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Source: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2010/11/25/aids-among-aboriginals-growing_20721
AIDS among Aboriginals growing
Thursday November 25, 2010
Aboriginal people are overrepresented in the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Canada.
For cases in which ethnicity was provided, the rate of reported AIDS cases in Canada among Aboriginal people rose from 1.2 per cent in 1993 to 13.4 in 2003.
In 1998, 18.8 per cent of positive HIV tests were among Aboriginals. This rose to 25.3 per cent in 2003.
Youth made up 31.4 per cent of positive HIV tests among Aboriginal people from 1998 to 2003.
AIDS Thunder Bay education communication coordinator Bob Manson said the numbers are likely much higher now because ethnicity is not always included in paperwork...
AIDS among Aboriginals growing
Thursday November 25, 2010
Aboriginal people are overrepresented in the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Canada.
For cases in which ethnicity was provided, the rate of reported AIDS cases in Canada among Aboriginal people rose from 1.2 per cent in 1993 to 13.4 in 2003.
In 1998, 18.8 per cent of positive HIV tests were among Aboriginals. This rose to 25.3 per cent in 2003.
Youth made up 31.4 per cent of positive HIV tests among Aboriginal people from 1998 to 2003.
AIDS Thunder Bay education communication coordinator Bob Manson said the numbers are likely much higher now because ethnicity is not always included in paperwork...