HIV/AIDS epidemic among older adults in China during 2005-2012: results from trend and spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent studies have indicated an increasing burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS among older adults.

Methods

All identified people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) recorded through the Chinese HIV/AIDS CRS during 2005-2012 were included in the study, except for the cases that lacked specific spatial information. Trend tests and spatial analyses were conducted.

Results

Information about 73,521 PLWHA (aged ≥50 years) was collected during 2005-2012. Three provinces-Guangxi, Henan, and Yunnan-accounted for 54.4% of the identified cases during the study period. Compared with 2005, the ratio between residents and migrants among the study population decreased to 40.1% in 2012. The ratio of HIV-infected patients to AIDS patients and the ratio of males to f

SUBMITTER: Xing J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990827 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature