The CDC has released an alarming report that highlights a sharp increase in new HIV cases among African American males.
Here are the details:
source: WebMD, Author: Daniel J. DeNoon:
* Young (aged 13-29) black men who have sex with men get HIV more often than any other age/racial group.
* African-American women are 15 times more likely to get HIV than are white women.
* African-American men are six times more likely to get HIV than are white men.
* Hispanic women are four times more likely to get HIV than are white non-Hispanic women.
* Hispanic men are more than twice as likely to get HIV than are white non-Hispanic men.
* Among Hispanics, men get 76% of new HIV infections.
* African-Americans get nearly half of all new HIV infections in the U.S.
* Men who have sex with men get more than half of all new HIV infections in the U.S.
* Among white gay/bisexual men, those aged 30-39 and 40-49 get the most new HIV infections.
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