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PROFILE OF THE EPIDEMIC
 
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate that more than one million Americans are living with HIV. Up to one-third of them do not know they are HIV-positive.
  • It's estimated that one in every 20 adults in the District of Columbia is infected with HIV.
  • DC has the highest rate of new AIDS cases per 100,000 population in the United States -- a rate that is 11 times the national average.
  • In DC, the greatest increase in AIDS cases is occurring among people of color, women, injection drug users and through heterosexual contact.
  • In DC, 81 percent of all AIDS cases are among African-Americans.
  • More than 15,000 people in the Washington metropolitan area live with AIDS. Tens of thousands more people are estimated to be infected with HIV.
  • Nationwide, someone under the age of 25 is infected with HIV every 30 minutes.

HIV/AIDS in Populations at Risk
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Washington, DC Profile of the Epidemic
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