Characteristics and survival of adult AIDS cases in Puerto Rico, 1981-1998
Pérez-Perdomo, R.; Pérez-Cardona, C.M.; Suárez-Pérez E.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 91(1-6): 3-10
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 Document Number: 703014
Objective: To describe the characteristics, ADCs, and survival of adult AIDS cases in Puerto Rico from 1981 through 1998. Methods: We performed a population-based study with confirmed AIDS cases aged 20 or more reported to the Puerto Rico AIDS Surveillance System. Results: A cumulative total of 22,060 adult AIDS cases have been reported, of which, 78% were males. More than half of the cases zvere IDUs. The median survival time after diagnosis was 17.8 months for males and 26.4 months for females. Median survival was significantly shorter for IDUs (17.5 months) and for persons aged 60 or more. Patients diagnosed before 1993 had a significantly lower median survival (11.7 months) as compared with those diagnosed after 1992 (32.2 months). Patients diagnosed with toxoplasmosis and PCP had the shortest median survival time (5.7 months). Females had significantly longer survival in all age groups, in both time periods and in those who reported IDU and heterosexual contact. Conclusions: These findings could be used as a baseline for Puerto Rican clinicians for evaluating the influence of characteristics and therapies on AIDS survival.
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