OBJECTIVE: To describe temporal trends in AIDS incidence and mortality in an Italian region. DESIGN: Descriptive study based on incidence and mortality registries. SETTING: Tuscany. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: AIDS incidence and mortality annual truncated rates, age-standardized; joinpoint analysis highlighted significant changes in the temporal trends. RESULTS: AIDS incidence rose until 1995 and then decreased by 30% every year; AIDS mortality rose in men until 1995 and in women until 1996, then decreased by 35.9% and 49.7% every year respectively. Differences in AIDS mortality have been found between the residents of the coastline municipalities and those of other municipalities. CONCLUSION: Differences in the temporal trends may mirror differences in risk group composition and in health-care access.
OBJECTIVE: To describe temporal trends in AIDS incidence and mortality in an Italian region. DESIGN: Descriptive study based on incidence and mortality registries. SETTING: Tuscany. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: AIDS incidence and mortality annual truncated rates, age-standardized; joinpoint analysis highlighted significant changes in the temporal trends. RESULTS:AIDS incidence rose until 1995 and then decreased by 30% every year; AIDS mortality rose in men until 1995 and in women until 1996, then decreased by 35.9% and 49.7% every year respectively. Differences in AIDS mortality have been found between the residents of the coastline municipalities and those of other municipalities. CONCLUSION: Differences in the temporal trends may mirror differences in risk group composition and in health-care access.
Authors: Clara Bermudez-Tamayo; Jose Jesus Martin Martin; Isabel Ruiz-Pérez; Antonio Olry de Labry Lima Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2008-10-21 Impact factor: 3.295