Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Guatemala (UNAIDS, 2000, 12 p.): Reported AIDS cases

Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Guatemala (UNAIDS, 2000, 12 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Country Information
		Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS
		HIV sentinel surveillance
		Maps of HIV sentinel sites
		Reported AIDS cases
		Curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
		Health service indicators
		Knowledge and behaviour
		Sources
		Annex: HIV Surveillance data by site

Reported AIDS cases

AIDS cases by year of reporting

1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Total	Unkn
0	0	0	0	0	2	5	15	16	18	33	92	96	94	178	110	141	835	649	397	730	3411

Date of last report: 14-Sep-2000

Following WHO and UNAIDS recommendations, AIDS case reporting is carried out in most countries. Data from individual AIDS cases is aggregated at the national level and sent to WHO. However, case reports come from surveillance systems of varying quality. Reporting rates vary substantially from country to country and low reporting rates are common in developing countries due to weaknesses in the health care and epidemiological systems. In addition, countries use different AIDS case definitions. A main disadvantage of AIDS case reporting is that it only provides information on transmission patterns and levels of infection approximately 5-10 years in the past, limiting its usefulness for monitoring recent HIV infections.

Despite these caveats, AIDS case reporting remains an important advocacy tool and is useful in estimating the burden of HIV-related morbidity as well as for short-term planning of health care services. AIDS case reports also provide information on the demographic and geographic characteristics of the affected population and on the relative importance of the various exposure risks. In some situations, AIDS reports can be used to estimate earlier HIV infection patterns using back-calculation. AIDS case reports and AIDS deaths have been dramatically reduced in industrialized countries with the introduction of HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy).

AIDS cases by mode of transmission

Hetero: Heterosexual contacts.
Homo/Bi: Homosexual contacts between men.
IDU: Injecting drug use. This transmission category also includes cases in which other high-risk behaviours were reported, in addition to injection of drugs.
Blood: Blood and blood products.
Perinatal: Vertical transmission during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.
NS: Not specified/unknown.

Sex	Trans. Group	<96	1996	1997	1998	1999	Unkn	Total	%
All	Total	800	835	649	397		730	3411	100
	Hetero	460	741	518	275		601	2595	76.1
	Homo/Bi	290	61	98	67		63	579	17.0
	IDU
	Blood	37	4	7	27		0	75	2.2
	Perinatal	13	29	26	28		66	162	4.8
	Other Known
	Unknown
Male	Total	614	657	468	250		493	2482	100
	Hetero	324	596	370	183		395	1868	75.3
	Homo/Bi	290	61	98	67		63	579	23.3
	IDU
	Blood						0	0	0.0
	Perinatal						35	35	1.4
	Other Known
	Unknown
Female	Total	136	145	148	92		237	758	100
	Hetero	136	145	148	92		206	727	95.9
	IDU
	Blood						0	0	0.0
	Perinatal						31	31	4.1
	Other Known
	Unknown
NS	Total	50	33	33	55		0	171	100
	Hetero
	IDU
	Blood	37	4	7	27		0	75	43.9
	Perinatal	13	29	26	28		0	96	56.1
	Other Known
	Unknown

Aids cases by age and sex

Sex	Age	<96	1996	1997	1998	1999	Unkn.	Total	%
	All	800	835	649	397		730	3411	100
All
	0-4	19	31	10	13		59	132	3.9
	5-9	0	0	2	2		7	11	0.3
	10-14	3	0	1	8		7	19	0.6
	15-19	40	9	32	21		33	135	4.0
	20-24	137	144	112	63		102	558	16.4
	25-29	191	193	155	66		141	746	21.9
	30-34	139	142	147	82		127	637	18.7
	35-39	129	149	72	61		69	480	141
	40-44	72	82	54	42		67	317	9.3
	45-49	32	30	33	15		38	148	4.3
	50-54	19	22	16	5		29	91	2.7
	55-59	4	17	8	9		26	64	1.9
	60+	15	16	7	10		25	73	2.1
	NS	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
Male	All	641	672	490	280		492	2575	100
	0-4	12	14	3	8		33	70	2.7
	5-9	0	0	0	1		4	5	0.2
	10-14	0	0	1	2		2	5	0.2
	15-19	31	0	16	9		20	76	3.0
	20-24	96	111	80	27		62	376	14.6
	25-29	151	152	123	54		98	578	22.5
	30-34	121	111	111	66		88	497	19.3
	35-39	99	133	60	50		49	391	15.2
	40-44	70	73	46	29		50	268	10.4
	45-49	29	23	23	13		27	115	4.5
	50-54	15	22	14	3		19	73	2.8
	55-59	3	17	8	9		20	57	2.2
	60+	14	16	5	9		20	64	2.5
	NS	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
Female	All	159	163	159	117		237	8355	100
	0-4	7	17	7	5		26	62	7.4
	5-9	0	0	2	1		3	6	0.7
	10-14	3	0	0	6		5	14	1.7
	15-19	9	9	16	12		13	59	7.1
	20-24	41	33	32	36		40	182	21.8
	25-29	40	41	32	12		42	167	20.0
	30-34	18	31	36	16		39	140	16.8
	35-39	30	16	12	11		20	89	10.7
	40-44	2	9	8	13		17	49	5.9
	45-49	3	7	10	2		11	33	4.0
	50-54	4	0	2	2		10	18	2.2
	55-59	1	0	0	0		6	7	0.8
	60+	1	0	2	1		5	9	1.1
	NS	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
NS	All	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	0-4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	5-9	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	10-14	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	15-19	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	20-24	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	25-29	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	30-34	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	35-39	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	40-44	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	45-49	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	50-54	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	55-59	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	60+	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0
	NS	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.0