Table 1.
Baseline demographic data for Trinidad and Tobago
| Population | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic data | Total population = 1,394,973 Children (< 15 years) = 292 944 (21%) Total number of adults = 1 102 029 Adults over 40 years = 628 156 Adult women = 573 055 Women 15–50 years = 357 586 |
UN population data, 2019 |
| HIV/AIDS | HIV/AIDS patients in 2019 = 11 000 Number of diagnosed cases on ARVs = 8030 (73%) Number of undiagnosed cases and those not on ARVs = 2970 (27%) Annual new AIDS cases (at risk of OIs) = 424 ART failure = 402 (5%) At risk population for OIs = 826 AIDS-related deaths 2016 = 139 |
Trinidad and Tobago/UNAIDS, 2019 HIV annual report, 2016 (unpublished local daa) |
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary tuberculosis annual incidence, total = 250 | Source: https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/data |
| Adults with asthma | Prevalence of asthma in adults = 13.2% Number of adults with asthma = 145 468 |
Source: Monteil et al., BMC Public Health 2005:5:96 (using adolescent rates as a proxy for adult rates) |
| COPD | COPD prevalence (all GOLD stages) = 59 674 (9.5% > 40 years) COPD admissions to hospital per year = 7757 (13%) |
Source: Seemungal et al., 2017 https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/portal/resource/pt/biblio-1006476 Thorington et al., 2011 |
| Patients with leukemia | AML population frequency = 2.5/100 000 AML patients per year = 35 |
ICD-10 C92.0 |
| Lung cancer | Estimate of lung cancer = 244 | Globocan, 2020 |
| All cancer sites | Total cancer incidence = 3919 | Globocan, 2020 |
| Number of critical care patients | Estimated number of critical care beds = 27 | Harriharan et al., 2007 |