HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: 1992‐1998
| Autor: | Ann McDonald, Gregory J. Dore, Jillian Guthrie, John M. Kaldor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public health Population Ethnic group Prevalence virus diseases General Medicine medicine.disease Indigenous Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Epidemiology Immunology Medicine business education Demography |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 172:266-269 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe the epidemiological pattern of newly diagnosed HIV infection and AIDS among Indigenous Australians. Design and setting: National surveillance for newly diagnosed HIV infection and AIDS in Australia. Information on Indigenous status was sought at HIV/AIDS notification in all State/Territory health jurisdictions, except the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria before June 1998. Main outcome measures: Number of people with newly diagnosed HIV per year and population rate of HIV diagnosis; demographic characteristics of people with HIV and AIDS diagnoses by Indigenous status. Results: From 1992 to 1998, 127 Indigenous Australians were newly diagnosed with HIV infection and 55 were diagnosed with AIDS. The population rate of HIV diagnosis among Indigenous Australians (5.23/100 000 per year) was similar to that among non-Indigenous Australians (5.51/100 000 per year). The annual number of HIV diagnoses among Indigenous people was relatively stable, but among non-Indigenous people it declined steadily over time. A higher proportion of Indigenous people diagnosed with HIV were women (26.8% v 8.9%; P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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