       Document 0463
 DOCN  M9610463
 TI    [Evolution of the epidemiologic pattern of the cases of AIDS in Spain]
 DT    9601
 AU    Castilla Catalan J; Tello Anchuela O; Sanchez Diaz MF; Centro Nacional
       de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III,; Madrid.
 SO    Gac Sanit. 1995 May-Jun;9(48):159-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96056505
 AB    Based on cases reported to the National AIDS Register by end June 1994,
       we analysed changes in the epidemiological pattern of AIDS in Spain for
       the periods 1981-1989 and 1990-1992. Cases diagnosed in 1981-1989 were
       mainly males (83.1%), subjects under 30 years of age (55.9%), and
       intravenous drug users (63.8%) or homo/bisexual males (16.8%). In
       1990-1992 there was an increase in the proportion of females (18.5%),
       cases older than 29 (55.0%), and mean age diagnosis. Proportions of
       homo/bisexual, blood components recipients, and mother-to-child
       transmission decreased, while heterosexual transmission increased from
       4.3% to 8.0%. In spite of large inter-regional differences in 1981-1989,
       some regions, such as La Rioja, Navarre, Murcia, Galicia and Aragon,
       rose more than Spain as a whole. Although the epidemiological pattern in
       both periods is similar, significant and independent changes in analysed
       variables are to be observed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult
       Child  Comparative Study  English Abstract  Female  Human  Male
       Spain/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Time Factors  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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