Intro

The purpose of this analysis is to run simple descriptive plots for new Dx HIV+ (count) trends by age, race and region, to make sure there are no anomalies in the data, and to get a sense of what these trends look like.

The data were provided by Steven Erly at WADOH, as aggregated counts of new Dx HIV by age group, race and region. The exposure group is MSM, which includes MSM, MSM+IDU, and a CDC imputation of the MSM from NIR/NRR.

To estimate the new Dx rate, the PLWH counts are divided by the estimates of WA MSM (by attributes). Those estimates are based on the Emory Camp Small Area Estimates project, specifically, the county level estimates published in Grey et al., 2016.

For the age and race estimates, we compare the WADOH rate estimates to the alternate estimate based on the age and race specific estimates from the Emory group.

(more info on the Emory Camp Small Area Estimation Project here)