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HIV-1 Infection - New Stage 3 Infections (i.e., AIDS) in Individuals age 13 and above, New Mexico

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New HIV-1 Stage-3 Infections: Incidences of new HIV Stage-3 diagnoses by Year, New Mexico, 2017 to 2021

Why Is This Important?

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes a progressive illness that, if left untreated, can lead to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), now classified as a HIV stage-3 infection. Among the first signs of the disease progression is the steady decline of one of the major players of the immune system, CD4 T-cells. Without them the body is unable to implement an immune response to infections that are usually harmless. An HIV infected individual with a CD4 count below 200 can have so-called opportunistic infections and subsequently die from them (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html). The global epidemic of HIV infection was first recognized in 1981 and since then advances in diagnosis, prevention and treatment have made significant impacts in reducing the burden of HIV worldwide, including in the United States. Nonetheless, tens of thousands of new infections continue to be reported each year in the US and its territories (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-34/index.html).

Definition

New diagnoses of HIV-1 Stage-3 infection (i.e., AIDS) in Individuals age 13 and above, New Mexico total; number and rate (cases per 100,000 population), by year

Data Sources

  • New Mexico Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program.
    (http://gps.unm.edu/)
  • New Mexico Electronic HIV & AIDS Reporting System (eHARS) database. HIV Surveillance & Epidemiology Program, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau, Epidemiology & Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:1st numerator: Incidences of HIV-1 stage 3 new diagnoses. 2nd numerator: Number of new stage 3 HIV diagnoses within 12 Months of HIV Diagnosis, New Mexico total. For Stage 3 (AIDS) Within 12 Months of HIV Diagnosis, the numerator is the number of HIV cases that were diagnosed as stage 3 within 12 months of their HIV diagnosis.
Denominator:1st denominator: Number of Individuals aged 13 and above living in New Mexico in the year of analysis. 2nd denominator: Number of Individuals age 13 and above that were diagnosed with HIV (excl. Stage-3) and followed over a 12-month period.

More Resources

__References__ # Gottlieb, M.S., ''Pneumocystis pneumonia--Los Angeles.'' 1981. Am J Public Health, 2006. '''96'''(6): p. 980-1; discussion 982-3. # Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ''HIV Surveillance Report, 2013'', 2014, enters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Atlanta, GA USA. p. 1-82. # Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ''HIV Surveillance Report, 2014'', 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Atlanta, GA USA. p. 1-123. # Hutchinson, A.B., et al., ''The economic burden of HIV in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: evidence of continuing racial and ethnic differences''. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2006. '''43'''(4): p. 451-7. # New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), ''Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Stage 3 Infection (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS]) Among Adults and Adolescents in New Mexico - 2013'', Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Surveillance and Epidemiology Program, Editor 2015, New Mexico Department of Health: Santa Fe, New Mexico USA. p. 1-32.

Indicator Data Last Updated On 06/01/2023, Published on 06/27/2023
HIV Surveillance & Epidemiology Program, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health, 1190 S. Saint Francis Drive, Suite N1320, P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Contact Mika.Gehre@doh.nm.gov