AIDS Statistics From 1998

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Comments on the Department of Health's Revised, Proposed Regulations Implementing the 1998 HIV Reporting and Partner Notification Law (Amending Articles 21 and 27 of the Public Health Law)

January 14, 2000 Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H. c/o Mr. William R. Johnson New York State Department of Health Office of Regulatory Reform Room 2415 ESP Tower Building Albany, New York 12237-7488 By Facsimile and E-Mail Dear... Read more »

"Gloomy" HIV/AIDS Statistics Cited at South African AIDS Conference; Demonstrators Criticize Government Inaction

Researchers yesterday at the South African AIDS Conference 2003 in Durban, South Africa, presented "gloomy" statistics on HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa, showing that of the 14,000 people newly infected with HIV worldwide each day, 600 are in... Read more »

U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HIV/AIDS Statistics

HIV/AIDS Worldwide As of the end of 2001, an estimated 40 million people worldwide -- 37.2 million adults and 2.7 million children younger than 15 years -- were living with HIV/AIDS. More than 70 percent of these people (28.1 million) live in... Read more »

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diagnosed aids cases statistics worldwide 1983-1996

I need to know the total diagnosed AIDS cases through the years of 1983-1996 the total of each year and the increase or decrease as the years passed. And the total diagnosed cases of AIDS to date....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. The following statistics are taken from the "HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Newsletter (September 1997), published by the World Health Organization (WHO) Office of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted... Read more »

AIDS since 1998/depression/suicidal

My husband was diagnosed with AIDS in 1998. We didn't have the luxury of finding out he was HIV + first. When we found out his viral load was over 1/2 million and his cd4's was at 16. Not expected to live past two weeks. Well it's...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

Drug rehabilitation often requires multiple treatments. Think of it as a recurring illness. Sometimes one or two treatments don't have a lasting effect, but with repeated treatment there is an effect.He also needs psychiatric treatment for his... Read more »

Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and HIV statistics

what is the percentage of people contacting aids/hiv through dirty needles?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. Let me show you some statistics to give you a general idea of the percentage of people who have become infected with HIV specifically through sharing IV drug needles. These statistics do not include people who became... Read more »

Statistics and me

I'm 44 years old, HIV infected in 1998 but only diagnosed in 2000. I'm not on any meds, exercise daily, don't do drugs, quit smoking in 2003, and the little alcohol I used to drink (2-3 beers on Saturdays) are history now, based on my...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I can't tell from your information if we know that your HCV is acute - eg, acquired within the past six months or so. If that is what your physician thinks, then I would get treatment as soon as you can since there is a narrow period for... Read more »

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Statistics

Posted by Anonymous

Something to think about - Something that also helped put my mind at ease.

I located a website that provided me with governmental statistics on the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in my state - which eventually lead me to stats in my city... Read more »

1 in 500 statistic

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hello thank you for taking the time to read this , could someone please tell me where the statistic came from that says that there is a one chance in 500 in getting hiv from a female to male transmission. i am concerned as i had unprotected sex with... Read more »

HIV statistics

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,

How the numbers compiled for HIV stats worldwide etc. Or more to the point how do they know how it was caught, i.e hetro sex, gay sex, drug use etc Do they rely on the persons hoensty for this? For examle a hetro guy could go with men but not... Read more »

CDC's "HIV per 10,000 expoaures"...old statistics?

Posted by rlimbo, 1 Reply

I haven't been able to find the "per 10,000 exposures" table on theCDC website, just references to those statistics, which doesn't say when the statistics were published.

If HIV is an non-contagious as it is, how is it such a problem, especially in... Read more »

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