Analysis on the trend of AIDS incidence in Zhejiang, China based on the age-period-cohort model (2004-2018).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To predict the trend of AIDS in specific age groups and to determine the objective population for AIDS screening, this study explored the three transmission routes and characterized each patient group using the APC model based on the whole, local, and immigrant populations in Zhejiang, China.

Methods

The data recruited in this paper was obtained from the national Comprehensive AIDS Prevention and Control Information System - Antiviral Therapy Management database and the Chinese Disease Prevention and Control Information System and the Statistical Yearbook of Zhejiang, China. An APC model was used to estimate the impact of age, period, and cohort on the incidence of AIDS, as well as to predict the AIDS incidence in specific age groups based on different sexes with d

SUBMITTER: Lu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8180133 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature