COUNTYWIDE : CLIPBOARD : AIDS Cases, Deaths
AIDS has been a fact of life in Orange County since 1981, when the first resident case was diagnosed in November. Since then, 1,508 adults cases have been diagnosed (through June 30) and 938 of those people have died--a death rate of 62%.
A profile of the means by which county AIDS patients acquired the disease continues to show the overwhelming majority to be male homosexuals or bisexuals or intravenous drug users. And a look at how patients contracted the disease mirrors almost exactly deaths from AIDS. Here’s a breakdown for both from the first cases through the end of June.
PATIENTS
Male homosexual: 68% Male bisexual: 18% Intravenous drug user: 5% High-risk heterosexual contact: 3% Blood transfusion: 2% Pending/other: 4%
DEATHS Male homosexual: 67% Male bisexual: 20% Intravenous drug user: 4% High-risk heterosexual contact: 3% Blood transfusion: 3% Pending/other: 3%
Note: There have been eight cases of pediatric AIDS in Orange County, six of whom have died.
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency
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