AIDS in the Black Community
From the Center of American Progress:
■African Americans, who represent 12 percent of the U.S. population, made up 52 percent of all diagnoses of HIV in 2008. They encompass 46 percent of people living with HIV in the United States.
■African Americans experienced the largest increase in rates of HIV diagnoses by ethnicity or race from 2005 to 2008—with the rate increasing from 68 per 100,000 to 74 per 100,000.
■AIDS is the number one killer of black women between the ages of 25 and 34.
■African Americans, who represent 12 percent of the U.S. population, made up 52 percent of all diagnoses of HIV in 2008. They encompass 46 percent of people living with HIV in the United States.
■African Americans experienced the largest increase in rates of HIV diagnoses by ethnicity or race from 2005 to 2008—with the rate increasing from 68 per 100,000 to 74 per 100,000.
■AIDS is the number one killer of black women between the ages of 25 and 34.