AIDS rates highlighted for every group EXCEPT ASIANS

Guess which major racial group is NOT in the news? (Asians of course)
Table 5a gives estimated rates for each race.

The rate for whites is 6.9, the rate for Asians is 4.3, slightly higher than half the white rate. Asians have the lowest rate of any groups, whites are 2nd lowest.

CDC only reports rates which are higher for whites. They never report rates that are lower than whites.

Table 5a. Estimated numbers of cases and rates (per 100,000 population) of AIDS, by race/ethnicity, age category, and sex, 2005—50 states and the District of Columbia (Revised June 2007)
             
Table 5a. Estimated numbers of cases and rates (per 100,000 population) of AIDS, by race/ethnicity, age category, and sex, 2005—50 states and the District of Columbia (Revised June 2007) 
               
  Adults or adolescents     
  Males   Females   Totala   Children ( LT 13 yrs)   Totala 
Race/ethnicity No.  Rate    No.  Rate    No.  Rate    No.  Rate    No.  Rate  
White, not Hispanic
 10,027 12.1   1,747 2.0   11,773 **6.9**   6 0.0   11,780 5.9 
Black, not Hispanic
 13,048 95.1   7,093 45.5   20,141 **68.7**   46 0.6   20,187 54.1 
Hispanic
 5,949 36.0   1,714 11.2   7,662 **24.0**   13 0.1   7,676 18.0 
Asian/Pacific Islander
 389 7.2   92 1.6   481 **4.3**   1 0.1   483 3.6 
American Indian/Alaska Native
 137 14.3   45 4.4   182 **9.3**   0 0.0   182 7.4 
Totalb 29,766 24.9   10,774 **8.6**   40,540 16.6   68 0.1   40,608c 13.7 
 
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> IMAGE: Race/ethnicity of women with HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
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> Monday, March 10, 2008 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness
> Day (NWGHAAD). The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a health crisis for women and
> girls around the world.
>
> HIV/AIDS in 2005
>
> * Of 40,608 AIDS diagnoses in the 50 states and the District of
> Columbia, 10,774 (26%) were for women [1].
>
> * The rate of AIDS diagnosis for black women (45.5/100,000 women) was
> approximately 23 times the rate for white women (2.0/100,000) and 4
> times the rate for Hispanic women (11.2/100,000) [1].
>
> * An estimated 95,959 women were living with AIDS, representing 23%
> of the estimated 421,873 people living with AIDS in the 50 states and
> the District of Columbia [1].
>
> * An estimated 4,128 women with AIDS died, representing 25% of the
> 16,316 persons with AIDS who died in the 50 states and the District
> of Columbia [1].
>
> * From the beginning of the epidemic (1981) through 2005, women
> accounted for 181,802 diagnoses, a number that represents 19% of the
> 952,629 AIDS diagnoses in the 50 states and the District of Columbia
> during this period [1].
>
> * From the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, an estimated
> 85,844 women with AIDS died, accounting for 16% of the 530,756
> persons with AIDS who died in the 50 states and the District of
> Columbia [1].
>
> * Women with AIDS made up an increasing part of the epidemic. In
> 1992, women accounted for an estimated 14% of adults and adolescents
> living with AIDS in the 50 states and the District of Columbia [2].
> By the end of 2005, this proportion had grown to 23% [1].
>
> * Data from the 2005 census show that together, black and Hispanic
> women represent 24% of all US women [3]. However, women in these 2
> groups accounted for 82% (8,807/10,774) of the estimated total of
> AIDS diagnoses for women in 2005 [1].
>
>
> Data References:
>
> 1. CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005. Vol. 17. Rev ed. Atlanta:
> US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC: 2007:1-46. Accessed
> June 28, 2007.
>
> 2. CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 1998;10(No. 2): 1-43.Accessed
> March 1, 2007.
>
> 3. CDC. National Center for Health Statistics. Bridged-race vintage
> 2005 postcensal population estimates for July 1, 2000-July 2005, by
> year, county, single-year age, bridged-race, Hispanic origin, and
> sex. Available at
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/datadoc.htm#vintage2005.
> Accessed March 1, 2007.
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> Data Source: CDC. Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Women. June 2007.
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> For More Information:
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>   Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feature
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>   CDC HIV/AIDS
> CDC's Web site for HIV/AIDS in the United States
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>   FDA Office of Women's Health
> Advancing Women's Health Through Science and Information
>
>   CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)*
> The US reference, referral, and distribution service for information
> on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis
> (TB)
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> CDC Web Topic: HIV/AIDS and Women
> Learn about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls.
>
>
>
> CDC Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Women
> AIDS has become a leading cause of death for women.
>
>
>
> National HIV Testing Database*
> Find an HIV test site near you from the National HIV Testing
> Database, a CDC-sponsored service available 24 hours a day.
>
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>
> Podcast from CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding on HIV and Women
> CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding provides information on HIV/AIDS
> and U.S. women and the importance of testing. Date Released:
> 6/21/2007 (3:13)
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> Page last updated: March 10, 2008
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