REPORTED PAEDIATRIC CASES OF
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
BY YEAR AND RISK FACTOR
CAREC MEMBER COUNTRIES
JANUARY 1997 TO DECEMBER 1998 |
|
RISK FACTOR
|
YEAR |
| 1997 a,b
|
1998 c,d
|
| MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
MALE |
FEMALE |
UNKNOWN |
TOTAL |
| Parents with HIV Antibody/ARC/AIDS |
28 |
46 |
74 |
40 |
30 |
0 |
70 |
| Parent in high risk group 1
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Blood Transfusion 2
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Haemophiliac |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other 3
|
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| No Risk Factor 4
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Unknown 5
|
7 |
5 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Sub-Regional Total |
38 |
52 |
90 |
42 |
30 |
0 |
72 |
| a Data was not received from Anguilla, Belize, Suriname and the Turks and Caicos Islands. |
| 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. |
| 1 High risk group defined according to local epidemiological situation. |
| 2 Includes transfusion with blood components. Transfusion within 5 years prior to onset of symptoms. |
| 3 Includes children with other identifiable risk factors (sexual contact, intravenous drug abuse, other
injections with non-sterile needles/syringes, scarification, etc.) |
| 4 Following case investigation, the patient cannot be assigned to one of the above-listed categories. |
| 5 Investigation of case not done or incomplete. |
| Data Source: Quarterly AIDS Surveillance Reports submitted to CAREC's Epidemiology Division by CAREC member countries. |
