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TABLE LXXVa: CUMMULATIVE AIDS CASES IN<br />

KILIMANJARO REGION<br />

Year<br />

Cases<br />

1985 8<br />

1987 207<br />

1989 570<br />

1991 1,523<br />

1993 2,279<br />

Source: Health Statistics Abstract 1994.<br />

Fig. 26: Cummulative AIDS Cases in <strong>Kilimanjaro</strong> Region, 1985-1993<br />

2500<br />

AIDS Cases<br />

2000<br />

1500<br />

1000<br />

500<br />

0<br />

1985 1987 1989 1991 1993<br />

Years<br />

The rate of aids per 100,000 population in the region was<br />

estimated at 147.5 and 185.1 in the years 1992 and 1993<br />

respectively. With these rates the region was ranked in 6th and<br />

5th positions in 1992 and 1993 respectively. Thus <strong>Kilimanjaro</strong> is<br />

one of the severely affected region by HIV/AIDS in the country.<br />

As observed in Table LXXV (b) the rate of infection was 3.8 by<br />

the year 1997.<br />

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