Update: trends in AIDS among men who have sex with men - United States, 1989-1994
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Men who have sex with men continue to comprise the highest transmission group for AIDS in the US, despite a decline in such cases since the late 1980s. From 1989 to 1994, male-to-male sex accounted for 151,994 AIDS cases. AIDS related illness rates for men aged 13 and over whose only risk factor was male sex increased from 12.1 to 15.9 cases per 100,000 men, or 31%. HIV infection rates are increasing among young men aged 18-24. From 1990-91 in New York City, 9% of young men tested positive for HIV. Regionally, rates increased 51% in the Midwest and the South. Increases between 1989 and 1994 have occurred in all ethnic groups for males, except whites in the Northeast. The greatest increase (109%) was recorded among blacks in the South. Rates have decreased for white men in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, but increased for black men in these cities. In 1994, male-to-male sex was the risk factor in 34,974 reported cases of AIDS.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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First 500,000 AIDS cases - United States, 1995
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Of the 501,310 US AIDS cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost half have been reported since 1993. Sixty-two percent of these AIDS patients have died. The percentage of cases is increasing in women, blacks and Hispanics. Gay men account for the majority of cases, but the rate of infection is increasing more rapidly among intravenous drug abusers and heterosexual people who have sex with someone infected or at risk of infection. The Northeast has the highest incidence of AIDS, but rates are increasing fastest in the South. Many of these cases are in non-urban and rural areas. Because of this, the CDC is funding community programs to ensure that prevention efforts are acceptable to local communities. The World Health Organization estimates that 18 million adults and 1.5 million children are infected with HIV worldwide.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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