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About HIV/AIDS. The More WE Know...

Here, we hope to provide you with the best information on prevention, testing and treatment, with links to the experts in the field. Consider this page "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About HIV and AIDS." Then, pass it on.
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Who has HIV hit hardest?

In the United States, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is a health crisis for Black Americans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

  • There are about 56,300 new cases of HIV in the United States every year, and Black Americans account for the largest share—almost half (46 percent) of new infections. Yet Blacks make up only about 12 percent of the total U.S. population.
  • Black men bear the greatest burden of HIV. For every 100,000 Black men, 2,388 were living with HIV at the end of 2006. This was six times the rate for White men living with HIV (395 per 100,000). In 2007, the rate of AIDS diagnoses for Black men was almost eight times the rate for White men.
  • Black women are also severely affected. For every 100,000 Black women, 1,122 were living with HIV at the end of 2006. This was 18 times the rate for White women living with HIV (63 per 100,000). In 2007, the rate of AIDS diagnoses for Black women was 22 times the rate for White women.
  • Although Black teens (ages 13 to 19) represent only 15 percent of U.S. teenagers, they accounted for 68 percent of new AIDS cases reported among teens in 2007.
  • Of the nearly 25,000 infections estimated to occur each year among Black Americans, more than one-third (38 percent) are among young people ages 13 to 29.


According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS):

  • In 2009, Blacks represented 65 percent of all new HIV cases (1,118 of 1,710) in North Carolina.  Durham County has the fourth-highest HIV infection rate in North Carolina with 86 new infections reported in 2009.


CDC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

As a part of its overall public health mission, CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities. These activities are critically important because CDC estimates that about 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, and that 21% of these persons do not know they are infected. For much more information, please visit www.cdc.gov/hiv on a regular basis for up-to-date and state-of-the-art information.

AIDS Info

Call 1-800-448-0440
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
Locate resources on HIV and AIDS treatment and clinical trials

The LinCS 2 Durham Main Web site

Don't forget that the LinCS main web site is a page dedicated to additional resources on HIV and AIDS. Stop by periodically to get additional information: www.lincs2durham.org/resources.