.4
No HCV, no chronic HBV	3099	61.4	1.5

¹A potential liver disease death was a death where liver disease was included as a contributing factor on a death certificate or a death occurring within approximately six months of a new or ongoing diagnosis of liver disease. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.