04 Nov
Optimizing Treatment for African Americans and Latinos with HIV/AIDS: EPIDEMIOLOGY
African Americans and HIV/AIDS
African Americans comprise 12.7% of the U.S. population but accounted for half of all new AIDS cases in 2002 (Figure l). Of all men diagnosed with HIV/AIDS from 1999-2000, 49% were African-American; among women with HIV/AIDS, 72% were African-American. Since 1998, more AIDS deaths have occurred among African Americans than any other [...]