HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Volume 14. AIDS Cases, Deaths, and Persons Living with AIDS by Year, 1985-2002-United States

摘要

In this report, the term HIV/AIDS is used to refer to three categories of cases: (1) new diagnoses of HIV infection only, (2) new diagnoses of HIV infection with later diagnoses of AIDS, and (3) concurrent diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS. For analyses of HIV/AIDS data, we used data from 30 areas (i.e., 29 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands) that have had HIV infection reporting for a sufficient length of time (i.e., at least since 1998) to allow for stabilization of data collection and for adjustment of the data in order to monitor trends. This report is organized in five sections: (1) diagnoses of HIV/AIDS and AIDS, (2) deaths of persons with AIDS, (3) persons living with HIV/AIDS, AIDS, or HIV infection (not AIDS), (4) length of survival after AIDS diagnosis, and (5) reports of cases of AIDS, HIV infection (not AIDS), and HIV/AIDS.