Mortality due to human immunodeficiency virus in Colombia | Medicina UPB

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Rodríguez Gázquez, M. de los Ángeles, Betancur Londoño, S., Muñoz Monsalve, A. M., Quijano Gómez, M. A., & Zuleta Zapata, J. F. (2006). Mortality due to human immunodeficiency virus in Colombia. Medicina UPB, 25(2), 147-158. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/2343

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María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Gázquez

Pontifical Bolivarian University

Sebastián Betancur Londoño

Pontifical Bolivarian University

Ana María Muñoz Monsalve

Pontifical Bolivarian University

María Adelaida Quijano Gómez

Pontifical Bolivarian University

Juan Fernando Zuleta Zapata

Pontifical Bolivarian University

Abstract

A Descriptive study of 15.040 deaths caused by HIV/AIDS was made in Colombia in period 1985 -2001. It was usedassource of the information the data base of monality of me DANE, mat has Jike primary source the death registry. An average rate for de period in study of mortality by VIH/SIDA due to HIV/AIDS was 2,37 by 100.000 inhabitants. The men contributed almost nine of each ten deaths by this cause. Mortality by HIV/ AIDS had an ascending tendency as of year 1988. By age group, people of25 to 44 years contributed with almost 70% of the deaths by this cause. Infections were the main basic causes ofdeath, specially by Mycobacterium and pneumonia by Pneumocystis jiroveci.

Keywords:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, Opportunistic Infections, Mortality-Colombia

Author Biographies

María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Gázquez, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Epidemiologist, PhD Candidate in Public Health at the University of Alicante, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

Sebastián Betancur Londoño, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

Ana María Muñoz Monsalve, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

María Adelaida Quijano Gómez, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

Juan Fernando Zuleta Zapata, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Student of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

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