Medicine: AIDS DEATH TOLL

Time diagnosed Number of cases Still alive as of mid-March '83

1st half 1979 1 0

2nd half 1979 6 0

1st half 1980 18 4

2nd half 1980 25 2

1st half 1981 69 17

2nd half 1981 146 45

1st half 1982 286 174

2nd half 1982 464 362

1st qtr. 1983 161 141

Source: Centers for Disesse Control

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