La démogéographie du SIDA en Europe occidentale

The objective of this work is to analyze the geography of AIDS in Western Europe through the eyes of demography, in a perspective of understanding the differences existing between spaces on this matter, at various territorial levels. In this context, we sought to construct indexes eliminating the effect of differences in age structure, either for the intensity of the entries in AIDS or AIDS mortality. The study of national differences, of AIDS incidence and mortality from AIDS, in ten Western European countries confirm some specificities while relativizing others. This work reveals regional differences in the incidence of AIDS in France, Switzerland and Spain, very strong before the widespread use of multiple therapies significantly reduced since 1996, but that still remains. This is partly explained by differences in the weight of foreigners in the regional populations, particularly for certain ways of transmission. The study of differences in impact of AIDS among these subnational territories revealed border effects more or less patents.