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Burden of HIV Highest for Blacks, CDC Reports
Increases in infection are due to complex social factors, researchers say
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
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THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Although blacks make up only 13.6 percent of the U.S. population, they account for 50.3 percent of all diagnosed cases of HIV, federal health officials reported Thursday.
The rate of HIV diagnosis among black men is eight times that of whites, and the rate for black women is 19 times that of whites, finds a new analysis of data from 37 states by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Burden of HIV Highest for Blacks, CDC Reports
Increases in infection are due to complex social factors, researchers say
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
HealthDay/ScoutNews LLC
THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Although blacks make up only 13.6 percent of the U.S. population, they account for 50.3 percent of all diagnosed cases of HIV, federal health officials reported Thursday.
The rate of HIV diagnosis among black men is eight times that of whites, and the rate for black women is 19 times that of whites, finds a new analysis of data from 37 states by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...