Yikes - HIV/AIDS in Washington, D. C.
Not a good place to live. From the
Washington Post:
HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3%
At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and severe" epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.
That translates into 2,984 residents per every 100,000 over the age of 12 -- or 15,120 -- according to the 2008 epidemiology report by the District's HIV/AIDS office.
"Our rates are higher than West Africa," said Shannon L. Hader, director of the District's HIV/AIDS Administration, who once led the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work in Zimbabwe. "They're on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya."
A bit more:
Black men, with an infection rate of nearly 7 percent, carry the weight of the disease.
Yikes -- HIV/AIDS has been known about for
thirty years and people are still taking risks...
Posted by DaveH at April 13, 2009 12:40 PM