AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC PARAMETERS, RELATED TO HIV INCIDENCE AND HIV-RELATED MORTALITY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

Study objective: To assess the influences of socioeconomic factors on HIV prevalence and HIV-related mortality in the administrative subjects of the Russian Federation and to define the clusters of the subjects. Materials and methods: Data on HIV prevalence and HIV-related mortality and socioeconomic data available at Federal State Statistics website were subjected to correlation, regression, factorial, and cluster analyses. Mortality rates were found not to depend on the mean per capita monetary income, investments into healthcare, the wages of healthcare personnel, and the proportion of population having income below the living wage. Diagnostics has been found to becomebetter with increasing abundance of medical doctors. HIV prevalence is influenced by the mean per capita income, the abundance of medical doctors of all specialties, and the incrementof migration. HIV prevalence decreases with increasing mean per capita income, the regression coefficientbeing — 0,302. The results may be helpful for the organization of HIV prevention and for allocation of funds used to optimize healthcare and the postgraduate training of healthcare personnel.