AIDS REPORT : 1988 AIDS CASES AND RATES
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There were 279 AIDS cases reported in Orange County in 1988. Here’s a detailed look at those cases, with the list rendered in order of rate per thousand residents:
Total Rate per Percent City/Area Cases 1,000 of Total Laguna Beach 28 1.07 10.0 Silverado 1 0.73 0.4 Capistrano Beach 2 0.30 0.7 Laguna Niguel 7 0.27 2.5 Newport Beach 15 0.22 5.4 Costa Mesa 17 0.19 6.1 Los Alamitos 2 0.17 0.7 Dana Point 2 0.15 0.7 Anaheim 35 0.14 12.6 Tustin 6 0.13 2.2 Huntington Beach 22 0.12 7.9 La Palma 2 0.12 0.7 San Juan Capistrano 3 0.12 1.1 Santa Ana 28 0.12 10.0 Westminster 9 0.12 3.2 Stanton 3 0.11 1.1 Garden Grove 13 0.10 4.7 Laguna Hills 4 0.10 1.4 Irvine 9 0.09 3.2 Buena Park 5 0.08 1.8 Fullerton 9 0.08 3.2 Orange 8 0.08 2.9 Cypress 3 0.07 1.1 Fountain Valley 4 0.07 1.4 Mission Viejo 5 0.07 1.8 Seal Beach 2 0.07 0.7 El Toro 2 0.05 0.7 San Clemente 2 0.05 0.7 La Habra 2 0.04 0.7 Yorba Linda 2 0.04 0.7 Placentia 1 0.02 0.4 Now out of County 24 -- 8.6 Now out of State 2 -- 0.7 TOTAL 279 0.12 100
Note: There were no reported AIDS cases during 1988 in the cities of Brea and Villa Park.
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency
1988 TRANSMISSION CATEGORIES GENDER Homosexual males: 190 Bisexual males: 39 IV drug users Female: 3 Male: 15 Heterosexual Female: 5 Male: 3 Hemophiliacs Female: 0 Male: 2 Transfusion recipients Female: 7 Male: 2 Pending / unknown Female: 1 Male: 10 PERCENT OF DEATHS Homosexual males 58% Bisexual males 18% IV drug users 8% Heterosexual 5% Hemophiliacs 1% Transfusion recipients 4% Pending / unknown 6%
PERCENT OF TOTAL Homosexual males 68% Bisexual males 14% IV drug users 7% Heterosexual 3% Hemophiliacs 1% Transfusion recipients 3% Pending / unknown 4%
1988 DEMOGRAPHICS GENDER BY AGE Less than 13 Female: 1 Male: 1 13-19 Female: 0 Male: 0 20-29 Female: 4 Male: 53 30-39 Female: 6 Male: 116 40-49 Female: 2 Male: 56 50-59 Female: 1 Male: 28 60-69 Female: 3 Male: 6 70-79 Female: 0 Male: 2 PERCENT OF DEATHS -13: 0% 13-19: 0% 20-29: 18% 30-39: 30% 40-49: 29% 50-59: 15% 60-69: 5% 70-79: 3% PERCENT OF AGE GROUP -13: 1% 13-19: 0% 20-29: 20% 30-39: 44% 40-49: 21% 50-59: 10% 60-69: 3% 70-79: 1% ETHNIC BREAKDOWN
Total Percent Total Category Male Female Cases Of Total Deaths White 219 10 229 82 64 Black 8 2 10 4 5 Hispanic 31 4 35 12 14 Other/unknown 4 1 5 2 0 TOTAL 262 17 279 100 83
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency
TOTAL TRANSMISSION CATEGORIES GENDER Homosexual males: 617 Bisexual males: 173 IV drug users Female: 5 Male: 33 Heterosexual Female: 12 Male: 17 Hemophiliacs Female: 0 Male: 11 Transfusion recipients Female: 13 Male: 9 Pending / unknown Female: 3 Male: 22 PERCENT OF DEATHS Homosexual males 66% Bisexual males 20% IV drug users 3% Heterosexual 3% Hemophiliacs 2% Transfusion recipients 3% Pending / unknown 3%
PERCENT OF TOTAL Homosexual males 67% Bisexual males 19% IV drug users 4% Heterosexual 3% Hemophiliacs 1% Transfusion recipients 3% Pending / unknown 3% TOTAL DEMOGRAPHICS GENDER BY AGE Less than 13 Female: 3 Male: 5 13-19 Female: 0 Male: 1 20-29 Female: 9 Male: 173 30-39 Female: 11 Male: 387 40-49 Female: 5 Male: 211 50-59 Female: 3 Male: 79 60-69 Female: 4 Male: 24 70-79 Female: 1 Male: 6 PERCENT OF DEATHS -13: 0% 13-19: * 20-29: 19% 30-39: 40% 40-49: 25% 50-59: 10% 60-69: 4% 70-79: 1% * less than 1% PERCENT OF AGE GROUP -13: 1% 13-19: 0% 20-29: 20% 30-39: 43% 40-49: 23% 50-59: 9% 60-69: 3% 70-79: 1% ETHNIC BREAKDOWN
Total Percent Total Category Male Female Cases Of Total Deaths White 219 10 229 82 64 Black 8 2 10 4 5 Hispanic 31 4 35 12 14 Other/unknown 4 1 5 2 0 TOTAL 262 17 279 100 83
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency
TOTAL CASE DISTRIBUTION ANAHEIM: 89 BREA: 5 BUENA PARK: 13 CAPISTRANO BEACH: 4 COSTA MESA: 59 CYPRESS: 11 DANA POINT: 11 EL TORO: 13 FOUNTAIN VALLEY: 11 FULLERTON: 24 GARDEN GROVE: 48 HUNTINGTON BEACH: 66 IRVINE: 17 LAGUNA BEACH: 123 LAGUNA HILLS: 15 LAGUNA NIGUEL: 20 LA HABRA: 11 LA PALMA: 4 LOS ALAMITOS: 4 MISSION VIEJO: 19 NEWPORT BEACH: 37 ORANGE: 26 PLACENTIA: 9 SAN CLEMENTE: 14 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: 7 SANTA ANA: 86 SEAL BEACH: 7 SILVERADO: 1 STANTON: 8 TUSTIN: 15 VILLA PARK: 2 WESTMINISTER: 21 YORBA LINDA: 7 DEATH TREND-COUNTYWIDE 1988: 83 CASES PER THOUSAND TREND-COUNTYWIDE 1988: 0.12 REPORTED CASES TREND-COUNTYWIDE 1988: 279
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