Statistics On People At Risk For Hiv

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Confused in Fort Worth (HIV STATISTICS, 2009)(HIV STATISTICS, 2009)

Hey there Doctor Frascino,Been on your site over the years and am still a bit confused and concerned, even after reading through the archives. Can you try to clarify something for me. I have avoided sex over the years due to my fears but as I age,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The HIV-risk statistics I quote are merely statistical estimates that give relative risk. They are not meant to be applied to a specific coupling to gage actual risk. Rather they help advise someone of the relative risk of one type of activity... Read more »

Interpreting HIV and testing statistics (HIV STATISTICS)

Greetings. I recently tested HIV+ on a rapid blood test, and am awaiting Western Blot results.... Read more »

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hiv risk ratio (HIV STATISTICS, 2009)

Doctor, i simply can't buy the ratio stat you mention, such as "the estimated per-act... Read more »

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Articles

IAVI Statement on 2004 HIV/AIDS Statistics: New Technologies Key to Prevention

New York -- Nearly 5 million people became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, this past year, according to statistics (large PDF file) released by UNAIDS in advance of World AIDS Day. The number of people living with HIV is at an... Read more »

More Than a Statistic: One Woman's Story About Losing ADAP Coverage

Across the U.S., many low-income people with HIV have seen their access to free HIV medications threatened in recent months. A number of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) have had their budgets cut, forcing them to scramble to make ends meet. As... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: A Quarter of HIV-Infected Unaware of Their Condition: New Statistics for 2005 Say About 58,000 Canadians Are Living With the Disease

On Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA) reported the number of residents living with HIV rose an estimated 16 percent from 2002 to 2005, to 58,000 people. While new infections were flat or rose slightly -- from an estimated 2,100-4,000... 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 »

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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 »

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 »

Real Statistics

Posted by Anonymous

Hello everyone-

Now lets all think about this HIV thing with a clear realistic head for a minute..

There are an estimated 950,000-1M cases of HIV/AIDS in North America including Canada. There are an estimated 40K new cases each year ( CDC-but who... Read more »

I hate that I've become a statistic

Posted by Anonymous, 9 Replies

I'm TWENTY imagine that and I wasn't a wild child by any means and I didn't even practice unsafe sex I can't count the number of times I've had unprotected sex on one hand and even then I never let anyone ejaculate in me. So here I am pretty ahead... Read more »

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