- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters
Health) - Close to 4 percent of men between the ages of 40 and 49 living
in New York City are infected with HIV, researchers from U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported here Tuesday at the 11th
Annual Retrovirus Conference.
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- This statistic is "quite overwhelming," as
is the finding that 2.8 percent of all men living in Manhattan have HIV
infection or AIDS, Dr. Harold Jaffe, of the CDC, told conference participants.
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- "Also, even though we think we're doing well with
prevention of serious complications by using antiretroviral therapy,"
he added, "the death rates among HIV-infected persons in New York
are still four times higher than the age- and gender-matched population.
So we've still got a ways to go."
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- Although data have been available for the number of full-blown
AIDS cases, the reporting of HIV infections by New York City health care
providers was only implemented in June 2000, Dr. Jaffe explained.
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- Lead investigator Dr. Denis Nash of the New York City
Department of Health and colleagues reported the results of data collected
on HIV infection as of December 31, 2001.
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- During this period there were 6478 new HIV diagnoses
in New York City, or 81 cases for every 100,000 persons, Nash told conference
participants. Sixty-five percent of the cases were in men and 35 percent
in women.
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- HIV infection rates were 5-times higher among non-Hispanic
blacks and 2.5-times higher among Hispanics, compared with non-Hispanic
whites.
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- These findings provide a more accurate picture of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York and may also help redirect prevention efforts
to high-risk groups, the investigators added.
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