40% of AIDS-related deaths in British Columbia among people who never received treatment, study finds

published on February 27, 2008 in Kaisernetwork.org

About 40% of the 1,436 people who died of AIDS-related conditions in British Columbia, Canada, from 1997 to 2005 never received antiretroviral drugs even though the medication is provided at no cost, according to a study released Friday by the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the Vancouver Province reports.

The study found that 567 people in British Columbia had died of AIDS-related causes during the study period without receiving treatment (Lazaruk, Vancouver Province, 2/23). According to Julio Montaner, director of the B.C. center, low-income people, homeless people, people with mental illnesses and drug users were the most likely to die without receiving treatment. In addition, about 25% of people living with HIV in Canada do not know they have the virus, so the number of people dying of AIDS-related conditions without receiving treatment could be higher, Montaner said. More >>

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