Important note: Information in this article was accurate in November 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
HIV Infection and AIDS Georgia, 1991 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 1992 / 41(46);876-878
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public health surveillance efforts for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States have documented an increasing proportion of cases among persons who reside outside the largest metropolitan areas (1,2). These findings, coupled with results of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence studies, have led to the development of HIV-related prevention and treatment services in smaller cities and rural areas. This report presents results of HIV-infection and AIDS surveillance in Georgia (1990 population: 6.5 million) for 1991 and compares these findings for urban and rural areas. In an anonymous, population-based HIV serosurvey among women delivering infants in Georgia during 1991, the prevalence of HIV infection was 1.6 per 1000 women in Atlanta; 1.8, in health districts including smaller cities; and 0.9, in rural areas. Based on extrapolation from these rates, during 1991 there were an estimated 70 births to HIV-positive women in Atlanta, compared with 94 in other areas of the state. In a special study conducted in three hospitals in rural Georgia in 1991, residual blood specimens collected from patients aged 15-54 years for routine diagnostic purposes were tested anonymously for HIV (3). Overall, seven (0.5%) of 1319 patients were HIV positive. | |
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