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Show Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (ICD-9=042-044, ICD-10=B20-B24) Compiled by Ryan Roberts 2000 Utah Total AIDS Patients: 957 Utah experiences a much lower incidence of HIV infection and AIDS than does the rest of the country. While the rate of new HIV infection and HIV/AIDS mortality has declined significantly in the last decade, the number of people living with HIV continues to rise. Recent advances in medical treatment, most notably the success of "cocktail therapies," make living with HIV more possible and comfortable. In January 1993, and again in 2000, the case definition of AIDS was expanded, which resulted in higher incidence and mortality rates. There are an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 people currently living with HIV in the U.S., with approximately 40,000 new HIV infections every year. It is interesting to note that one result of better treatments for HIV/AIDS is that when more people live with HIV, there are more chances that the disease will be transmitted to others without the disease. However, the incidence rates have been in a gradual decline since the early 1990s. Such data argues for the efficacy of public health programs aimed at "safe sex" and "illicit drug hygiene." Table 33. Mortality, Incidence, and Prevalence of AIDS i, Utah and U.S., 1983-1999. Mortality8 lncidenceb Prevalence0 Year Utah U.S. Utah U.S. Utah U.S. 1983 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.5 1984 0.4 2.7 0.1 0.3 1985 1.2 5.1 0.4 2.0 1986 1.9 8.1 1.1 4.8 1987 2.2 5.6 3.0 12.0 2.1 8.3 1988 2.2 6.9 3.6 14.8 2.1 10.9 1989 2.8 9.0 5.3 17.6 4.3 15.5 1990 3.2 10.2 6.7 19.6 6.5 19.4 1991 3.9 11.8 8.3 23.7 9.1 27.3 1992 3.6 13.2 9.5 30.8 13.2 42.1 1993 4.4 14.5 6.8 30.5 12.8 44.2 1994 4.5 16.2 6.2 27.5 14.9 53.5 1995 5.3 16.4 6.7 26.0 18.3 66.2 1996 3.7 11.7 6.9 22.2 22.9 127.0 1997 1.3 6.1 5.9 17.5 27.5 91.6 1998 0.9 5.0 5.6 14.1 32.5 103.0 1999 1.7 5.4 4.6 9.3 36.9 112.5 aRate per 100,000. Age adjusted to standard 2000 population. bCrude rate per 100,000. Not age adjusted. cCrude rate per 100,000. Not age adjusted. These numbers do not represent the actual number of persons living with AIDS. Rather, these numbers are point estimates of the number of persons living with AIDS derived by subtracting the estimated cumulative number of deaths in persons with AIDS from the estimated cumulative number of persons with AIDS diagnosed. Estimated AIDS incidence and estimated deaths are adjusted for reporting delays, but not for incomplete reporting. o o o o o H en 120^ 100 80 60 40- 20 •Utah Mortality ¦Utah Incidence Utah Prevalence US Mortality US Incidence US Prevalence 1986 1989 Year 1992 1995 1998 Figure 21. AIDS Mortality, Incidence, and Prevalence, Utah and U.S., 1983-1999. Sources: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Wonder. Mortality Query Module. [Online] http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortsql.shtml/. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Wonder. Public AIDS Query Module. [Online] http://wonder.cdc.gov/aids00.shtml/. Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII 75 |
