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HIV/AIDS in 2005 - Women
(The following bullets, except for the last one, are based on data from 33 states with long-term,
confidential name-based HIV reporting. *)
- HIV/AIDS was diagnosed for an estimated 9,708 women [ 3].
- High-risk heterosexual contact was the source of 80% of these newly diagnosed infections
[ 3].
- Women accounted for 26% of the estimated 37,163 diagnoses for adults and adolescents [ 3].
- Of the 126,964 women living with HIV/AIDS, 64% were black, 19% were white, 15% were Hispanic,
1% were Asian or Pacific Islander, and less than 1% were American Indian or Alaska Native
[ 3].
- The estimated number of HIV/AIDS in female adults or adolescents decreased from 11,941
in 2001 to 9,708 in 2005 [ 3].
- According to a recent CDC study of more than 19,500 patients with HIV in 10 US cities,
women were slightly less likely than men to receive prescriptions for the most effective
treatments for HIV infection [ 4].
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm
HIV/AIDS in 2004 - Youth
- An estimated 4,883 young people received a diagnosis of HIV infection or AIDS, representing
about 13% of the persons given a diagnosis during that year [ 1].
- HIV infection progressed to AIDS more slowly among young people than among all persons
with a diagnosis of HIV infection. The following are the proportions of persons in whom HIV
infection did not progress to AIDS within 12 months after diagnosis of HIV infection:
- 81% of persons aged 15–24
- 70% of persons aged 13–14
- 61% of all persons
- African Americans were disproportionately affected by HIV infection, accounting for 55%
of all HIV infections reported among persons aged 13–24 [ 2].
- Young men who have sex with men ( MSM ), especially those of minority races or ethnicities,
were at high risk for HIV infection. In the 7 cities that participated in CDC's Young Men's
Survey during 1994–1998, 14% of African American MSM and 7% of Hispanic MSM aged 15–22
were infected with HIV [ 3].
- During 2001–2004, in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting,
62% of the 17,824 persons 13–24 years of age given a diagnoses of HIV/AIDS were males,
and 38% were females.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/youth.htm
How HIV is Transmitted
HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes
(primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and now very
rarely in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions of infected
blood or blood clotting factors. Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before
or during birth or through breast-feeding after birth.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
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