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Children left motherless by AIDS in U.S. drops from 1978 to 1998.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of children left motherless by AIDS in the United States has dropped from 1978 to 1998.
According to recent research from the United States, "When a mother dies of AIDS, basic needs of her children may be left unmet. To estimate the number and characteristics of maternal AIDS orphans in the United States, demographic techniques were applied to data from several sources. From the national HIV/AIDS surveillance system, reporting delays were adjusted for the number of deaths among women aged 15-44 diagnosed with AIDS through 1998 and reported as deceased by December 1999. No fertility was assumed in the year preceding death. To the adjusted number of deaths the annual age- and race-specific cumulative fertility and infant mortality rates from national vital statistics were applied."
"A perinatal infection rate of 25% was assumed among children born through 1994, and 10% among children born after 1994," stated Lisa M. Lee and Patricia L. Fleming at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Through 1998, 51,473 women died leaving 97,376 children motherless. Of the estimated 76,661-87,0018 uninfected children, 83% were younger than 21 years when orphaned. After increasing each year, the annual number of ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Children left motherless by AIDS in U.S. drops from 1978 to 1998.