Accordingly, the incidence of mortality has been reported between 2 and 25.9%, and the factors affecting for mortality of Ethiopian patients included but are not limited to male, primary level of education, single marital status, weight loss, bed-ridden functional status, low baseline cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count, advanced World Health Organization (WHO) clinical staging, tuberculosis (Tb)/HIV co-infection, severe anemia and substance abuse. Here, CD4 is linked to coinfection.