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Reported cases as of September, 1997.................612,078 Reported AIDS - related deaths......................379,656 Estimated Americans infected with HIV.....750,000 - 897,000
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 92 American men ages 27 - 39 may be HIV infected, that figure for African Americans rises to 1 in 33. The majority of AIDS cases among women occurs between the ages of 30 - 39. For every American that dies of a HIV - related illness, another becomes infected. There is 1 AIDS - related death every 15 minutes, 1 AIDS diagnosis every 9 minutes, and someone is infected every 13 minutes.
1) New York.........113,549 2) California.......101,569 3) Florida...........62,200 4) Texas.............42,185 5) New Jersey........34,871 6) Puerto Rico.......19,583 7) Illinois..........19,319 8) Pennsylvania......18,388 9) Georgia...........17,985 10) Maryland.........16,223
1) New York, New York.............97,103
2) Los Angeles, California........35,974
3) San Francisco, California......24,785
4) Miami, Florida.................19,205
5) Washington, D.C................17,687
6) Chicago, Illinois..............16,743
7) Houston, Texas.................15,124
8) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.....14,119
9) Newark, New Jersey.............14,026
10) Atlanta, Georgia...............12,8271) Homosexuals.......49% 2) IV Drug Users.....25% 3) Heterosexuals......9%
NOTE: Since June 1996 both the Homosexual and IV Drug Users percentages have declined, while the heterosexual percentage has increased.
The lifetime medical cost of one AIDS case is estimated at $69,000. AIDS has robbed Americans of 644,245 years of potential life as of May 1992. An estimated $2,764 is spent by patients during the first 6 months after an AIDS diagnosis. The economy suffers a loss of $600,000 in medical costs and lost wages for every HIV infection. By the end of the decade the economic impact of HIV will reach 2.5 - 4.5 trillion dollars. Something must be done to stop this disease!
Since the first reported AIDS cases in 1981 the mortality rate was at 93%. I am happy to say that as of June 1996 the mortality rate is now down to 63%. We can only hope that with the addition of the newly approved drugs, earlier medical intervention, and the comtinued practice of safer, sex, that these percentages will continue to decline.
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