Trends in Mortality and Prevalence of Reported HIV/AIDS Cases - China, 2002-2021

Zhihui Dou; Yanan Luo; Yan Zhao; Xiaoying Zheng; Mengjie Han

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2023.177

Trends in Mortality and Prevalence of Reported HIV/AIDS Cases - China, 2002-2021

China CDC Wkly. 2023 Oct 20;5(42):943-947. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2023.177.

Authors

Zhihui Dou¹, Yanan Luo², Yan Zhao¹, Xiaoying Zheng³, Mengjie Han¹

Affiliations

¹ National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
² Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³ School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Abstract

What is already known about this topic?: Annually, only the incidence and mortality for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients are officially disclosed.

What is added by this report?: For the first time, information detailing the reported rate, mortality rate, and prevalence rate trends of HIV, AIDS, and HIV/AIDS in China's entire population over the past two decades has been provided.

What are the implications for public health practice?: Our research overcomes the longstanding limitation of HIV/AIDS analysis as the sole denominator. Rather, it incorporates a comprehensive examination of the overall population, utilizing indicators and analytic methods from chronic disease analyses.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; mortality rate; prevalence rate.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2023.

Grants and funding

National Key Contact Areas for Disability Prevention Expert Technical Service Project (NO.2023P113QG012); National Key Research and Development Program (SQ2022YFC3600291)