Age shift in patterns of injection drug use among the HIV/AIDS population in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Analysis of HIV exposure category for 20,034 persons in three age groups (13-29, 30-49, 50 and over) who were alive through 2003 and had been reported to the Florida Department of Health with HIV or AIDS in Miami-Dade County, Florida, found that having a history of injection drug use increases with increasing age (p < .001). Consideration of age-specific HIV risk profiles has implications for primary and secondary HIV prevention interventions, planning, and policy.
Lieb
Spencer
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Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, 32399-1715, USA. spencer_lieb@doh.state.fl.us
Rosenberg
Rhonda
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Arons
Paul
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Malow
Robert M
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Liberti
Thomas M
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Maddox
Lorene M
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Friedlander
Linda
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Lalota
Marlene
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Farrell
Nisha
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Grigg
Becky
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*