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Document 0688
DOCN M94A0688
TI Epidemiological aspects of HIV infection in Australian women.
DT 9412
AU Thackway SV; Furner V; Kaldor J; National Centre in HIV Epidemiology &
Clinical Research,; Darlinghurst.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:38 (abstract no. TE1).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94348967
AB OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of women with HIV-I infection
in Australia. METHOD: The National Registry of Women with HIV Infection
was established by merging the National HIV, AIDS, and Zidovudine
Registries, using name codes and dates of birth. RESULTS: By March 1993
721 adult adolescent women had been reported as diagnosed with HIV
infection, representing 4% of reported diagnoses in Australia. NSW
reported 62% of female HIV diagnoses and Victoria 17%, similar to the
pattern of male diagnoses. Data were missing on 41% of exposure
categories and 19% of dates of birth for women compared to 31% and 14%
for men, respectively. Based on available exposure data, 62 women (9%)
reported medically acquired HIV infection (MAHI), 116 (16%) injecting
drug use, and 230 (32%) heterosexual contact only, whereas 280 men (2%)
reported MAHI, 365 (3%) injecting drug use and 370 (3%) heterosexual
contact only. Sexual partners' source of HIV infection was not available
in over 80% of all cases attributed to heterosexual contact, for both
women and men. Forty percent of women were first diagnosed between the
ages 20 and 29 and 21% between 30 to 39 compared to 33% and 32% of men,
respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Proportionally more women were diagnosed in
the 20-29 age group than men and a higher proportion of women reported
heterosexual transmission and injecting drug use than men. Collection of
missing information and resolution of duplicate reporting will allow the
Registry to provide an increasingly accurate profile of HIV infection
among women in Australia.
DE Adolescence Adult Australia/EPIDEMIOLOGY Cross-Sectional Studies
Female Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Incidence
Registries/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Risk Factors MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).