Abstract
Objective: To determine the incidence and to report the coefficients of young adults with HIV/AIDS aged 20 to 24 years, in the period from 2007 to 2017. Methods: Notification data were obtained from the database of the System of Information about Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) via the Health Portal of SUS (DataSUS). The data were tabulated using Excel graphs, with representation of the following variables: patterns of incidence for each year and comparatively from year to year according to sex, age range, schooling, and color/race. Results: A total of 1124 cases (n=1124) of HIV/AIDS were recorded during the period from 2007 to 2017 in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto – SP, 603 of them (n=603) belonging to the category of exposure of men who have sex with men (MSM). Regarding the gender variable, most of the study population consisted of men 70.37% (n=1102), with 634 cases of white race/color. Regarding schooling, the results showed that 27.5% (n=14) in 2007 and 56.2% (n=90) in 2017 had completed middle school. Final Considerations: We conclude that there was an increase in the incidence of HIV / AIDS cases in adults, in the analyzed period.