title: Mortality survey on HIV/AIDS-related deaths in HIV epidemic regions caused by contaminated plasma donation in central China.
abstract: The objective of our study was to understand the trend of AIDS deaths and the impact of AIDS-related deaths on the local mortality rate in seven villages in Shangcai County, Henan Province. A retrospective study survey among all deaths was conducted through household visits from 1 January 1995 to 31 October 2007 in seven administrative villages in Shangcai County of Henan Province. The cause of death and characteristics of the deceased were analyzed. There were a total of 2546 deaths, of which 521 (20.5%) were HIV/AIDS-related, 525 (20.6%) were suspected AIDS deaths, and 1500 (58.9%) were unrelated HIV/AIDS deaths. The proportion of deaths among people aged 20-49 years was less than 20% from 1995 to 1997, but increased to 27.4% in 1998, and reached 49.2% in 2001, followed by a decrease in succeeding years, dropping to 29.5% in 2007. HIV/AIDS-related and suspected deaths among those aged 20-49 years accounted for 63.9% and 70.9% of all deaths, respectively. The overall mortality rate was 7 per thousand from 1995 to 1999, and 14.9 per thousand in 2002. Our study shows that confirmed HIV/AIDS-related deaths and suspected AIDS deaths were the main cause of deaths at the local level after 1998, especially among those aged 20-49.
authors.affiliation: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Dongmin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhaolin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Luping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wensheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shuiwang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Changkuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012423:Rural Health; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D055815:Young Adult