Ten years of HIV-AIDS epidemic in more than 60 years in Federal District--Brazil
Oliveira, M.Liz.Cunha.de.; Paz, L.Costa.; Melo, G.Ferreira.de.
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia 16(1): 30-39
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1980-5497 PMID: 23681320 Document Number: 579516
The progressive increase in number of HIV/AIDS cases in old age brings the necessity of studies about the specificities of this phenomenon by region. To identify the epidemiology in AIDS cases diagnosed in Distrito Federal - Brasil, in individuals aged > 60 years old. We conducted a time serie study with secondary data from SINAN/AIDS for the period January 1999 to December 2009. In this period, 4,258 new cases of AIDS were of whom 89 (2.0%) are elderly. Although a small percentage, the annual growth was continuous. The most frequent exposure category was heterosexual, the age group most affected was 60 and 69 years, with 71 (79.8%) cases; the proportion of cases man/woman has changed over the years, in 1999 was 1:1 and in 2006, 0,7:1. The HIV/AIDS epidemic among the elderly can be seen stable on the Distrito Federal.