MEDICAL UPDATE: Effect of CDC Redefinition

MEDICAL UPDATE: Effect of CDC Redefinition

Being Alive Newsletter, Being Alive/Los Angeles - August 1993
Mark Katz, MD and reported by Jim Stoecker

When the CDC changed its definition of AIDS to include anyone whose CD4 fell below 200, experts predicted that more women than men would be affected. When looking at the AIDS statistics in Los Angeles County for the first five months of this year, we see this prediction borne out.

Among men, about 12% of the new AIDS diagnoses for January through May 1993 were attributable to the CDC redefinition. In contrast, among women, about 22% of the new cases were because of the redefinition. In Los Angeles County, about 4% of all AIDS cases reported since the start of the epidemic are female; nationally, AIDS among women is about 12% of all reported diagnoses.
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