Epidemiology

Illlinois officials worried about AIDS despite drop in cases

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 17th, 2002

The number of reported AIDS cases in Illinois dropped last year for the first time in three years and to the lowest level in more than a decade, the state's Health Department has announced.

In 2001 there were 1212 reported AIDS cases - a drop of 34% from the 1,824 cases reported in 2000. And the number is the lowest since 1990 when there were 1200 reported cases of AIDS.

But while encouraged, Health Department officials are also worried the numbers reflect a growing complacency among many people about the deadly disease.

One reason stems from the fact that the dramatic rise in reported cases in 1999 and 2000 came only after...

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