Analysis on AIDS-associated social economic burden in countryside with high-incidence of AIDS

  Objective   To investigate social disease burden and social economic burden in countryside with high-incidence of AIDS, and provide basic information for the prevention of AIDS in countryside.

  Methods   Scene investigation and death registration was used to estimate AIDS direct social economical burden, disability adjusted life years(DALYs), and to calculate AIDS indirect social economical burden, then analyze AIDS social economical burden.

  Results   DALYs reached 43 602.69 year.An average of DALYs was 20.72 year, total DAL Ys was 518 745.92 year; AIDS indirect social economical burden in investigated provinces was 412.917 5 million yuan/year, total indirect social economical burden was 5962.488 5 million yuan/year.AIDS social economical burden was 712.369 2 million yuan/year in the province, total AIDS social economical burden was 6411.666 1 million yuan.

  Conclusion   Both social disease burden and social economic burden are high in each AIDS patient, which could not affect macroeconomy, but affect economical development in countryside with high-incidence of A IDS.AIDS disease burden is closely associated with indirect social economical burden.