Subject: CA AIDS deaths in deep decline; new #'s from Sacramento
From: M Petrelis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 22:18:07 EST

[dear friends,
the following table is excerpted from the october issue of the california
hiv/aids update report, vol. 10, no. 4, which is published quarterly by the
california department of health services, office of aids. though dated october
1997, it only arrived at my mail box today. it was mailed late in december.
the numbers in the report are the most current. you can reach the state office
of aids in sacramento at 1-916-445-0553. please call that number for a free
copy of the latest california aids surveillance report and read a hard copy
about the declining aids deaths. --mp]

Table 6, AIDS case and death rates by half year of diagnosis through September
30, 1997 in California.

Half year                         # of cases                            # of
deaths
of diagnosis

Before 1983                         302                                  288

1983   Jan-Jun                     297                                   287
          Jul-Dec                     411
394

1984   Jan-Jun                      590                                  570  
          Jul-Dec                       817
785

1985   Jan-Jun                     1,159                                1,119 
          Jul-Dec                      1,421
1,365

1986   Jan-Jun                      1,831                               1,770 
          Jul-Dec                       2,230
2,129

1987   Jan-Jun                       2,751                               2,626
          Jul-Dec                       2,882
2,710

1988   Jan-Jun                       3,252                               3,041
          Jul-Dec                       3,357
3,069

1989   Jan-Jun                       3,948                               3,538
          Jul-Dec                        3,877
3,436

1990   Jan-Jun                        4,477
3,841           
          Jul-Dec                         4,420
3,745

1991   Jan-Jun                         5,259
4,272           
          Jul-Dec                         6,092
4,736

1992   Jan-Jun                         6,482
4,610           
          Jul-Dec                          6,383
4,195   

1993   Jan-Jun                          6,408
3,708         
          Jul-Dec                          5,614
2,752
 
1994   Jan-Jun                          5,494
2,243           
          Jul-Dec                          4,748
1,539

1995   Jan-Jun                          4,941
1,187           
          Jul-Dec                           4,149
777
 
1996   Jan-Jun                           3,875
522           
          Jul-Dec                           2,858
306
 
1997   Jan-Jun                           2,286
174           
          Jul-September                    445
10

[the figures for =>all<= of 1997 should be available by the end of
february.--mp]