Introduction:

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is currently a pandemic affecting millions of people, causing complications and death to many patients.

Objective:

To characterize, clinically and epidemiologically, patients with HIV or AIDS in Guanabacoa Municipality, Havana.

Methods:

A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in Guanabacoa Municipality, Havana, between January 1986 and December 2019. The study universe consisted of 647 patients diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. The main variables to be measured were age, sex, sexual orientation, skin color, marital status, and school level.

Results:

There was a predominance of the male sex over the female (538 versus 109), together with the age group 20-29 years, homosexuality (404 patients, 62.44%), and the white skin color (51.93%); P-value was under 0.0001. There was also a predominance of single patients (526) and patients with junior high school level (292).

Conclusions:

The male sex, homosexuality, white skin color, single as marriage status, and junior high school level predominated.

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