REPORTED
CASES OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
BY COUNTRY AND YEAR
WITH INCIDENCE RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
CAREC MEMBER COUNTRIES
JANUARY 1997 TO DECEMBER 1998 |
|
Country
|
YEAR
|
| 1997 |
1998 |
| Cases |
Rate |
Cases |
Rate |
| Anguilla |
- |
na |
- |
na |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
7 |
10.4 |
5 |
7.5 |
| Bahamas |
389 |
137.0 |
250c
|
86.8 |
| Barbados |
113 |
42.8 |
168 |
63.4 |
| Belize |
- |
na |
- |
na |
| Bermuda |
14 |
6.2 |
17 |
7.3 |
| Cayman Islands |
1 |
3.0 |
2 |
5.9 |
| Dominica |
19 |
26.8 |
12 |
16.9 |
| Grenada |
10 |
10.8 |
6b
|
6.5 |
| Guyana |
116 |
13.6 |
96c
|
11.1 |
| Jamaica |
609 |
23.9 |
645 |
25.2 |
| Montserrat |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
20.0 |
| Saint Lucia |
15 |
10.3 |
10 |
6.8 |
| St. Christopher/Nevis |
4b
|
9.1 |
- |
na |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
32 |
26.9 |
45 |
37.8 |
| Suriname |
- |
na |
- |
na |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
118a
|
9.3 |
- |
na |
| Turks & Caicos Is. |
- |
na |
- |
na |
| Virgin Islands U.K. |
3 |
16.7 |
1c
|
5.3 |
| Sub-Regional Total/Rates |
1450 |
22.1 |
1258 |
19.0 |
|
a Report received for 1st Quarter
only., na = not applicable, - = No data
b Report received for 1st and 2nd Quarters only.
c Report received for 1st to 3rd Quarters only.
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Data Source: Quarterly AIDS Surveillance
Reports submitted to CAREC's Epidemiology Division by CAREC member countries.
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