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HIV and AIDS
Importance and Measures
| Mortality |
| Number of AIDS deaths (2003)............................................................................................... |
18,01713 |
| Cause of death rank (2003).................................................................................................... |
>15th2 |
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| Prevalence |
| Number of Americans living with HIV (2003 est.)...................................................................... |
1,039,00014,185,00014 |
| Number of persons living with AIDS (2003 est.)........................................................................ |
405,92615 |
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| Incidence |
| New cases of HIV annually (2003 est.).................................................................................... |
approximately 40,00014 |
| New AIDS cases (2003 est.)................................................................................................... |
43,17115 |
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| Cost |
| Combined Federal and State Medicaid expenditures for AIDS (2003)............................................ |
$8.5 billion16 |
Measures
This section highlights one core report measure focusing on quality of preventive care for HIV-infected individuals:
In addition, a supplemental measure related to prevention of opportunistic infections among HIV patients with low CD4+ counts is also presented:
- Eligible AIDS patients receiving PCP and MAC prophylaxis
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