[The AIDS epidemic in Denmark 1980-1990].

: By 31.12.1990, a total of 726 patients with AIDS were diagnosed and notified including 679 men (94%) and 47 women (6%). The first diagnosis was made in 1980. Since then, an annual increase in the number of notified AIDS patients has been observed although the increase has declined from 1989 to 1990. During the years, homo/bisexual men have constituted a decreasing proportion of the annual number of notified AIDS patients (p less than 0.001): from 87% in 1980-1986 to 72% in 1989-1990. The proportion of heterosexually infected patients and intravenous drug users increased during the period of study from 3% and 0.7%, respectively, during the period 1980-1986 to 11% and 7%, respectively, during the period 1989-1990. The number of women with AIDS also increased during the period and constituted 9% of notified patients in 1990. The figures are, however, limited. AIDS patients have been notified from all counties but 72% of the patients live in the Copenhagen region. During the period 1987-1990, approximately 2/3 of the notified AIDS patients had been recognized as HIV-positive for more than one year before the diagnosis of AIDS was established. A stable proportion of approximately 1/4 were HIV tested for the first time and found positive around the time the diagnosis of AIDS was established.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)