Table 1. Characteristics of participants at ART initiation
Characteristic Overall, N = 209,9841 Time-period and CD4 count (cells/µl) criteria for ART initiation
Apr-2012 to Dec-2014 (<350), N = 53,0441 Jan-2015 to Aug-2016 (<500), N = 49,8481 Sep-2016 to Feb 2020 (UTT), N = 107,0921
Age in years 32 (26-38) 32 (27-39) 32 (27-38) 31 (26-38)




    15-24 35,446 (16.9%) 7,379 (13.9%) 8,194 (16.4%) 19,873 (18.6%)
    25-34 95,885 (45.7%) 23,767 (44.8%) 23,193 (46.5%) 48,925 (45.7%)
    35-44 53,695 (25.6%) 14,714 (27.7%) 12,574 (25.2%) 26,407 (24.7%)
    45-54 18,641 (8.9%) 5,434 (10.2%) 4,455 (8.9%) 8,752 (8.2%)
    55+ 6,317 (3.0%) 1,750 (3.3%) 1,432 (2.9%) 3,135 (2.9%)
Gender



    Male 68,485 (32.6%) 17,251 (32.5%) 15,848 (31.8%) 35,386 (33.0%)
    Female 141,499 (67.4%) 35,793 (67.5%) 34,000 (68.2%) 71,706 (67.0%)
Known to be pregnant (females only) 30,369 (21.5%) 7,643 (21.4%) 8,924 (26.2%) 13,802 (19.2%)
District



    Rural 7,772 (3.7%) 2,685 (5.1%) 1,862 (3.7%) 3,225 (3.0%)
    Urban 202,212 (96.3%) 50,359 (94.9%) 47,986 (96.3%) 103,867 (97.0%)
CD4 count at ART initiation (cells/µl) 299 (172-453) 227 (130-313) 306 (176-425) 368 (211-557)
Median days since recent CD4 count 0 (0-5) 0 (0-9) 0 (0-11) 0 (0-0)
missing_init_cd4 22,440 (10.7%) 1,815 (3.4%) 2,918 (5.9%) 17,707 (16.5%)
<200 (of paritcipants with CD4 test done) 56,369 (30.1%) 21,839 (42.6%) 13,700 (29.2%) 20,830 (23.3%)
TB screening status at initiation



    TB 21,455 (10.2%) 8,015 (15.1%) 5,465 (11.0%) 7,975 (7.4%)
    No TB 118,598 (56.5%) 31,066 (58.6%) 30,927 (62.0%) 56,605 (52.9%)
    Not ascertained 69,931 (33.3%) 13,963 (26.3%) 13,456 (27.0%) 42,512 (39.7%)
TB screening status at initiation (participants with initiation CD4 count <200 cells/µl)



    TB 11,252 (20.0%) 4,538 (20.8%) 2,875 (21.0%) 3,839 (18.4%)
    No TB 29,760 (52.8%) 12,235 (56.0%) 7,672 (56.0%) 9,853 (47.3%)
    Not ascertained 15,357 (27.2%) 5,066 (23.2%) 3,153 (23.0%) 7,138 (34.3%)
1 Median (25%-75%); n (%)