Riding the rollercoaster

Study Paper No. 5
Riding the Roller Coaster: Experiencing Transitions from HIV to AIDS

Table 1

Age	Male	Female	Gay	Urban	Rural	HIV diagnosis	First AIDS illness	Ethnicity	Involvement in HIV/AIDS &/or gay organisations
26						1987	1993	Aust., Euro parent	extensive
28						1990*	1990	Australian	periodic
37						1989	1993	Australian	minimal
40						1992	1992	Australian	periodic
56						1993*	1993	Australian	none
51						1984	1991	Australian	none
32						1993*	1993	British	periodic
40						1988*	1988	Australian	extensive
32						1983	1991	Aust.,Abor. grand-parent	extensive
52						1988	1994	Aust., Euro parent	periodic
41						1984	1989	Australian	extensive
36						1991	1994	Australian	minimal
32						Unknown	1994	Australian	none
32						1987	1994	NZ	minimal
32						1986	1993	Australian	extensive
46						1991	1991	Aust., Euro parent	none
43						1994*	1994	Anglo-Aust.	none
49						1989	1994	Australian	periodic
47						1984	1992/93	Australian	minimal
32						1992	1992	Aust., Euro parents	periodic
50						1989	1992	Australian	none
43						1984	1992	English	minimal
42						1985	1994	Australian	extensive
29						Unknown	1994	Aust., born Scotland	minimal
39						1992	1993	Aust., Italian parents	minimal
31						1987	1989	Australian	minimal
45						1988	1991	Australian	none
35						1993	unclear	Aust., British parents	none
37						1983	1994	Australian	extensive
45						1983	1983	Australian	extensive
39						1984	1993	NZ	periodic
38						1984	1993	Australian	periodic
35						1988	1994	Australian,Dutch resident	periodic
38						1985	1994	Australian	minimal
42						1984	1994	Australian	minimal
27						1987*	1987	Aust., German grandparent	minimal
35						1984	1984	Aust., English grandparent	extensive
37						1983	1992	Australian	periodic

average age = 38.7 yrs
36 males
2 females
31 gay
33 urban
4 rural
median HIV diagnosis = 1987
median AIDS diagnosis = 1992
* = dual (HIV and AIDS) diagnosis