AIDS in adults 50 years of age and over: characteristics, trends and spatial distribution of the risk

Authors

  • Jordana de Almeida Nogueira Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Departamento de Enfermagem Clínica
  • Antônia Oliveira Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Publica e Psiquiatria
  • Laísa Ribeiro de Sá Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza; Departamento de Estatística
  • Sandra Aparecida de Almeida Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Aline Aparecida Monroe Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3327.2424

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the sociodemographic characteristics, epidemic trend and spatial distribution of the risk of AIDS in adults 50 years of age and over. METHOD: population-based, ecological study, that used secondary data from the Notifiable Disease Information System (Sinan/AIDS) of Paraíba state from the period January 2000 to December 2010. RESULTS: during the study period, 307 cases of AIDS were reported among people 50 years of age or over. There was a predominance of males (205/66, 8%), mixed race, and low education levels. The municipalities with populations above 100 thousand inhabitants reported 58.5% of the cases. There was a progressive increase in cases among women; an increasing trend in the incidence (positive linear correlation); and an advance in the geographical spread of the disease, with expansion to the coastal region and to the interior of the state, reaching municipalities with populations below 30 thousand inhabitants. In some locations the risk of disease was 100 times greater than the relative risk for the state. CONCLUSION: aging, with the feminization and interiorization of the epidemic in adults 50 years of age and over, confirms the need for the induction of affirmative policies targeted toward this age group.

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Published

2014-06-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2014)

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AIDS in adults 50 years of age and over: characteristics, trends and spatial distribution of the risk . (2014). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 22(3), 355-363. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3327.2424