Causes of death among HIV-infected patients in France in 2010 (national survey): trends since 2000.

Results: The 90 participating wards notified 728 deaths. Median age at death was 50 years (interquartile range 45–58) and 75% were men. The main underlying causes of death were AIDS-related (25% in 2010 vs. 36% in 2005 and 47% in 2000), non-AIDS non-viral hepatitis-related malignancy (22 vs. 17 and 11%), liver-related (11 vs. 15 and 13%), cardiovascular diseases (10 vs. 8 and 7%) and non-AIDS-related infections (9 vs. 4 and 7%). Malignancies (AIDS and non-AIDS-related) accounted for a third of all causes of death. AIDS accounted for 33% of all causes of death among patients monoinfected with HIV vs. only 13% among those co-infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus.