Health Department Biweekly Reports Folder 0066, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

-3 - December 11, 2000 Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani

processes aimed at making the initiative that supports strategic public health planning community-based, and more collaborative. public health system more effective, more with the National Association of County The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in collaboration grant, which supplements, a planning and City Health Officials provided the $100,000 grant received in 1998. has worked to increase community The New York City Public Health Partnership three years, the Partnership has involvement in public health activities. Over the past organized community forums to gather established five borough planning committees; city; and developed a community public opinions and perspectives on the health of the Public Health Agenda — which outlines a health system improvement plan — the NYC The New York City Public Health framework for creating a healthy New York City. foster ongoing communication and Partnership will use its achievement award to health care providers, faith-based collaboration among public health agencies, elected officials, academic institutions, organizations, community-based organizations, businesses, and other constituents.

Release of AIDS Data on World AIDS Day thirteenth anniversary of World AIDS Day, the On Friday, December 1, the AIDS cases and HIV deaths in New York Department released the most recent data on number of HIV deaths has plateaued in New York City. The 1999 data suggest that the combination therapies and increased public City. Broad access to new antiviral lowered infection rates, extended the life awareness about the AIDS epidemic have and AIDS patients. . Thus, the number of expectancy, and reduced the mortality of HIV continues to decline, and the number of people New Yorkers newly-diagnosed with AIDS living longer with AIDS continues to rise. AIDS Cases, and People Number of HIV Deaths, Newly Diagnosed 1995 -1999 Living with AIDS in New York City, 1996 1997 1998 1999 Calendar Year 1995 4,998 2,625 1,978 2,020 Number of HIV Deaths 7,046 9,040 6,996 4,978 3,886 11,308 Number of Newly Diagnosed AIDS Cases 40,036 42,964 45,635 35,736 Estimated Number of New 32,060

New York slight increase of 2.1% in HIV deaths in Between 1998 and 1999, there was a of this may be attributed to changes in 1999 to the International Classification City, but Organization. While the total number of HIV Diseases established by the World Health cases New York City rose slightly in 1999, the total number of diagnosed AIDS deaths in 1993. In decline since peaking. at 12,502 cases in in New York City has continued to cases in New York City, compared to 4,978 1999 there were 3,886 diagnosed AIDS approximately 22%. This decline should be cases diagnosed in 1998, a decline of

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