| 1. Title: HIV infection in rural households, Rakai district, Uganda. Author: Konde-Lule JK; Wawer MJ; Nalugoda F; Gray RH; Menon R Source: In: The socio-demographic impact of AIDS in Africa. Based on the conference organized by the Committee on AIDS of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3-6 February 1997. Papers. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1997. :6 p. Abstract: The authors summarize HIV-related prevalence and mortality data from the Rakai District of southwestern Uganda, and provide information upon selected effects of the HIV epidemic upon households. Findings are based upon annual samplings of 1945 households between 1990 and 1992. Typical of rural African communities, 49.5% of the population was under age 15 years. Women aged 15-49 years comprised 21.3% of the cohort, consistent with 1991 National Census data for Rakai. In 1990, the first year of the expanded cohort study, 34.6% of people aged 13 and over in trading centers were infected with HIV, 21.0% in the trading villages, and 11.0% in the rural, agrarian villages. 47.0% of households in trading centers and 20.3% in villages had at least one resident HIV-infected adult. HIV prevalence was higher among heads of households than in the general adult population, with 43% of trading center household heads infected, 27% in trading villages, and 13% in rural villages. It is concluded that for the district overall, an estimated 27% of all deaths would be averted in the absence of HIV infection. However, the increase in annual mortality which has occurred as a result of the HIV epidemic has not reversed population growth. There are an estimated 29,000 orphans in the district. 7.5% of the district's population is therefore comprised of children who have lost one or both parents. Most of these orphans appear to have been absorbed into existing families. Language: English Keywords: UGANDA | RESEARCH REPORT | RURAL POPULATION | HIV INFECTIONS | AIDS | HOUSEHOLDS | HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD | EPIDEMICS | EXCESS MORTALITY | ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN | PREVALENCE | Developing Countries | Africa, Eastern | Africa, Sub Saharan | Africa | Population Characteristics | Demographic Factors | Population | Viral Diseases | Diseases | Family and Household | Mortality | Population Dynamics | Youth | Age Factors | Measurement | Research Methodology Document Number: 127800 |
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