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| 30 million young people (ages 10-24) are living with HIV worldwide |
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"Adolescents, HIV/AIDS and Other STDs.
" Fact Sheet. Advocates for Youth.Accessed February 12,
2003. more...
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| 50 percent of newly diagnosed AIDS cases occurred in people
younger than 25 |
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"Keeping Count: HIV/AIDS and Young
People. " 2001. AMFAR. Accessed February 12, 2003.
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| One in five college student has an STD |
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“HIV/AIDS and Young People.” Fact
Sheet. The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Service. Accessed
February 10, 2003.
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| EVERY HOUR, two young Americans between the ages of 13 and
24 contract HIV |
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"Keeping Count: HIV/AIDS and Young
People. " 2001. AMFAR. Accessed February 12, 2003.
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| AIDS is the leading cause of death among young (25-44 years
old) African American males |
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"Young People at Risk: HIV/AIDS among
America's Youth. " Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
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| AIDS is the third leading cause of death among young (25-44
years old) African American women |
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"Young People at Risk: HIV/AIDS among
America's Youth. " Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
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| "Do Condoms Work?" Fact Sheet.
1996. Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Harvard AIDS Institute. |
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| 33% of new cases in US from heterosexual contact |
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"A Glance at the HIV Epidemic. "
HIV/AIDS Update. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Accessed
February 10, 2003.
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| Approximately 40,000 new HIV infections annually in the US |
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"A Glance at the HIV Epidemic."
HIV/AIDS Update.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| Approximately 21,000 cases were reported among African Americans
in 2001, representing nearly half (49%) of the more than 43,000
AIDS cases reported among adults that year. |
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"HIV/AIDS Among African Americans -
Key Facts."
Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
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| STD infection makes a person 2 to 5 times more likely to contract
HIV |
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"Prevention and Treatment of Sexually
Transmitted
Diseases as an HIV Prevention Strategy."
Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Accessed February 10, 20003.more...
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| 1 in ever 3 young Black male having sex with men were HIV-infected |
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"United States HIV &
AIDS Statements: Gay Men."
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. December
2001. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.more...
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| In 1989, men of color represented 32% of AIDS cases in MSM;
in 2000, almost 46%. |
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"HIV/AIDS and Men Who Have Sex with
Men
(MSM)." March 2000. Whitman-Walker
Clinic, Inc. Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| African American women have the highest percentage (64%) of
all new AIDS cases among women. |
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"HIV/AIDS and the Young African America
Woman."
Fact Sheet. Advocate for Youth. Accessed
February 10, 2003.
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| The number of HIV cases among young Black women (16-21 year
olds) is reported to be 7 times higher than for young white
women, and 8 times higher than for young Hispanic women. |
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"National Data on HIV Prevalence Among
Disadvantaged Youth in the 1990s."
Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| The US Census estimated 141,080,000 females were residing
in the US as of November 2000; African American females totaled
18,613,000 (13%). |
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"Resident Population Estimates of the
United States
by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin." US
Census Bureau Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| In population-based studies conducted worldwide, anywhere
fro 10 to over 50 percent of women report physical assault by
an intimate partner. And, on-third to one-half of physically
abused women also report sexual coercion. |
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"Gender, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: The
What, the
Why, and the How." Geeta Rao Gupta.
Plenary Address, XIIth International AIDS
Conference, Durban, South Africa.
July 12, 2000.
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| Studies that looked at the relationship between violence,
risky behavior, and women's sexual health, also shoed that individuals
who have been sexually abused are more likely to engage in unprotected
sex, have multiple partners, and trade sex for money or drugs. |
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"Gender, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: The
What, the
Why, and the How." Geeta Rao Gupta.
Plenary Address, XIIth International AIDS
Conference, Durban, South Africa.
July 12, 2000.
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| AIDS is the leading cause of death among Black men between
the ages of 25-44. |
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"HIV/AIDS Statistics." Fact Sheet.
December 2002.
National Institutes of Health. Accessed
February 10, 2003.
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| 11% of HIV-infected Black males got infected heterosexually.
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"United States HIV & AIDS Statistics
by Race, Sex
and Age." HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report.
December 2001. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| Blacks make up 49% of all new cases of AIDS. |
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"HIV/AIDS Among African Americans -
Key Facts."
Fact Sheet. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| In the United States, more than 65 million people have an
STD. |
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'Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United
States."
Fact Sheet. SIECUS (Sexuality Information
and Education Council of the United States).
Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| The CDC estimates that there are over 15.3 million new cases
of STDs in the U.S. annually (incidence). |
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STD Prevention." CDC National Prevention
Network.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| Seventy-five percent of women and 50 percent of men with Chlamydia
have no symptoms. |
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"Chlamydia in the United States."
Fact Sheet.
April 2001. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Accessed February 10, 2003.
more...
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| The highest rates of infection are usually found in 15-19
year old women and 20-24 year old men. |
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"An Introduction to Sexually Transmitted
Diseases."
Fact Sheet. National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health. .July 1999. Accessed February 10,
2003.
more...
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| AN estimated 60 million people have Genital Herpes. |
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"An Introduction to Sexually Transmitted
Diseases."
Fact Sheet. National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health. .July 1999. Accessed February 10,
2003.
more...
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| 60% of STDs (including HIV) are transmitted when one or both
partners are under the influence of alcohol at the time of intercourse.
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"Sex and Alcohol." University
Health Services at the
University of Georgia. Accessed February 10,
2003.
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