HIV and Tuberculosis Trends in the United States and Select Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

Ousman Mahmud, Centdrika Dates, Luma Akil and Hafiz A. Ahmad
Additional contact information
Ousman Mahmud: Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 J R Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
Centdrika Dates: Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 J R Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
Luma Akil: Biostatistical Support Unit, Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
Hafiz A. Ahmad: Biostatistical Support Unit, Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

IJERPH, 2011, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are two catastrophic diseases affecting millions of people worldwide every year; and are considered to be pandemic by the World Health Organization. This study aims to compare the recent trends in TB and HIV in the United States and Sub-Saharan African Countries. Data (incidence, prevalence and death rates of HIV and TB) for the United States, Cameroon, Nigeria, and South Africa were collected from The Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), US Census Bureau and World Health Organization (WHO) databases and analyzed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS v 9.1). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed to compare the variables of interest between the countries and across time. Results showed that percent rates of TB cases, TB deaths, HIV cases and HIV deaths were significantly different ( P P P

Keywords: tuberculosis; HIV; United States; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/8/6/2524/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/8/6/2524/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:8:y:2011:i:6:p:2524-2532:d:12906

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().