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AIDS Statistics
At the end of the December 2002, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates1 that 384,906 persons were living with AIDS in America.
Of these,
37% were white
42% were black
20% were Hispanic
1% were of other race/ethnicity.
Of the 298,248 men (13 years or older) who were living with AIDS,
58% were men who had sex with men (MSM)
23% were injection drug users (IDU)
10% were exposed through heterosexual contact
8% were both MSM and IDU.
Of the 82,764 adult and adolescent women with AIDS,
61% were exposed through heterosexual contact
36% were exposed through injection drug use.
An estimated 3,893 children were living with AIDS at the end of 2002.
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found http://www.avert.org/statsum.htm
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