Today is World AIDS day. Since this isn't a disease that comes and goes in a day, I'm telling you to Know your status. GET TESTED. For more info on HIV and AIDS and where to get tested click on the link http://aids.gov.
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Here’s what we know about HIV infections in the U.S. (data are from 2006):
An estimated 56,300 Americans are newly infected with HIV each year.
There are approximately 1.1 million Americans who are living with HIV/AIDS.
The CDC estimates that 21% of HIV-positive people don’t know they are infected- meaning they may be transmitting HIV without knowing it.
People of color are at disproportionate risk for HIV infection. Nearly half of new infections (49%) were among African Americans, who make up only 13% of the U.S. population. Hispanics accounted for 18% of new HIV infections-and make up only about 15% of the U.S. population.
More than half of new cases (57%) were among those aged 25–44. Children younger than 13 years accounted for less than 1% of diagnoses.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) continued to account for the largest number of new HIV diagnoses overall, followed by males and females exposed through high-risk heterosexual contact and injection drug use.
Males accounted for 73% of all new HIV diagnoses in 2006.
Among males, most diagnoses were for MSM.
High-risk heterosexual contact also accounts for a considerable proportion of new HIV diagnoses among men of minority races/ethnicities.
Among females, most diagnoses were for those exposed through high-risk heterosexual contact.
Sources: http://aids.gov
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