Jw. Buehler et al., THE MIGRATION OF PERSONS WITH AIDS - DATA FROM 12 STATES, 1985 TO 1992, American journal of public health, 85(11), 1995, pp. 1552-1555
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.