AIDS Epidemiology

Number of HIV, AIDS cases rises steadily in Alabama and Southeast

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 17th, 2003

When AIDS outreach coordinator James Waid begins work with a new client nowadays, the person is often black, female, and heterosexual, rather than white, male, and gay.

With new cases of HIV and AIDS in Alabama continuing to rise at a steady rate of about 700 per year, the majority are no longer gay men, as they previously were in many places, but low-income, heterosexual blacks, officials say.

The trend is mirrored throughout the Southeast, which has had the highest increase of new HIV and AIDS cases among all regions in the country since 1993, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-03-17)

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