title: [Analysis of HIV/AIDS mortality in Mexico from 1990 to 2013: An assessment of the feasibility of millennium development goals by 2015].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to assess the feasibility of achieving the goal of Mexican AIDS mortality in the Millennium Development Goals, nationally and by state.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the period 1990-2013, we estimated annual rates of decline/increase in AIDS mortality according to five-year interval, using published data from the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía and Consejo Nacional de Población. Subsequently, we analyzed the feasibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals target by 2015 by estimating the year in which the country and each state could achieve them.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We estimated that only 13/32 states (40%) would achieve the goal established for AIDS mortality by Millennium Development Goals. Mexico, as a country, and the remaining 19 states (60%) did not will attain it. It is important to emphasize that seven states, rather than decrease, had an upward trend in mortality in the last five years analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The free and universal access to antiretroviral treatment against HIV/AIDS has failed to reduce mortality as expected in Mexico. It is urgent to improve access to HIV testing by using more aggressive strategies. Also, it is necessary to apply interventions to link and retain persons in care until they are virologically suppressed.
authors.affiliation: Spectrum: Educación, Salud y Sociedad, A.C., Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bravo-García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents