| 1989 Annual Report of Vital Statistics | Department of Health, City of New Haven | |
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AIDS-Related Deaths
There was a total of 53 resident deaths in which AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was the primary cause of death. However, there were a total of 63 resident deaths in which AIDS was listed as either the primary cause of death, or as one of the underlying causes of death. This total represents an increase over the previous year total of 44 AIDS related deaths. The crude death rate of AIDS related deaths (primary cause) was 40.6/100,000 in 1989. AIDS related deaths accounted for 3.9% of all the resident deaths in New Haven. This total is a sharp increase over the previous year of 1.7%, which was the fourth year in which AIDS deaths were reported.
There was a total of 48 nonwhite AIDS related deaths (primary cause) which accounted for 76% of all resident AIDS related deaths. For white residents there were 15 AIDS related deaths which accounted for 24% of all AIDS related deaths, a decrease from the previous year.
The percentage breakdown of the sex of resident AIDS related deaths (primary cause) are as follows: male AIDS related deaths totaled 44 and accounted for 69% of all AIDS related deaths, female AIDS related deaths totaled 19 and accounted for 31% of all AIDS related deaths, showing a decrease in female AIDS related deaths over the previous year of 35%.
A total of 29 (46%) AIDS related deaths occurred to residents between the ages of 30-39. This age group had the highest rate of AIDS related deaths over any other age group. There was also only one AIDS death reported for a male child between the 1 thru 4 age group.
| SEX | TOTAL | White | All Other | 1 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 19 | 20 to 24 | 25 to 29 | 30 to 34 | 35 to 39 | 40 to 44 | 45 to 49 | 50 to 54 | 55 to 59 | 60 to 64 |
| M | 44 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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