Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Thursday  July 12, 1990     

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
THURSDAY  JULY 12, 1990     

Suggested Citation: 
Centers for Disease Control. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, July, 1990 

Report Description
The U.S. AIDS case data presented below are extracted from the "HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report", published each month by the Division of HIV/AIDS, 
Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333
In addition to the data presented here, the printed report contains maps, 
figures, and technical notes. Single copies of the printed report are 
available free from:

                 National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
                 P.O. Box 6003
                 Rockville, MD 20850

Table 9.   AIDS cases by year of diagnosis and definition category, 
  diagnosed through June 1990, United States

                                                Year of diagnosis 

                                      Before          July 1986-      July 198
                                      July 1986       June 1987       June 198
DEFINITION CATEGORY*                  No.   (%)       No.   (%)       No.   (%

Pre-1987 definition                28,204  (95)    19,683  (87)    22,051  (74
1987 definition:**                  1,590   (5)     2,848  (13)     7,654  (26
  Specific disease
   presumptively diagnosed               847           1,541           4,173
  Specific disease
   definitively diagnosed                276             366             589
  HIV encephalopathy                     130             340           1,017
  HIV wasting syndrome                   337             601           1,875


TOTAL                              29,794 (100)    22,531 (100)    29,705 (100


 * Persons who meet the criteria for more than one definition category are
   classified in the definition category listed first.
** Persons who meet only the 1987 AIDS case definition and whose date of
   diagnosis is before September 1987 were diagnosed retrospectively. 





Table 9.   AIDS cases by year of diagnosis and definition category, 
  diagnosed through June 1990, United States (Continued)


                                                Year of diagnosis 

                                      July 1988-      July 1989-     Cumulativ
                                      June 1989       June 1990         total 
DEFINITION CATEGORY*                  No.   (%)       No.   (%)      No.   (%)

Pre-1987 definition                22,968  (70)    16,676  (67)  109,582  (78)
1987 definition:**                  9,931  (30)     8,160  (33)   30,183  (22)
  Specific disease
   presumptively diagnosed             5,613           4,717         16,891 
  Specific disease
   definitively diagnosed                651             542          2,424 
  HIV encephalopathy                   1,154             909          3,550 
  HIV wasting syndrome                 2,513           1,992          7,318 


TOTAL                              32,899 (100)    24,836 (100)  139,765 (100)


 * Persons who meet the criteria for more than one definition category are
   classified in the definition category listed first.
** Persons who meet only the 1987 AIDS case definition and whose date of
   diagnosis is before September 1987 were diagnosed retrospectively. 



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