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[quote]Interesting piece to read from bbc here:

[b]US capital blighted by HIV/Aids[/b]

According to the report, both the United Nations and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have &quot;historically defined an HIV epidemic as generalised and severe when the overall percentage of disease among residents of a specific geographic area exceeds 1%.
	
The overall proportion in the District is three times higher,&quot; the report says. By comparison, less than half of 1% of Americans are living with cancer.
Even the 3% figure, the report says, is certain to be an underestimate, as so many of Washington's residents are unaware that they are infected.
&quot;In the District, nearly every population group and age is experiencing a substantial epidemic,&quot; the report says, with the greatest rates of infection among black men (6.5%), Hispanic men (3.0%), and white men (2.6%).
In terms of age, those aged 40-49 are the worst affected (7.2%), followed by those aged 50-59 (5.2%).
The main mode of transmission is men having sex with men, followed by heterosexual sex and infection through drug use.

&quot;When they've tested large groups of the District population it looks like the prevalence is actually about 5%, which is higher than the 3% but a lot of the people haven't been tested yet,&quot; said Dr Raymond Martins.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7947443.stm[/quote]

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