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To: VanShuyten

“Actually, in DC among Blacks between 15 and 55, the HIV infection rate is about 1 in 10.”

I find that statistic very difficult to believe. If the incidence was that high, simple geometric progression would have the rate close to 100% in no time.


54 posted on 04/29/2013 11:37:55 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: dsrtsage

From 2012:
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-20/national/35459333_1_hiv-infection-infection-rate-care-within-three-months
Infection rates of women in Wards 7 and 8 was over 12%

From 2008:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/aidsdc_08-05.html
Five percent of the entire population of DC is HIV positive.

From 2009:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1885601,00.html
Seven percent of all Black males in DC are HIV positive.

The large majority of those infected are between the ages of 15 and 55, giving that cohort a higher percentage than the general population.


55 posted on 04/30/2013 6:39:54 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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