Oke C A, Manning S K, Hathaway A A
Fort Worth-Tarrant County Health Department, TX 76107.
Tex Med. 1994 Jul;90(7):66-70.
From 1982 through 1992, the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Health Departments monitored the AIDS epidemic in 1080 cases. Vital records and surveillance data were used to describe the epidemiological characteristics of AIDS in Tarrant County by age, risk, racial/ethnic, sex, and geographic factors. The study found that the male-to-female ratio of cases was 12:1, that incidence among blacks was nearly twice that in whites and Hispanics, that the incidence rate was highest in the group aged 30 through 39 years, and that transmission patterns differed dramatically among zip codes, particularly affecting the poorest and the affluent in Fort Worth. Distribution of AIDS was influenced by demographic characteristics, risk-associated behaviors, and viral seroprevalence. The epidemiological information gleaned by active and passive surveillance enables the county health department to enhance its community-wide efforts to provide programs for prevention and education and to support AIDS-related services.
从1982年到1992年，沃思堡-塔兰特县卫生部门对1080例艾滋病疫情进行了监测。利用生命记录和监测数据，按年龄、风险因素、种族/族裔、性别和地理因素描述了塔兰特县艾滋病的流行病学特征。研究发现，病例的男女比例为12:1，黑人中的发病率几乎是白人和西班牙裔的两倍，发病率在30至39岁年龄组中最高，并且邮政编码区域之间的传播模式差异很大，尤其影响到沃思堡最贫困和最富裕的地区。艾滋病的分布受到人口统计学特征、与风险相关的行为以及病毒血清流行率的影响。通过主动和被动监测收集到的流行病学信息，使县卫生部门能够加强其在全社区开展的工作，以提供预防和教育项目，并支持与艾滋病相关的服务。
