M ark Twain once observed that there are" lies, damned lies and statistics," but the late
American humorist did not have AIDS in mind when he coined the phrase. Nonetheless …

T he statistical tables of AIDS were turned, howev-er slightly, in Newfoundland this spring.
Seven new cases of HIV infection were recorded in the province in the first 3 months of …

It can take several months, and often years, for case reports of acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) to be received by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As a result, the …

SIR-Despite considerable research, there is still controversy over the potential long term
influence of oral contraceptive use on female hormone related neoplasms.'2 Dataon …

The authors use 3-monthly data for Spain to give estimates (with 95% confidence limits) of
the number of cases in the 3 years 1986-88: 72 (56-86), 109 (79-136), 151 (104-198). They …

This study is motivated by the time lag between date of diagnosis of AIDS cases and date of
reporting, which results in incomplete data about the epidemic. A maximum likelihood …

Short‐term projections of AIDS incidence are critical for assessing future health care needs.
This paper focuses on the method of back‐calculation for obtaining short‐term projections …

We have used the technique of backcalculation to estimate the number of persons in
Canada who have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) as of July …

The AIDS virus swept across the world, silently, before we even knew it existed. The
worldwide epidemic was well under way by 1981, when AIDS was first recognised and was …

T he article by Dr. Martin T. Schechter (see pages 802 to 805) on facts and fiction about
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) renders an important service. Although …