Characteristics of adults and adolescents who have migrated from place of AIDS diagnosis to place of death, United States, 1993-2001

This study compared demographic characteristics of adults and adolescents who received an AIDS diagnosis in one state and died in a different state. We analyzed reports of deaths among persons (>= 13 years old) with AIDS whose state of residence at diagnosis and state of occurrence of death were different (migrants). Between January 1993 and December 2001, 251,441 deaths of adults and adolescents with AIDS occurred. Of these, 13,860 (5.4%) migrated. Migrants were more likely to be male than female, white than black, and men who have sex with men than persons with heterosexual contact. A small proportion of persons with AIDS migrated between residence at AIDS diagnosis and place of death, suggesting that the effect of migration on destination health care services is likely to be small.