Deprivation and AIDS in a southern European city: different patterns across transmission group.
OBJECTIVE
To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men--MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users--IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95.


METHODS
This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases residents in Barcelona. The association among AIDS rate and deprivation was studied using Spearman correlation coefficients and Poisson regression.


RESULTS
For MSM, inner city neighbourhood residence meant a greater risk of AIDS; but lower educational level was inversely related with AIDS rates. For heterosexuals, variables related with AIDS rates were younger age, inner city areas and social unrest for women, and extreme poverty for men. Among UDIs variables related with AIDS were unemployment and social unrest for both sexes.


CONCLUSIONS
The association between AIDS rates and deprivation differs across transmission groups in a southern European city.
Brugal
M Teresa
MT
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain.
Borrell
Carme
C
Díaz-Quijano
Estela
E
Pasarín
M Isabel
MI
García-Olalla
Patricia
P
Villalbí
Joan R
JR
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011203:Poverty; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health; D014505:Urban Population