Temporal analysis of the incidence of HIV/AIDS in older people from 2007 to 2020

Abstract

Objective To analyze the temporal trend of the incidence rate of new HIV/AIDS cases in the old-aged, from 2007 to 2020, in the state of Bahia, in the Northeast Region and in Brazil. Methods Ecological time series study, using secondary data from 2007 to 2020 in an elderly population. Calculations of the HIV/AIDS incidence rate and frequency distribution of sociodemographic characteristics and exposure categories were performed. Simple linear regression models were estimated for trend analysis and calculated by the annual percentage change (APC). Results In Brazil, during the study period, there was stability in the trend of the HIV/AIDS incidence rate for the general population and for both sexes. In the Northeast there was an increase for the general (APC=6.4%), for males (APC=6.9%) and females (APC=6.5%). In Bahia, there was an increase for the general (APC=7.4%) and male sex (APC=7.4%), and stability for females. Higher proportions of new cases in the elderly were observed in males, whites (Brazil), blacks (Northeast and Bahia), low education and heterosexual exposure category. Conclusion Attention should be paid to the increase in cases in individuals in the third age seeking to demystify taboos about the sexuality of the elderly in order to promote the adoption of health promotion measures, aiming at reducing the transmission of the virus.

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“…Não somente os adolescentes, mas também a população com 55 anos ou mais, não desfruta da prevenção oferecida pelo SUS. Esse dado alerta que mesmo com o aumento nos casos de HIV/aids observado em idosos desde os anos 1990, parece haver dificuldade de diálogo dos serviços de saúde com essa população, seja por conta dos recursos desfavoráveis e da condição financeira, ou pelo baixo discernimento do grupo acerca do risco em contrair a infecção, além do sexo desprotegido 11 .…”