From Mission America
The most recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that new cases of HIV rose approximately 10% between 2006 and 2007, the latest years for which data has been released. In 2007, 61,292 new cases of HIV were reported.1
Males who have sex with males continue to show increasing incidence, according to Dr. Jonathan Mermin, Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, in a statement in September 2009. He said:
Of all the people newly infected with HIV, men who have sex with men is the only risk group in the U.S. in which new HIV infections are increasing. While new infections have declined among both heterosexuals and injection drug users, the annual number of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men has been steadily increasing since the early 1990s. 2
In 2007, nearly three-fourths of diagnoses for HIV or AIDS were among males.3
Males who have sex with males accounted for 53% of the overall diagnoses and 71% among men. Another 3% of overall diagnoses were among men who have sex with men and who also inject drugs.4
The young are heavily impacted by these trends. In 2007, 29% of HIV/AIDS cases were diagnosed among people ages 13 to 29 years old.5 HIV/AIDS cases among young males ages 13 to 24 who have homosexual sex have risen sharply each year for the past four years.6
In 2007, 14,110 people in the U.S. died of AIDS. Overall since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, 562,793 people have died in the U.S. from AIDS.7
1. Data from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/table18.htm compared to data from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/table3.htm
2. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/resources/other/NGMHAAD.pdf
3. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/msm/slides/msm11.pdf
7. Ibid.
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