[Survival curves of AIDS patients in Santos, Brazil]. / Curvas de sobrevivência de pacientes de AIDS em Santos, Brasil.

ABSTRACT

PIP The probabilities of survival of patients carrying the AIDS virus are presented in the city of Santos, Brazil, where it is estimated that 1056 cases were reported in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Records of epidemiological investigations delivered by outpatient services or obtained by means of active search realized routinely in city hospitals were analyzed. Information on deaths were derived from the offices of the civil registry of Santos, Sao Vincente, and Guaruja, and from the notifications received. Losses (deaths registered in offices of other regions) were estimated at less than 2%, the proportion of incidence in the general population according to data of the Foundation SEADE. The patients were grouped by sex and stage of progression of the disease according to classification of cases (IV B, IV C, IV D, and IV E conform to the classification of the Centers for Disease control) [CDC, suspected cases (class IV A of CDC), and asymptomatic seropositive cases (classes I, II, and II of CDC).^ieng