During the 1990s, the epidemic shifted steadily toward a growing proportion of AIDS cases among black people and Hispanics and in women, and toward a decreasing proportion in MSM, although this group remains the largest single exposure group. Black people and Hispanics have been disproportionately affected since the early years of the epidemic. In absolute numbers, blacks have outnumbered whites in new AIDS diagnoses and deaths since 1996, and in the number of people living with AIDS since 1998.
During 2006 there were an estimated 38 paediatric AIDS diagnoses, compared to 195 in 1999 and 896 in 1992. The decline in paediatric AIDS incidence is associated with more HIV testing of pregnant women and the use of antiretroviral drugs such as zidovudine (AZT) by HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborn infants.
The age group 35-49 years accounted for 52% of all AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006. Nearly three-quarters of all people who have died with AIDS did not live to the age of 45.
Monday, June 2, 2008
AIDS diagnoses and deaths
In June 1981, the first cases of what is now known as AIDS were reported in the USA. During the 1980s, there were rapid increases in the number of AIDS cases and deaths of people with AIDS. Cases peaked with the 1993 expansion of the case definition1, and then declined. The most dramatic drops in both cases and deaths began in 1996, with the widespread use of combination antiretroviral therapy.
Since 2000 the annual numbers of AIDS diagnoses have been relatively constant, with an estimated 37,852 in 2006. In total, an estimated 1,014,797 people have been diagnosed with AIDS in America.
The death rate among people with AIDS has also remained relatively stable in recent years; there were an estimated 14,627 deaths in 2006. Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 565,927 people with AIDS have died in the USA.
Since 2000 the annual numbers of AIDS diagnoses have been relatively constant, with an estimated 37,852 in 2006. In total, an estimated 1,014,797 people have been diagnosed with AIDS in America.
The death rate among people with AIDS has also remained relatively stable in recent years; there were an estimated 14,627 deaths in 2006. Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 565,927 people with AIDS have died in the USA.
statistics
People living with AIDS
At the end of 2006, the CDC estimates that 448,871 people were living with AIDS in the USA. This number includes all people who have ever been diagnosed with an AIDS-defining condition and are believed to be alive, including many people who have recovered their health by taking antiretroviral therapy. The chart below shows the ethnicities of these people, revealing that black Americans have been disproportionately affected.
At the end of 2006, the CDC estimates that 448,871 people were living with AIDS in the USA. This number includes all people who have ever been diagnosed with an AIDS-defining condition and are believed to be alive, including many people who have recovered their health by taking antiretroviral therapy. The chart below shows the ethnicities of these people, revealing that black Americans have been disproportionately affected.
The charts below show how adults and adolescents (aged 13 and over) living with AIDS most likely became infected with HIV. Around 77% of adults and adolescents living with AIDS are men. 
An estimated 3,775 children aged under 13 were living with AIDS at the end of 2006. The vast majority of these children acquired HIV from their mothers during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding.
People with AIDS are surviving longer and are contributing to a steady increase in the number of people living with AIDS. This trend will continue as long as the number of new diagnoses exceeds the number of people dying each year.
People with AIDS are surviving longer and are contributing to a steady increase in the number of people living with AIDS. This trend will continue as long as the number of new diagnoses exceeds the number of people dying each year.
how to prevent getting aids
Do you think you could get AIDS by...
sharing a bathroom?
eating food that was cooked by someone that has AIDS?
giving blood at a blood drive?
coughing or sneezing?
shaking hands?
being bitten by a mosquito or a tick?
touching someone who is sweating that has AIDS?
swimming in a pool?
You can't get AIDS by doing any of these things, although many people think you can. You can't get AIDS by being near or touching someone who has AIDS. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is spread through the blood. HIV does not travel as tears, air, or sweat. If you find a used needle on the ground, don't touch it. Especially if you have an open cut. The blood from the needle might have HIV in or on it. You can kiss a person infected with HIV on the cheek, but you shouldn't do any big, deep kissing since small amounts of HIV have been found in saliva.
You can get AIDS by:
blood transfusions ( not very common anymore).
being born with it.
having unprotected sex with someone who has AIDS.
finding a used needle on the ground, picking it up, and getting the infected blood into an open wound.
getting blood from someone else's cut who has AIDS, into yours.
As you can see, AIDS is hard to get. One boy, whose story I read, got very lucky! He almost got cured from his AIDS! The doctors gave him several drugs to slow down the spread of the HIV virus, but sadly they didn't work.Over the years the amount of the HIV virus in his body increased, and the number of fighting cells dropped! After that scientists invented a new group of drugs, called protease ( PROH-tee-ayss) inhibitors. The drugs help prevent HIV from spreading in the body. The boy took the drugs, and they are working very well. The number of HIV viruses in his body has dropped to almost zero!!!!!!!
Right now there isn't a cure for HIV and AIDS, but a lot of scientists and doctors are working very hard to find one!
sharing a bathroom?
eating food that was cooked by someone that has AIDS?
giving blood at a blood drive?
coughing or sneezing?
shaking hands?
being bitten by a mosquito or a tick?
touching someone who is sweating that has AIDS?
swimming in a pool?
You can't get AIDS by doing any of these things, although many people think you can. You can't get AIDS by being near or touching someone who has AIDS. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is spread through the blood. HIV does not travel as tears, air, or sweat. If you find a used needle on the ground, don't touch it. Especially if you have an open cut. The blood from the needle might have HIV in or on it. You can kiss a person infected with HIV on the cheek, but you shouldn't do any big, deep kissing since small amounts of HIV have been found in saliva.
You can get AIDS by:
blood transfusions ( not very common anymore).
being born with it.
having unprotected sex with someone who has AIDS.
finding a used needle on the ground, picking it up, and getting the infected blood into an open wound.
getting blood from someone else's cut who has AIDS, into yours.
As you can see, AIDS is hard to get. One boy, whose story I read, got very lucky! He almost got cured from his AIDS! The doctors gave him several drugs to slow down the spread of the HIV virus, but sadly they didn't work.Over the years the amount of the HIV virus in his body increased, and the number of fighting cells dropped! After that scientists invented a new group of drugs, called protease ( PROH-tee-ayss) inhibitors. The drugs help prevent HIV from spreading in the body. The boy took the drugs, and they are working very well. The number of HIV viruses in his body has dropped to almost zero!!!!!!!
Right now there isn't a cure for HIV and AIDS, but a lot of scientists and doctors are working very hard to find one!
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