Update: Impact of the Expanded AIDS Surveillance Case Definition for Adolescents and Adults on Case Reporting--United States, 1993

Abstract:
During 1993, local, state, and territorial health departments reported 103,500 AIDS cases among persons at least 13 years of age in the U.S., an increase of 111% over the number reported in 1992. This increase resulted from the expansion of the AIDS surveillance case definition in 1993 to include all HIV-infected persons with severe immunosuppression, pulmonary TB, recurrent pneumonia, or invasive cervical cancer. In comparison, the number of cases based on the preexisting case definition decreased slightly. This report summarizes characteristics of persons reported with AIDS in 1993, compares these data with findings from 1992, and describes the impact of the change in the AIDS surveillance definition on AIDS case reporting. The dramatic increase in the number of cases reported probably represents a one-time effect of the expanded reporting criteria that primarily results from reporting of persons who had newly added conditions diagnosed before 1993.

Publication: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)


Date Published: 3/11/1994

Pages: 6

Location Code: 14125