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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
909
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
The 179 people in New Zealand with AIDS diagnosed up to the end of 1989 and notified by 30 June 1990 are reviewed. Retrospective data collection provided the first available information on date of diagnosis, ethnic affiliation, district of usual residence, and survival. Of the 179 people with AIDS, 173 were male. AIDS occurred most commonly between the ages of 30 and 50, but there were two children under 10. The standardised cumulative incidence rates (per 100,000) in the European, Maori, and Pacific Island populations were 5.3, 4.5, and 5.5, respectively. The majority affected (154) were men who had had sexual contact with men. Three of five intravenous drug users also reported such contact. Smaller numbers were presumed to have been infected through heterosexual contact (7), treatment of haemophilia (3), blood transfusions (2), or perinatally (1). In seven cases the mode of transmission was unknown. The proportion of people who had been living overseas when first diagnosed was initially high but declined, so that 134 were known to have been diagnosed in New Zealand. Of these, 107 lived in Auckland or Wellington. Survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method showed that the median time from diagnosis to death was 58 weeks.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0028-8446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Child, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Europe, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-New Zealand, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Pacific Islands, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Sexual Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:2011304-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Occurrence of AIDS in New Zealand: the first seven years. MRC AIDS Epidemiology Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't