#mortality risk

Quitting, even at age 40, can drastically lower this risk.

People coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C have a much lower risk of death after being cured of hep C.

HIV-positive Americans are more likely to die than those without the virus following a diagnosis with many common cancers.

Those whose CD4 cell levels fail to rise above 200 despite long-term suppression of HIV have a more than doubled risk of death.

HIV-positive people with a CD4 count of at least 500 and a fully suppressed viral load as a result of antiretroviral treatment appear to have...

The risk of death from HIV-related lymphoma is associated with a higher cumulative viral load during the first six months after diagnosis with...

People on antiretrovirals who have an undetectable viral load and a CD4 count of at least 500 appear to have no increased death risk.

Many people with HIV on successful treatment have a low enough mortality risk to qualify for life insurance.

Successfully controlling HIV and keeping CD4 levels high may reduce the risk of death to that of the general population.