|
HIV
and AIDS - United States, 1981-2000 [CDC:
MMWR 2001; 50: 430]: This is one of many documents that provide
a historic prospective on HIV infection at the time of its 20th
birthday. In the U.S., through the end of 2000, there were 774,467
persons reported with AIDS. The AIDS incidence increased rapidly
in the 1980's and peaked in 1993 with the revised definition. AIDS
deaths reached a zenith in 1995, plummeted through 1997 and subsequently
have been relatively stable. The number of cases attributed to blood
transfusion reached a peak in 1993 with 1,098 cases and decreased
to 284 in 2000. The number of perinatal cases peaked in 1992 with
901 cases and then decreased to 144 in 1999. The following table
shows some of the dramatic shifts in sex, race, region and survival
for the first eight years of the epidemic compared to the last five:
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Reported
Cases of AIDS, U.S.
|
|
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1981
- 1987
|
1996
- 2000
|
|
Total cases
|
50,280
|
264,405
|
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Sex: Female
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8%
|
22.6%
|
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Race: White
|
60%
|
34%
|
|
Black
|
26%
|
45%
|
|
Hispanic
|
14%
|
20%
|
|
Region:
NE
|
39%
|
31%
|
|
South
|
26%
|
39%
|
|
West
|
27%
|
17%
|
|
Living
with AIDS
|
4%
|
77%
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posted
6/22/2001
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