ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2026
HIV/AIDS Mortality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 2000-2023: Trends, Age-Sex Composition, and a Persistent Provincial Burden.
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The Eastern Cape of South Africa carries the highest crude AIDS mortality rate nationally (135.86 per 100,000 in 2023), yet a province-specific, age-sex disaggregated analysis extending beyond 2012 does not exist. This study examined AIDS mortality trends in the Eastern Cape from 2000 to 2023. A quantitative ecological design was employed using secondary analysis of modelled estimates from the Thembisa Provincial HIV Model version 4.8. Annual AIDS deaths across nine age-sex subgroups and crude AIDS mortality rate were extracted from the Eastern Cape, 2000-2023, with provincial comparisons for 2023. Total AIDS deaths declined by 72.1% from 33,301 in 2005 to 9300 in 2023. Child deaths fell 96.1% from peak. Male youth deaths (15-24) plateaued after 2015. Adults aged 50 and older constituted 24.1% of deaths in 2023, with numbers increasing since 2019. Despite substantial gains, three unresolved gaps persist: a male youth mortality plateau, an ageing epidemic burden, and the highest provincial AIDS mortality rate nationally. Targeted differentiated interventions are urgently needed.
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