Sex-ratio patterns of AIDS patients in Thailand
Rerks-Ngarm, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 80(1): 34-46
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 9078815 Document Number: 255
The summary report of AIDS cases in Thailand as of July 31, 1996, was reviewed for information on the male-to-female sex ratio. The ratios were recalculated for different risk factors and different age groups both annually and cumulatively to find that the male-to-female ratios calculated for annual case reports are lower than the ratio calculated based upon the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the country. While AIDS was almost exclusively among men at the onset and during the early years of the epidemic, women are increasingly becoming infected with HIV at rates comparable to that among men. Among different age groups, the highest male-to-female ratio is among older individuals, while the ratio among people aged 15-49 years declined during the most recent year. Thailand is now facing the final waves of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, among females and increasingly among infants and very young children.
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