[Ten years of HIV-AIDS epidemic in more than 60 years in Federal District--Brazil]. / Dez anos de epidemia do HIV-AIDS em maiores de 60 anos no Distrito Federal--Brasil.
Rev Bras Epidemiol
; 16(1): 30-9, 2013 Mar.
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INTRODUCTION: The progressive increase in number of HIV/AIDS cases in old age brings the necessity of studies about the specificities of this phenomenon by region. OBJECTIVE: To identify the epidemiology in AIDS cases diagnosed in Distrito Federal - Brasil, in individuals aged > 60 years old. METHODS: We conducted a time serie study with secondary data from SINAN/AIDS for the period January 1999 to December 2009. RESULTS: In this period, 4,258 new cases of AIDS were of whom 89 (2.0%) are elderly. Although a small percentage, the annual growth was continuous. The most frequent exposure category was heterosexual, the age group most affected was 60 and 69 years, with 71 (79.8%) cases; the proportion of cases man/woman has changed over the years, in 1999 was 1:1 and in 2006, 0,7:1. CONCLUSION: The HIV/AIDS epidemic among the elderly can be seen stable on the Distrito Federal.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Bras Epidemiol
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil