Update: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - U.S., 1989

Abstract:
[ARCHIVED] Although AIDS spread at its slowest rate in 1989, CDC figures reveal that AIDS is spreading faster among heterosexuals, newborn babies, women, and Southerners. The 9% increase in cases between 1988 and 1989 is easily the slowest since 1981. CDC reported 35,238 new cases in 1989. However, heterosexual contact cases, while only 4% of the overall number of those with AIDS, were up 27% over the year before. The number of perinatal AIDS cases (547 in 1989) represented a 17% increase from 1988. And while females made up just 3,931 of the 35,238 reported cases last year, that was an increase of 11% over 1988; the number of AIDS cases among males last year was up 9% from the preceding year. Among the national regions, the South, with 31%, accounted for the largest proportion of AIDS cases reported. New cases among hemophiliacs and those infected from transfusions dropped 5% and 14% respectively. The number of IV drug users with AIDS rose 5% from 1988. Since 1981,117,781 cases have been reported;70,000 dead

Publication: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Vol.39, No.5


Date Published: 2/9/1990

Pages: 6

Location Code: 14009