AN ASSESSMENT OF HIV/AIDS ON AGE AND DIFFERENTIALS IN GENDER USING REGRESSION METHOD
Keywords:
Regression; Dependent; Explanatory; Human Immune Virus; Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus.Abstract
HIV/AIDS is a contagious disease as a result of unprotected sex or through blood transfusion or
through sharing of sharp objects. When first infected. A person can develop an acute infection
which can range in severity from a very mild illness with few or no symptoms to a serious condition
requiring hospitalization. Acute HIV/AIDS can manifest within the first 6 months of contacting
the disease. The disease become one of the factors for the death of many people in our society for
over 3 decades. The method used for this study is multiple regression method and t-test. The data
was secondary collected from the record department of Gombe specialist hospital for a period of
ten years from 2008 – 2017. The result of this study shows that, there is significance difference in
both gender and age. Such we conclude that gender and age contributed immensely in the spread
of HIV/AIDS. Majority of the victims are female, also almost 88% of the victims are youth of the
age 0 – 49 years while elders constitute the remaining percent. Hence, from the result, government
and non-governmental organization need to embark on mass awareness and sensitization campaign
to all nook and crannies of the state with a target of reducing the risk of contracting the disease.
