Bivariate analysis of the factors revealed that the risk of death in five years follow up was associated with sex, spouse treatment status, tobacco smoking, other substance use, Tuberculosis (TB) status before initiation of ART, OIs after initiation of ART, TB after initiation of ART, functional status, WHO clinical stage, hemoglobin, baseline CD4 cells count, baseline weight, baseline drug regimen and regimen adherence. Here, CD4 is linked to tuberculosis.