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Who gets HIV/AIDS?

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Who gets HIV/AIDS?

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Patient Profile for HIV/AIDS: Typically young adults, half younger than 25. Gender Profile for HIV/AIDS: 70% men, 30% women. Gender Profile for HIV/AIDS: As of June 2000, 124,911 adolescent and adult women in the United States were reported as having AIDS. The proportion of reported U.S. AIDS cases occurring among women increased from 7 percent to 23 percent from 1985 to 1998. This proportion remained at 23 percent in 1999, possibly reflecting the success of antiretroviral therapies in preventing the development of AIDS. 5 Race Profile for HIV/AIDS: The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans than whites and three times more Hispanics than whites (CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 12, 2000).

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