title: Mortality attributable to HIV infection/AIDS--United States, 1981-1990.
abstract: From 1981 through 1990, 100,777 deaths among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported to CDC by local, state, and territorial health departments; almost one third (31,196) of these deaths were reported during 1990. During the 1980s, AIDS emerged as a leading cause of death among young adults in the United States. By 1988, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/AIDS had become the third leading cause of death among men 25-44 years of age and, by 1989, was estimated to be second, surpassing heart disease, cancer, suicide, and homicide (Figure 1). In 1988, HIV infection/AIDS ranked eighth among causes of death among women 25-44 years of age (Figure 2); in 1991, based on current trends, HIV infection/AIDS is likely to rank among the five leading causes of death in this population (1).
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology