Mortality before and after HIV infection in the complete UK population of haemophiliacs

DURING 1977-91, 6,278 males diagnosed with haemophilia were living in the UK. During 1979-86, 1,227 were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) as a result of transfusion therapy (median estimated seroconversion date, October 1982). Among 2,448 with severe haemophilia, the annual dea...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1995-09, Vol.377 (6544), p.79-82
Main Authors: Darby, Sarah C, Ewart, David W, Giangrande, Paul L. F, Dolin, Paul J, Spooner, Rosemary J. D, Rizza, Charles R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Hemophilia
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humanities and Social Sciences
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
letter
Medical sciences
Men
Mortality
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Statistics
Transfusion
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Summary:DURING 1977-91, 6,278 males diagnosed with haemophilia were living in the UK. During 1979-86, 1,227 were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) as a result of transfusion therapy (median estimated seroconversion date, October 1982). Among 2,448 with severe haemophilia, the annual death rate was stable at 8 per 1,000 during 1977-84; during 1985-92 death rates remained at 8 per 1,000 among HIV-seronegative patients but rose steeply in seropositive patients, reaching 81 per 1,000 in 1991-92. Among 3,830 with mild or moderate haemophilia, the pattern was similar, with an initial death rate of 4 per 1,000 in 1977-84, rising to 85 per 1,000 in 1991-92 in seropositive patients. During 1985-92, there were 403 deaths in HIV seropositive patients, whereas 60 would have been predicted from rates in seronegatives, suggesting that 85% of the deaths in seropositive patients were due to HIV infection. Most of the excess deaths were certified as due to AIDS or to conditions recognized as being associated with AIDS.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/377079a0