title: [Estimate of the number of HIV-infected intravenous drug users in Amsterdam].
abstract: By combining data collected through a cohort study among injecting drug users (IDUs), which started December 1985, with data on the number of notified cases of AIDS, the cumulative number of HIV-infected IDUs residing in Amsterdam was estimated. The estimated cumulative incidence of HIV-infection among IDUs in Amsterdam on 1 July 1991 was about 1050. By 1 July 1991 90 of these cases had been diagnosed with AIDS, while an estimated 150-200 cases died before AIDS had been diagnosed. The prevalence of IDUs residing in Amsterdam who were still alive and free of AIDS on 1 July 1991 was estimated to be about 750-800. Because of untimely deaths, only a limited number of these HIV-infected IDUs can be expected to be diagnosed with AIDS in the future. The prevalence on 1 July 1991 of HIV-infected IDUs being alive and free of (diagnosed) AIDS and living elsewhere in the Netherlands is estimated at about 500.
authors.affiliation: GG en GD, sector Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: van Haastrecht
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bindels
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van den Hoek
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Schatting van het aantal met HIV geïnfecteerde injecterende druggebruikers in Amsterdam.