Not on point but, on behalf of a lifelong friend who survived 8 yrs after AIDS diagnosis in 1993, there are indirect deaths related to being HIV+ or diagnosed with AIDS: Treatment and protocols were/are costly and time consuming (continuous multiple doctor appointments with multiple specialists, then adhering to multiple regimens) so people died because they could not afford to get adequate and timely treatment; protease inhibitor side effects could kill you (cholesterol levels in the high 3 digits/low 4 digits = pulmonary embolisms); and early onset dementia (not sure if from HIV or AIDS), affected critical decision making (stopped heeding medical advice and adhering to treatment, began/increased self-medicating).