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American College of Physicians, U.S.
More New Yorkers with AIDS died of non-HIV-related causes in 2004 than in 1999
October 13th, 2006
An analysis of 68,669 New York City residents with AIDS found that of those who died between 1999 and 2004, 26.3% died of non-HIV-related causes. This figure is a 32.8% increase from 19.8% in 1999. The analysis, "Causes of Death among Persons with AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: New York City," is published in a recent issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. More than three quarters of non-HIV-related deaths were due to three underlying causes: substance abuse (31%), cardiovascular disease (23.8%), or a non-HIV-related type of cancer (20.8%). "Reducing deaths from these causes requires a shift in the...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-10-13)
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