Document 0671
 DOCN  M94A0671
 TI    Changing age at diagnosis of HIV/AIDS among gay men in Victoria,
       1986-92.
 DT    9412
 AU    Crofts N; Stevenson E; Thompson S; Macfarlane Burnet Centre, Fairfield,
       Vic.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:47 (abstract no. SE4).
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94348984
 AB    AIM: To assess trends in age at diagnosis of HIV/AIDS among Victorian
       gay men METHODS: Geometric mean ages at diagnosis of HIV infection/AIDS
       were calculated RESULTS: Mean age at diagnosis of AIDS has been
       consistently about 4.5 years greater than at diagnosis of HIV infection.
       Both have been increasing steadily over time, 0.6 and 0.8 years p.a.
       since 1985 and 1986 respectively for AIDS and HIV infection. The mean
       ages of men known to have been infected within the 12 months preceding
       diagnosis of HIV infection have varied: about 4 years younger in 89 &
       91, but about the same in 90 & 92 as for others diagnosed with HIV
       infection. CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial support here for the
       hypothesis that the major epidemic of HIV took place among gay men in
       Victoria before 1986, and that discovery of HIV infection among gay men
       since then has largely been in those infected prior to 1986.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  Adult  Age Factors  Cross-Sectional Studies  *Disease
       Outbreaks  *Homosexuality  Human  HIV
       Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Incidence  Male
       Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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