132% Increase in HIV Diagnosis Rate Among Gay Men in US!
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The rate of HIV diagnoses in the United States has dropped more than 30 percent over the past decade, but is on the rise among certain gay men, researchers said Saturday.
Men who have sex with men and who are aged between 13 and 24 saw the biggest rise -- a 132.5 percent increase in the rate of HIV diagnoses -- said the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Gay men aged 45 and older were also increasingly diagnosed with HIV.
Meanwhile, the rate of HIV diagnoses fell among other groups, including heterosexual women and injection drug users.
During the period of 2002-2011, 493,372 people in the United States were diagnosed with HIV.
The annual diagnosis rate fell by 33.2 percent, from 24.1 per 100,000 population in 2002 to 16.1 in 2011, said the study.
Meanwhile, HIV fell among men aged 35-44.
"Among men who have sex with men, unprotected risk behaviors in the presence of high prevalence and unsuppressed viral load may continue to drive HIV transmission," said the study.
It is no longer a death sentence so some stupid gheys think unprotected sex is worth it
This idea that it's not a death sentence anymore is a biT dangerous, living with HIV - even just the side effects from having to take a daily cocktail of meds - is not easy whatsoever.
This idea that it's not a death sentence anymore is a biT dangerous, living with HIV - even just the side effects from having to take a daily cocktail of meds - is not easy whatsoever.
This! I think some people don't realize how difficult it can be.
