Trends in HIV / AIDS mortality in the city of Pereira, Colombia (2002-2014): ecological study

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate trends in HIV mortality and its associated factors in the period 2002-2014 for the municipality of Pereira. Materials and methods: Ecological study, using as a source of information the databases of death certificates codified by the National Administrative Department of Statistics. The variables selected to estimate the trends were: age, sex, area of residence and cause of death. An exploratory analysis was carried out applying descriptive statistics for the calculation of percentages, measures of central tendency and variability. Joinpoint regression was applied to identify trends in adjusted rates. Results: The average mortality of patients with HIV infection in the period 2002-2014 was 11.9 per 100,000 people. Mortality remained stable without presenting statistically significant variations in the evaluated period (VPAP: 2.6, 95% CI: -2.7 -8.1, p = 0.6), with an increase of 14.3% per year from 2002 to the year 2005 and another tendency to decrease by -1.1% per year in the period 2005-2014. Mortality was greater in males, elderly patients, those with non-infectious diseases and residing in urban areas. Conclusion: There was a high mortality of patients with HIV infection and a trend without significant variations in the period of the years 2002-2014 in the city of Pereira, Colombia.

Keywords

• acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• aids serodiagnosis
• cause of death
• colombia
• mortality