OBJECTIVE: To assess patterns of HIV-related mortality by period, gender and age group in Canada from 1987 to 2008. METHODS: We applied standard demographic techniques to assess changes in HIV/AIDS mortality over five time periods: 1987-1991, 1992-1996, 1997-2001, 2002-2006, and 2007-2008. HIV/AIDS-related mortality was based on deaths in which HIV infection or AIDS was reported as the underlying cause of death. Population figures were obtained from annual estimates. Age-, sex- and province-specific crude and standardized HIV/AIDS mortality rates and ratios were used to examine changes in mortality. RESULTS: In the period from 1987 to 2008, there were 17,287 HIV/AIDS-related deaths; of these, 15,587 (90.2%) occurred among men and 1,700 (9.8%) among women. Standardized and age-specific death rates were generally higher in men than women. Among men, rates of mortality were highest in Quebec and British Columbia; and among women, rates increased over time in British Columbia and the Prairies and decreased in Quebec. In general, rates of death were highest in 1992-1996 and lowest in the latest period. CONCLUSION: We observed a sharp decline in mortality rates with the introduction of HAART; however, the rates were higher among men in Quebec and British Columbia and among women in British Columbia, Quebec and the Prairies.
OBJECTIVE: To assess patterns of HIV-related mortality by period, gender and age group in Canada from 1987 to 2008. METHODS: We applied standard demographic techniques to assess changes in HIV/AIDS mortality over five time periods: 1987-1991, 1992-1996, 1997-2001, 2002-2006, and 2007-2008. HIV/AIDS-related mortality was based on deaths in which HIV infection or AIDS was reported as the underlying cause of death. Population figures were obtained from annual estimates. Age-, sex- and province-specific crude and standardized HIV/AIDS mortality rates and ratios were used to examine changes in mortality. RESULTS: In the period from 1987 to 2008, there were 17,287 HIV/AIDS-related deaths; of these, 15,587 (90.2%) occurred among men and 1,700 (9.8%) among women. Standardized and age-specific death rates were generally higher in men than women. Among men, rates of mortality were highest in Quebec and British Columbia; and among women, rates increased over time in British Columbia and the Prairies and decreased in Quebec. In general, rates of death were highest in 1992-1996 and lowest in the latest period. CONCLUSION: We observed a sharp decline in mortality rates with the introduction of HAART; however, the rates were higher among men in Quebec and British Columbia and among women in British Columbia, Quebec and the Prairies.
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