General Information

The Online HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base is an international compilation of HIV prevalence and incidence data resources from various sources for countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania. The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base is designed to provide users with information on HIV/AIDS and is helpful as both a reference tool and a resource for policy, research and evaluation.

The data in the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base are maintained by the Health Studies Branch, International Programs Center, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. The database is also available in a CD-Rom, which is updated and released every year. View Contact Information to order a CD-Rom.

Custom Reports

THe HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base contains information for each country on a wide range of population subgroups. Data may be selected by checking one or more values in each option. Each of the data selection options, except COUNTRIES, has a standard default value. If no selection is made, the default value is used. Click on the checkbox to select or deselect the value. In some cases you can select more than one value. Once the criteria have been selected you can click on the "View Data" button to display the selection on the screen. To make another selection click on the "Start Over" button.

• Countries: To select a country you can either use the scroll bar to view the complete list of countries and then click on the desired country; or you can type the first letter of the country to scroll down to the appropriate area on the list. You can only select one country at a time.
• Sub-Population: You can select one or more subgroups. The default is "All."

  Two Known Mixed Groups:	Includes those who fall into two different subpopulations but are reported as one. An example is pregnant women and sexually transmitted infected clinic patients who are reported as one group.
  Other Non-Representative:	Includes those such as high risk individuals and clients of prostitutes, who do not fall into any of the other subpopulations.
  Other Patients:	Includes all other patients except for pediatric patients, STI patients, TB patients, and Transfused patients.
  Children:	Includes all children except for those who are patients with tuberculosis or transfusion recipients.
  Homosexuals:	Includes people with known homosexual contacts such as "Men Who Have Sex With Men."
  Intravenous Drug Users/Needle Sharers:	Includes drug addicts.
  Military/Armed Forces:	Includes police forces.
  Prostitutes:	Includes other highly sexually active women such as bar workers.
  Transfusion Recipients:	Includes recipients of blood and hemophiliacs.

• Data Quality: You can select one or more options. The default is "All."

  Data of High Scientific Standards:	Includes data with full description of methodology, sample selection, etc. (e.g., peer-reviewed journals).
  Some Data Missing or Unknown:	Apparently good data, with some information incomplete or unknown (e.g., World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, poster sessions, abstracts, draft manuscripts, and sentinel surveillance reports).
  Data of Unknown Quality:	Data often with missing details of methodology, sample selection, etc. (e.g., newspaper articles, non-peer reviewed reports or articles).

• Data Type: You can select only one option. The "AIDS Cases Reported" includes mostly AIDS cases reported by the WHO.
• Geographic Area: You can select one or more geographic options. The default is "All." "Urban" selection includes "Capital City." "Administrative Areas" include political boundaries such as States, Regions, Provinces, Districts, Territories, Parishes, Departments, and Prefectures.
• Age: Age is not always available for some populations and for some countries.
• Reference Date: This option allows you to select all or specific years. The default is "All". If you want to select a single year, click on "Specific Range" and scroll down to the same desired year in both boxes; otherwise select the earlier year in the first box and the later year in the second box. The range includes years 1960 to 2010.

Maps

This option allows viewing and printing of available maps. Maps may be displayed in black/white or color. Only one map may be selected at a time. To select a map use the scroll bar to move to the desired map.

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General Terms

• Risk Area Codes

  UL	Urban low risk
  UH	Urban high risk
  OL	Outside city low risk
  OH	Outside city high risk
  High Risk	Prostitutes and clients, sexually transmitted infection patients, injection drug users, or other persons with known risk factors
  Low Risk	Pregnant women, blood donors, or other persons with no known risk factors

• Data Type

  HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - non-specified probably HIV-1
  HIV-1	HIV-1 (or HTLV III) - so specified
  HIV-2	HIV-2 (or HTLV IV) - so specified
  HIV-1 & 2	Co-infection of HIV-1 and HIV-2
  HIV-1, 2	Overall combined of HIV-1 and HIV-2
  AIDS	Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

• Test Type: These are based on an article from AIDS Volume 7, Number 1, January 1993 by Neil T. Constantine.

  ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or EIA
  ELISA*2 or 3	Repeated testing by ELISA (2 or 3 times)
  IFA	Indirect immunofluorescent assay or IF
  PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
  RAPID	Rapid and simple assay
  RAPID*2 or 3	More than one rapid assay
  RIA	Radioimmuno assay
  RIPA	Radioimmunoprecipitation assay
  UNK	Unknown
  WB	Western blot assay or IB

• Specimen Type: Refers to what is being collected and how it is being collected from the donor.

  Whole blood Blood spots Blood (unspecified) Oral/Saliva Urine