       Document 0289
 DOCN  M9620289
 TI    First 500,000 AIDS cases--United States, 1995.
 DT    9602
 SO    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Nov 24;44(46):849-53. Unique Identifier
       : AIDSLINE MED/96074476
 AB    As of October 31, 1995, a total of 501,310 persons with acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been reported to CDC by state and
       territorial health departments; 311,381 (62%) had been reported as
       having died. The AIDS surveillance case definition was substantially
       expanded in late 1987 and again in 1993 to reflect increased knowledge
       of the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to
       remain consistent with the clinical management of HIV disease (1,2).
       This report presents rates of reported AIDS cases for 1994 and describes
       the temporal changes in the characteristics of persons reported with
       AIDS during three periods corresponding to changes in the AIDS case
       definition--1981-1987, 1988-1992, and 1993-October 1995--and how this
       information can be used to plan local, state, and national prevention
       programs.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  Age Distribution  Aged  Child  Child, Preschool
       Female  Human  Infant  Male  Middle Age  Sex Distribution  United
       States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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