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AIDS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Researcher: Tracy Thomas

Patient characteristics for Los Angeles County AIDS cases

ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS

Males Females T Feb. Year Feb. Year Feb. EXPOSURE SOURCE Cases to Date Cases to Date Cases Male-male sexual contact 346 1,371 0 0 346 Injection drug user (IDU) 43 149 12 41 55 Male-male sex. contact (IDU) 37 140 0 0 37 Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 1 2 0 1 1 Heterosexual Contact 5 23 6 41 11 Transfusion recipient 3 14 3 9 6 Undetermined 23 266 8 36 31 TOTAL 458 1,965 29 128 487

otal Year EXPOSURE SOURCE to Date Male-male sexual contact 1,371 Injection drug user (IDU) 190 Male-male sex. contact (IDU) 140 Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 3 Heterosexual Contact 64 Transfusion recipient 23 Undetermined 302 TOTAL 2,093

PEDIATRIC CASES

Males Females T Feb. Year Feb. Year Feb. EXPOSURE SOURCE Cases to Date Cases to Date Cases Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 0 0 0 0 0 Mother with/at risk for HIV 2 3 0 1 2 Transfusion recipient 0 1 0 0 0 Undetermined 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 2 4 0 1 2

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otal Year EXPOSURE SOURCE to Date Hemophilia/Coag Disorder 0 Mother with/at risk for HIV 4 Transfusion recipient 1 Undetermined 0 TOTAL 5

CASES (SINCE 1981): 19,218

DEATHS (SINCE 1981): 12,918

* With a person with AIDS or at risk for AIDS

Source: L.A. County Dept. of Health Services

*IVDU is intravenous Drug User Negative number indicates reclassification

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