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Kaye Donald, 1 October News, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 33, Issue 7, 1 October 2001, Pages i–ii, https://doi.org/10.1086/512298
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New AIDS Cases, Deaths Hold Steady: CDC Report
13 August (Reuters Health [Emma Hitt])—The number of new AIDS cases and deaths in the US continues to decline, but the rate of decline has slowed dramatically, according to figures released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Data released by the CDC at the 2001 National HIV Prevention Conference indicate that the number of new AIDS cases and deaths per quarter—about 10,000 and 4,000, respectively—has remained roughly the same since July 1998.
By the end of December 2000, 774,467 Americans were reported as being diagnosed with AIDS and 448,060 had died.
The CDC also reported that the number of infants who were infected with HIV by their mothers reached a record low in the US. That number declined 84% since the number of these cases peaked in 1992.
“The first two quarters of 2000 indicate continued declines, with 47 cases reported in the first two quarters in 2000, compared to 87 cases in the first two quarters of 1999,” the CDC researchers note.
