Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7th, 2010 by ShortyFollowing are statistics about African Americans with HIV?AIDS taken from the Center for Disease Control (CDC):
When we look at HIV/AIDS by race and ethnicity, we see that African Americans have
- More illness. Even though blacks (including African Americans) account for about 13% of the US population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS.
- Shorter survival times. Blacks with AIDS often don’t live as long as people of other races and ethnic groups with AIDS. This is due to the barriers mentioned above.
- More deaths. For African Americans and other blacks, HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death.
Read more here: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/index.htm
Credits: the chart was borrowed from the CDC site
