THE MIGRATION OF PERSONS WITH AIDS - DATA FROM 12 STATES, 1985 TO 1992

This study measured the migration of persons with the acquired immunod eficiency virus (AIDS) between diagnosis and death using AIDS case aci d death reports from 12 states for 1985 to 1992. Of 49 805 persons wit h AIDS, 10.6% changed their place of residence, and half of these indi viduals who moved changed their state of residence. Migration had rela tively little impact on the numbers of persons with AIDS in the larges t metropolitan areas, which accounted for approximately 90% of AIDS di agnoses. Although only 3% of deaths occurred in residents of nonmetrop olitan areas, the net effect of migration was a 24% increase in the nu mber of persons with AIDS residing in such areas.