Causes of death among HIV-infected patients in Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province:1989-2010
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2011.09.011
- VernacularTitle:1989-2010年云南省德宏州艾滋病病毒感染者死因分析
- Author:
Song DUAN
1
;
Jing HAN
;
Yue-Cheng YANG
;
Li-Fen XIANG
;
Run-Hua YE
;
Yu-Rong GONG
;
Shi-Jiang YANG
;
Zhong-Ju YANG
;
Wen-Xiang HAN
;
Jian-Hua YANG
;
Dong-Dong CAO
;
Wei-Mei LI
;
Yang LI
;
Ren-Hai TANG
;
Zun-You WU
;
Na HE
Author Information
1. 云南省德宏州疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Acquared immune deficiency sundrom;
Case fatality;
Causes of death
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2011;32(9):896-901
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objectives To analyze the fatality and causes of death related to comprehensive prevention and care programs among HIV-infected patients in Dehong prefecture of Yunnan province,from 1989 to 2010. Methods Data on HIV/AIDS death cases in Dehong prefecture were extracted from the "Chinese National Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Information System" and were analyzed. Results From 1989 to the end of 2010,a total of 13 493 HIV/AIDS cases registered as local residents or currently living m Dehong, had been reported. Among them, 8569 were reported as HIV cases with 2036 deaths and the other 4924 were reported as AIDS cases with 2251 deaths. A few of the cases had survived for 15-20 years. By the end of 2010, the number of deaths was higher than the number of survivors among HIV/AIDS cases reported before 2004, whereas the number of survivors was higher than the number of deaths among HIV/AIDS cases reported in 2004 and there after. During the twenty years' period,the proportion of reported HIV/AIDS cases died in the same year showed a secular trend of being low-highest-low, rising up to > 10.0% in 200 1, peaking at 18.9%in 2003 and then continuously going down to 5.8% in 2010. The proportion of HIV/AIDS cases who survived at the beginning but died later in the year was going down since 2007. The proportion of HIV/ AIDS deaths died directly from AIDS was increasing whereas the proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths dying directly from overuse of drugs was decreasing in the recent years. Among HIV/AIDS deaths, the proportion of ever received CD4 + T-cell testing and the proportion of ever having received antiretroviral treatment were also increasing in the past years, reaching to 89.9% and 25.5% in 2010,respectively. Conclusion The case fatality of HIV/AIDS was decreasing in the past years in Dehong prefecture. More efforts were needed to scale up the CD4 + T-cell count testing and antiretroviral treatment in order to further reduce both morbidity and mortality among HIV/AIDS patients in Dehong prefecture. It is critical to improve surveillance program on HIV/AIDS deaths in the rural