Document 0101
 DOCN  M9440101
 TI    Trends in survival among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
       in New York City. The experience of the first decade of the epidemic.
 DT    9404
 AU    Blum S; Singh TP; Gibbons J; Fordyce EJ; Lessner L; Chiasson MA;
       Weisfuse IB; Thomas PA; New York City Department of Health, New York.
 SO    Am J Epidemiol. 1994 Feb 15;139(4):351-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94152638
 AB    This study examined survival trends among the 23,324 cases of acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) meeting the Centers for Disease Control
       (CDC) definition that were diagnosed and reported to the New York City
       Department of Health from the beginning of the epidemic in 1980 through
       June 1989. The survival patterns of 20,760 individuals who survived for
       at least 1 calendar month beyond diagnosis were analyzed; all survival
       analyses were truncated at December 1, 1990, 17 months after the last
       diagnosis. Persons who died during the same month in which they were
       diagnosed (zero survivors) were excluded. Cases were examined by
       race/ethnicity, sex, age at diagnosis, calendar period of diagnosis,
       transmission category, CDC AIDS case definition (prior to and after the
       1987 change in the AIDS case definition), and nature of diagnosis.
       Results of two- and three-way categorical analysis and logistic
       regression analysis are reported. Overall median survival time was 13.7
       months (14.0 for males and 12.0 for females). Survival was better for
       whites than for blacks and Hispanics and was better for men who had sex
       with men than for injecting drug users. Each of the seven demographic
       and risk behavior factors was independently associated with survival.
       Trends in survival during three time periods indicated that survival is
       improving among all groups examined.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ETHNOLOGY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/  *MORTALITY
       Actuarial Analysis  Adolescence  Adult  Age Factors  Disease
       Outbreaks/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Female  Human  Logistic Models  Male
       Middle Age  Mortality/TRENDS  New York City/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Odds Ratio
       Risk Factors  Sex Factors  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Support, U.S. Gov't,
       P.H.S.  Survival Analysis  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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