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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003

February 2003

Table 28. Estimated Number of Deaths of Persons with AIDS1 by Sex and Exposure Category,1993–2001

 
Exposure Category
 
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Injecting drug use (IDU)
MSM and IDU
Hemo- philia/co- agulation disorder
Hetero- sexual contact
Receipt of blood trans- fusion
Risk not reported or identified
Total
Percent drug- related
Male adult/adolescent
1993
24,032
9,403
3,208
359
1,636
311
164
39,113
32.2%
1994
25,669
10,584
3,571
349
2,064
303
140
42,680
33.2%
1995
25,241
11,008
3,504
333
2,457
258
99
42,900
33.8%
1996
16,877
8,685
2,601
248
2,161
216
64
30,852
36.6%
1997
8,703
5,441
1,470
137
1,511
108
41
17,411
39.7%
1998
7,083
4,704
1,274
120
1,277
79
24
14,561
40.1%
1999
6,524
4,486
1,268
107
1,334
69
33
13,821
40.6%
2000
5,831
4,014
1,190
1,313
207
12,555
41.4%
2001
5,513
3,670
1,075
1,307
171
11,736
40.4%
Female adult/adolescent
1993
N/A
3,184
N/A
17
2,678
234
77
6,190
51.4%
1994
N/A
3,749
N/A
27
3,525
220
56
7,577
49.5%
1995
N/A
3,867
N/A
32
4,048
228
55
8,230
47.0%
1996
N/A
3,314
N/A
30
3,472
165
31
7,102
46.7%
1997
N/A
2,170
N/A
20
2,317
91
18
4,616
47.0%
1998
N/A
1,958
N/A
14
2,080
70
16
4,138
47.3%
1999
N/A
2,068
N/A
17
2,125
73
20
4,303
48.1%
2000
N/A
1,882
N/A
2,063
100
4,045
46.5%
2001
N/A
1,660
N/A
2,048
93
3,801
43.7%

� Data not available.
N/A Not applicable.
1Excludes pediatric (<13 years old)aids cases.these numbers do not represent actual deaths of persons with aids.rather,they are point estimates adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths and for redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified risk,but not for incomplete


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