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Article: Update: mortality attributable to HIV infection among persons aged 25-44 years - United States, 1991 and 1992. (includes related article on 1993 World AIDS Day)
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 19, 1993
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During the 1980s, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection emerged as a leading cause of death in the United States[1]. In 1992, HIV infection became the number one cause of death among men aged 25-44 years. This report updates national trends in deaths cause by HIV infection for 1991 and 1992.
Data are from the National Vital Statistics System and were obtained from death certificates filed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Cause of death was reported by attending physicians, medical examiners, and coroners; demographic characteristics were recorded by funeral directors. Data for 1992 are provisional estimates based on a 10% sample of death ...