During a mean of 4.7 years of follow-up time, 13% of the sample died, for cumulative incidence of 2.71, 95% CI: 2.42, 3.03 per 100 person years (PY). Mortality was higher among HIV+ (3.13 per 100 PY, 95% CI: 2.74, 3.57) compared to uninfected individuals (1.96 per 100PY, 95% CI: 1.57, 2.45) (Table 3). Mortality among HIV+ individuals self-reporting abstinence (3.68 per 100 PY, 95% CI: 3.05, 4.44) was higher than that of those with lower risk (2.05 per 100 PY, 95% CI: 1.56, 2.70) and at-risk drinking (3.44 per 100 PY, 95% CI: 2.55, 4.64), but lower than of those with high risk drinking (5.35 per 100 PY, 95% CI: 3.33, 8.61) (Table 3). A similar pattern was observed among uninfected individuals, except where power was limited; the lowest mortality was among those with high risk drinking (2 deaths with wide confidence intervals). In both HIV+ and uninfected individuals, mortality rates were higher among individuals with PEth ≥ 8 ng/mL compared to those with PEth < 8 ng/mL; and highest among those with PEth ≥ 50 ng/mL compared to
