A county-level analysis of persons living with HIV in the southern United States

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Care
• Personal Author:
  Gray, Simone C. ; Massaro, Tyler ; Chen, Isabel ; Edholm, Christina J. ; Grotheer, Rachel ; Zheng, Yiqiang ; Chang, Howard H.
• Description:
  This study uses county-level surveillance data to systematically analyze geographic variation and clustering of persons living with diagnosed HIV (PLWH) in the southern United States in 2011. Clusters corresponding to large metropolitan areas - including Miami, Atlanta, and Baltimore - had HIV prevalence rates higher (p < .001) than the regional rate. Regression analysis within the counties included in these clusters determined that race was a significant indicator for PLWH. These results provide a general picture of the distribution of PLWH in the southern United States at the county level and provide insights for identifying local geographic areas with a high number of PLWH, as well as subpopulations that may have an increased risk of infection.
• Subjects:
  HIV Infections Humans Prevalence Racial Groups United States
• Source:
  AIDS Care. 28(2):266-272
• Pubmed ID:
  26332197
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4724318
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR001108/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta, GA ; Baltimore, MD ; Miami, FL ; United States
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9634c78315aec8e408856a913024517a1e20955b8012e7c85818254aa7c6480e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37624/cdc_37624_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]