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Q: Aids Stats
asked by: l2at24 on November 28th, 2004
Extremely eHealthy
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here are the number through the year 2002
886,575 are infected by aids
adults and adolecents make up 877,275
men 718,002
female 159,271
children under 13 9,300
deaths related to aids ytd
501,669
children under 15 5315
aids by race
white 364,458
black 347,491
hispanic 163,940
asian/pacific islander 6924
american indian and alaskan native 2,875
unknown 887
highest aids reported in each state
new york
california.

Thought this was good to know. Let's teach our babies about the seriousness of this disease.
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sarahsweet
replied on November 28th, 2004
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Wow...Thanks for the stats...That scarey
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June4life
replied on November 28th, 2004
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Yeah, I live in ny, arent those scary?!

In ny, if you do have aids, all your medications are paid for thru a special program similar to medicaid, but its only for aids patients. I know a lady who has aids, and her medicine would cost her $1250 / month if she wasnt in this program!

When you hear aids what do you think of? I think of inner city, african americans, shooting up drugs.

But then I realized that my neighbor (5 houses down) has aids. It's amazing though because she is a mother, a doctor, and never used drugs ever in her life. She lost her virginity, got pregnant, and got aids all at the same time when she was 17. The guy didnt know he had it until 5 years later, and then she found out she had it 5 years after that. So basically she had the disease for 10 years, without even knowing!! Now she's 39, and still going strong!
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LHSbabe0207
replied on November 28th, 2004
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Omg! Great information thanks!
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l2at24
replied on November 28th, 2004
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I did research on it in 1996, and at that time it could take up to 10 years to show up in a blood test. That was almost 10 years ago, and they may have found that not to be true. Not sure.
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l2at24
replied on December 1st, 2004
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Sorry ladies. Just once more. Today is world aids day.
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