REPORTED ADULT CASES OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
BY RISK FACTOR STATUS
CAREC MEMBER COUNTRIES
JANUARY 1997 TO DECEMBER 1998
|
|
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS
|
YEAR |
| 1997 a,b
|
1998 c,d
|
| MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
MALE |
FEMALE |
UNKNOWN |
TOTAL |
| Bisexual Male |
29 |
*** |
29 |
24 |
*** |
0 |
24 |
| Homosexual Male |
30 |
*** |
30 |
25 |
*** |
0 |
25 |
| IV Drug Use |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Haemophiliac |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Heterosexual Contact6
|
588 |
458 |
1046 |
528 |
363 |
0 |
891 |
| Blood Transfusion7
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other8
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| No Risk Factor Identified9
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Unknown10
|
205 |
43 |
248 |
180 |
58 |
6 |
244 |
| TOTAL |
859 |
501 |
1360 |
759 |
421 |
6 |
1186 |
| |
a Data was not received from Anguilla, Belize, Suriname and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
*** Not applicable
|
| b Only first quarter's report was received from Trinidad and Tobago and only first and second quarter's report was received from St. Kitts/Nevis. |
| c Data was not received from Anguilla, Belize, St. Kitts/Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands. |
| d Only first and second quarter's report was received from Grenada and first to third quarter's report was received from Bahamas, B.V.I and Guyana. |
| 6 Category also includes cases with multiple heterosexual partners or heterosexual contact with partner who has multiple partners. |
| 7 Includes tranfusion with blood components. Transfusion within five years prior to onset of symptoms. |
| 8 Includes persons injected with non-sterile needles/syringes or exposed to other skin/mucous membrane piercing instruments. |
| 9 Following case investigation, the patient cannot be assigned to one of the above-listed categories. |
| 10 Investigation of case not done or incomplete. |
| Data Source: Quarterly AIDS Surveillance Reports submitted to CAREC's Epidemiology Division by its member countries. |
