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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine trends in clinical characteristics and in-hospital mortality of HIV patients in a low resource setting in the period 2010 to 2016. METHODS: Data on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of 313 hospitalized HIV positive patients at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria were retrospectively extracted, described and examined for trends. Factors independently associated with mortality were identified using multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: The mean age was 39 years (SD = 9.8) and about two thirds were female. The proportion of females decreased significantly from 83.3% in 2010-2011 to 39.8% in 2016. There was a significant reduction in the diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis and mortality from 19.4% and 42.9% in 2010-2011 to 4.8% and 27.9% in 2016 respectively. On multiple logistic regression, being male, having neurological features, meningitis, and shorter stay in hospital had significantly higher odds of mortality. CONCLUSION: There was a reduction in in-hospital mortality of HIV patients over the period from 2010 to 2016. Being male and presence of neurological features were associated with mortality. Larger prospective studies are needed to further investigate this observed reduction in mortality among hospitalised patients.