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Table 4 Number of episodes per year for the 12 most frequent overall AIDS-defining conditions

From: AIDS-defining illnesses among patients with HIV in Singapore, 1985 to 2001: results from the Singapore HIV Observational Cohort Study (SHOCS)

Condition

1986–1995

1996–1999

2000–2001

Total

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

94 (26.7)

197 (23.6)

146 (26.3)

437 (25.1)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

38 (10.8)

145 (17.4)

100 (18.0)

283 (16.2)

Cytomegalovirus retinitis

34 (9.7)

85 (10.2)

47 (8.5)

166 (9.5)

Candidiasis, esophageal or tracheobronchial

16 (4.5)

70 (8.4)

50 (9.0)

136 (7.8)

Herpes simplex, chronic mucocutaneous

27 (7.7)

71 (8.5)

45 (8.1)

143 (8.2)

Mycobacterium avium, disseminated

22 (6.3)

86 (10.3)

33 (5.9)

141 (8.1)

Cytomegalovirus disease

29 (8.2)

46 (5.5)

39 (7.0)

114 (6.5)

Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary

19 (5.4)

34 (4.1)

31 (5.6)

84 (4.8)

Toxoplasmosis of the brain

19 (5.4)

24 (2.9)

20 (3.6)

63 (3.6)

Mycobacterium, species unidentified

7 (2.0)

14 (1.7)

13 (2.3)

34 (2.0)

Kaposi's sarcoma

15 (4.3)

6 (0.7)

2 (0.4)

23 (1.3)

Cryptosporidiosis, chronic intestinal

3 (0.9)

9 (1.1)

7 (1.3)

19 (1.1)

Total1

352 (100)

834 (100)

556 (100)

1742 (100)

  1. This table shows the new and recurrent episodes combined. Figure in brackets are the percentages for each time period. 1Total also includes AIDS-defining conditions other than the 12 most frequent.