title: [Ten years of HIV-AIDS epidemic in more than 60 years in Federal District--Brazil].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The progressive increase in number of HIV/AIDS cases in old age brings the necessity of studies about the specificities of this phenomenon by region.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify the epidemiology in AIDS cases diagnosed in Distrito Federal - Brasil, in individuals aged > 60 years old.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a time serie study with secondary data from SINAN/AIDS for the period January 1999 to December 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this period, 4,258 new cases of AIDS were of whom 89 (2.0%) are elderly. Although a small percentage, the annual growth was continuous. The most frequent exposure category was heterosexual, the age group most affected was 60 and 69 years, with 71 (79.8%) cases; the proportion of cases man/woman has changed over the years, in 1999 was 1:1 and in 2006, 0,7:1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HIV/AIDS epidemic among the elderly can be seen stable on the Distrito Federal.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Brazil. liz@ucb.br
authors.forename: Maria Liz Cunha de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Leidijany Costa
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.forename: Gislane Ferreira de
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors