27 Feb 2010

HIV rates are higher in certain parts of the US than in Africa. ex: 1 in 30 adults in Washington D.C. has HIV...

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2010/02/26/hiv-still-plagues-the-usa-some-areas-have-higher-rates-than-africa.aspx#

More than 1 in 30 adults in Washington, D.C., are HIV-infected—a prevalence higher than that reported in Ethiopia, Nigeria, or Rwanda. Certain U.S. subpopulations are particularly hard hit. In New York City, 1 in 40 blacks, 1 in 10 men who have sex with men, and 1 in 8 injection-drug users are HIV-infected, as are 1 in 16 black men in Washington, D.C. In several U.S. urban areas, the HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men is as high as 30%—as compared with a general-population prevalence of 7.8% in Kenya and 16.9% in South Africa.