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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam: time trend and related socio-economic status in some populations and periods from 2005 to 2014

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Pages 843-849 | Received 26 Nov 2018, Accepted 13 Aug 2019, Published online: 06 Sep 2019
 

ABSTRACT

The study examined mortality due to HIV/AIDS and its time trend and ecological variables of socio-economic status during 2005–2014. Mortality data were obtained from the database of population-based mortality registration. Five variables including name, age, sex, date of death, and cause of death were collected from 10,184 of 10,769 local state health centers. Mortality rates ratio and 95% confidence interval (MRR, 95%CI) were calculated to observe the risk of death from HIV/AIDS-related to socio-economic status and time trends. The age-adjusted HIV/AIDS mortality rate increased from 5.49 per 100,000 during 2005 to 6.03 during 2006 and 6.20 during 2007. An elevated risk of death was seen in high mountain districts in Nghe An province, adjusted MRR = 5.38, 95%, CI: 4.76–6.08 relative to the urban areas of Vinh and Cua Lo cities. The highest age-adjusted mortality rate (147.1 per 100,000) was observed in a commune located in Thai Nguyen province. There was a statically significant decrease in HIV/AIDS mortality in Nghe An province from 2005–2006 to 2013–2014 (p < 0.05). The findings suggest that people living with HIV/AIDS in disadvantaged regions have a higher risk of death but there was a significant decrease in HIV/AIDS mortality in Nghe An province by 2013–2014.

Acknowledgements

We deeply appreciate the officers of the Nghe An provincial health departments; Dien Chau district Health Center and Health Workers of 39 commune Health Stations for their valuable field data collection.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The study was partly supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Regional Pooled Fund of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Communicable Diseases Control Project (GMS CDC Project) Grant number PFG001; an AusAID Research and Development grant ADRA application number HSS100.

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