GENERAL AIDS INFORMATION
First reported in the United States in 1981 the Aids epidemic has now infected more than 30 million people worldwide with 1 million infected in the USA. In some African countries over 20% of the population is infected. The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males (six times higher in African-Americans and three times higher among Hispanics than among caucasians).
Infection in the female population has risen, now being recognized as the fourth leading cause of death in women and one of the leading causes of death in male adults 25 - 44 years of age. More than 50% of the reported AIDS cases, in 1992, were among men with homosexual and bisexual contacts, but this percentage has been declining over the past two years, the impact on mortality being noticed in larger metropolitan areas, but is also heading towards smaller areas across America and worldwide. Anyone can be infected, it is no longer affecting just one specific portion of the population. At this time there is still no cure for HIV.
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