Epidemiology

AIDS Levels Off Among Native Americans

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 23rd, 1998

AIDS cases among American Indians and the indigenous people of Alaska have leveled off, U.S. health officials said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 1,783 AIDS cases had occurred among American Indians and native Alaskans since the epidemic began.

"AIDS cases among the American Indian-Alaskan native population increased through 1994. The good news is that they have now stabilized," said Dr. Helene Gayle, CDC's National Center for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis Prevention.

The native groups had a higher proportion of AIDS cases among people in their 20s and people living in rural...

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