Epidemiological scenario of HIV-AIDS cases in adolescence and youth in the state of Bahia

Abstract

Objective: Analyze seropositive cases and spatial design for HIV/AIDS records among adolescents and young adults in the State of Bahia, 2014 to 2019. Methods: Descriptive, sectional study, involving youth of both sexes, 15 to 29 years old. Secondary data collected from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN); variables grouped into sociodemographic; transmission route; exposure category; evolution of the case, aiming to estimate the infection prevalence rates, in the trienniums. For systematization and analysis, the following were used: SPSS statistical software 17; Microsoft Office Excel program 2013, for graphical representation; Tabwin. Results: Mean age 23.8 years; higher proportion of cases between 20-29 years old; male majority, low education. Main transmission was through sex; expressive male proportion for homosexual exposure; female predominance for heterosexual; low proportions (<7%) of coinfections. Geospatial analysis showed low prevalence of records in the first triennium, with an increase in notifications, in the second triennium (25 to 76%), in the capital (Salvador) and four municipalities in the South and Extreme South, headquarters of Regional Health Centers. Conclusion: Epidemiological profile predominantly male with greater homosexual exposure, higher proportion between 20 and 29 years old, low education, geographically signaled a proportional increase in reported cases in the second triennium.