Aids still epidemic

[Plane]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm

A Center for Disease Control report found that of 8,000 bisexual and homosexual men surveyed, 19 percent were HIV positive. Of those 19 percent, almost half of them were unaware of their HIV status.

Ironically, as the world pushes for better prevention and treatment services, the US has to play catch up.


http://www.huliq.com/10178/hiv-services-improve-globally-us-hiv-rates-surge
In the United States, the CDC estimates that 1 million people are living with HIV, but at least 21 percent do not know they are infected. Each year, 18,000 people die from AIDS. Each year, 56,300 Americans are infected with the highest incidence of HIV infection striking gay and bisexual men.

Baltimore, Maryland has the highest rate of HIV infection at 38 percent. Atlanta has the lowest at 6 percent.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/infectious-diseases/articles/2010/09/27/health-buzz-hiv-rate-among-gay-men-is-1-in-5.html

About 20 percent of gay and bisexual men are HIV-positive—but nearly half don't know it, a new study suggests. More than 8,000 men in 21 cities were tested for the virus in 2008, and 44 percent were unaware they were infected, according to the analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Least likely to know they had HIV? Young, sexually active gay men—and those in minority groups. Baltimore's gay population had a 38 percent infection rate, the highest among the cities included in the study.

More than 56,000 Americans become infected with HIV each year, and 18,000 die of AIDS annually

Aug 23 2006
According to the Population Reference Bureau, these are the countries with the highest rate of AIDS among their populations, along with the percent of the population afflicted...
1. Swaziland - 33.4%
2. Botswana - 24.1%
3. Lesotho - 23.2%
4. Zimbabwe - 20.1%
5. Namibia - 19.6%
6. South Africa - 18.8%
7. Zambia - 17.0%
8. Mozambique - 16.1%
9. Malawi - 11.8%
10. Central African Republic - 10.7%
http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/aids.htm

[Kramer]

oh well