AIDS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Patient characteristics for Los Angeles County AIDS cases
ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS
Males Females Total Sept. Year Sept. Year Sept. Year EXPOSURE SOURCE Cases to Date Cases to Date Cases to Date Homosexual/Bisexual, male 132 1,581 0 0 132 1,581 Hetrosexual IVDU* 9 124 7 37 16 161 Homosexual/Bisexual IVDU* 12 159 0 0 12 159 Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 0 7 0 1 0 8 Heterosexual Contact 1 19 5 33 6 52 Transfusion 3 25 3 5 6 30 Undetermined 23 171 1 35 24 206 TOTAL 180 2,086 16 111 196 2,197
PEDIATRIC CASES
Males Females Total Sept. Year Sept. Year Sept. Year EXPOSURE SOURCE Cases to Date Cases to Date Cases to Date Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parent at Risk 0 5 0 5 0 10 Transfusion 0 3 0 0 0 3 Undetermined 0 2 0 1 0 2 TOTAL 0 10 0 5 0 15
CASES (SINCE 1981): 16,325
DEATHS (SINCE 1981): 11,841
* With a person with AIDS or at risk for AIDS
Source: L.A. County Dept. of Health Services
*IVDU is intravenous Drug User Negative number indicates reclassification
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