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Chart 12<br />

Health Status of <strong>ADAP</strong> Clients Enrolled During 12-Month Period, FY 2001<br />

200–350<br />

17%<br />

>500<br />

21%<br />

351–500<br />

14%<br />

Unknown<br />

6%<br />

<strong>ADAP</strong> programs were asked to provide the disease status at the time of enrollment for the population of<br />

clients who enrolled in <strong>ADAP</strong> over a recent 12-month period. Twenty-five jurisdictions were able to<br />

provide these data, representing 29,219 <strong>ADAP</strong> clients (42% of the June 2001 utilizing population). The<br />

majority of states reported data collected between May 2000 and September 2001 except Kansas,<br />

Oklahoma, and Vermont (see Appendix VII). In addition, a number of states require annual re-enrollment for <strong>ADAP</strong><br />

clients. As a result, figures do not necessarily reflect new clients exclusively.<br />

More than four in ten (42%) <strong>ADAP</strong> clients have a CD4 count below 200, an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis, or symptomatic HIV<br />

infection—suggesting that a significant number of <strong>ADAP</strong> clients continue to enroll well into disease progression.<br />

One fifth (21%) of clients have a CD4 count above 500.<br />

For purposes of the 2001 Survey, health status was defined by the following categories:<br />

• <strong>AIDS</strong> (ever diagnosed)—clients that have an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis regardless of current CD4 count or being currently<br />

asymptomatic.<br />

• CD4 200)—clients who may currently be experiencing symptoms but have<br />

not met the criteria for an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis.<br />

• CD4 200–350 (not <strong>AIDS</strong> nor symptomatic HIV)—clients whose CD4 count is within this range and is not symptomatic<br />

nor has an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis.**<br />

• CD4 351–500 (not <strong>AIDS</strong> nor symptomatic HIV)—client whose CD4 count is within this range and is not symptomatic nor<br />

has an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis.**<br />

• CD4 >500 (not <strong>AIDS</strong> nor symptomatic HIV)—client whose CD4 count is above 500 and is not symptomatic nor has an<br />

<strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis.<br />

26<br />

<strong>AIDS</strong><br />

Diagnosed<br />

19%<br />

200)<br />

5%<br />

Note: see Appendix VII for list of states/territories that provided data on <strong>ADAP</strong> client health status.<br />

*Because CD4 counts can fluctuate rapidly on HAART, some physicians may not diagnose a client with <strong>AIDS</strong> although their CD4 count is below 200,<br />

meeting a CDC criteria for an <strong>AIDS</strong> diagnosis.<br />

**The current Department of Health and Human Services Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV Infected Adults and Adolescents<br />

recommend that treatment with antiretrovirals may be delayed, in some cases, until a person’s CD4 count is at or below 350. These guidelines, and<br />

consultation with <strong>ADAP</strong> Directors, determined the current ranges specified on the 2001 survey.

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