The Aids epidemic in New York State

Bibliographic Data

ID11032473
AuthorsPerry F Smith, Jaromir Mikl (0000-0002-5658-9809), Sandra Teresa Hyde (0000-0002-4434-7781), S Hyde, Dale L Morse
Year1991
Volume81
IssueSuppl
Pages54-60
Publication date1991-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.81.suppl.54
PMID2014886
OpenAlexW1976330295
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited5

New York State has reported more AIDS cases (26,576) through November 1989 than any other state, accounting for 23 percent of all reported cases in the nation at the time. New York City has reported 22,231 (84 percent) of the statewide cases. The epidemiology of AIDS in New York State has been easily influenced by the large number of cases among IVDUs. Whereas intravenous drug use accounts for 16 percent of adult/adolescent cases in the rest of the nation, it accounts for 39 percent of the cases in New York State. Intravenous drug use is the leading exposure category among racial minorities, with a disproportionately high rate of cases among Blacks and Hispanics. The epidemic among women and children has also been severe, resulting from intravenous drug use by women, heterosexual transmission from drug users to women, and perinatal transmission to their children

Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Intravenous drug · Public health · Sociology · Transmission (telecommunications) · Viral disease · Demography · Epidemiology · HIV Research and Treatment · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology · Pediatrics

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