Stats About Aids And Hiv

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Profiles Advocacy Group HealthSTAT, Including Work With HIV/AIDS

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday profiled the advocacy group HealthSTAT , which stands for Health Students Taking Action Together, including its work on HIV/AIDS policy in Georgia. Members of the group include students in nursing,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

QuickStats: Annual Rates* of Hospitalization With a Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS Among Persons Aged ≥45 Years, by Sex -- National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 1997-2007†

Abbreviation: HIV/AIDS = human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. * Per 10,000 population. † Annual hospitalizations estimated from hospital discharges during 1997-2007 with any-listed HIV/AIDS diagnoses codes 042 and... Read more »

Florida: Gloomy AIDS Stats in Region

State health officials continue to grapple with a significant HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Florida. Around one in every 100 residents of Broward County are HIV-infected, as are one of every 170 people living in Palm Beach County. In Broward, an... Read more »

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HIV STATS

Hi:I'm a 44 year old healthy fit male who recently was diagnosed with HIV. My Cd4 is 391 and my Viral load is 9360. How do I know how serious this is and when to start medication. ...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.You've got a CD4 count that's close to, but not formally at the threshold for starting medications. Since your viral load is relatively low, the expected rate of CD4 decline should be slower than average, hence,... Read more »

Lesbians and most recent stats on HIV risk

I am looking for the most recent information on HIV transmission in the lesbian community. I have heard that there have been only a few confirmed cases....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. Many times I've been asked how many HIV positive Lesbians there are. Thetruth is, the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) does not keep a statistic asto how many Lesbians and Bisexual women have HIV. The CDC... Read more »

Latest Stats?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

I was just wondering what some of the latest statistics are for teens and the HIV Virus..... do you know where I may be able to find a web page or such that could give me answers?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. For the latest HIV and AIDS statistics for the United States (includingstatistics among teens), go to the following website:http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hasrlink.htmFor statistics in other countries, you... Read more »

What up with the risk exposure stats?

Hello!Just want to say that I enjoy your advice and have been reading the archives for some time and getting a good laugh. Now I get to actually participate and ask you a question. I consider myself to be pretty informative about the transmission...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Ideally, I would prefer to advise folks their risk of acquiring HIV is either "high or low," or "significant or insignificant;" however, everyone wants to know how high, how low, how significant and how insignificant. My... Read more »

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scary stat on hiv & death--makes u wanna not test.

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

check this...-- AIDS patients got both good and bad news on the long-term survival front. A federal report released in March found AIDS patients diagnosed in 1995 lived an average of nearly four years, compared to just 11 months for those diagnosed... Read more »

An article about HIV stats in Africa

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi, allot of attention has been focused on AIDS in Africa. Since most people can not be there to see for themselves what is happening, I believe it is very important to read other peoples reports about what is happening their rather than relying... Read more »

where do i find info on hiv stats

Posted by Anonymous

I am doing a paper on hiv in teens I need stats on teens in calif. and I would like to narrow the search to my own county. does anyone know where to go or how to do this. thanks for the help! you can E-Mail me at brezep@yahoo.com

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South Africa releases stats

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

From:
http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/publicationsearch.asp?PN=fqtqz.t&PM=&PY=&PS=1

HIV/AIDS as an official cause of death in the year 2001 as available:

<1 year of age: 1.6% (1999)
1-4 years: 3.0% (down from 3.5% in 1999)
15-24... Read more »

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