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The Center for AIDS Research, Education & Services (n.d.). // Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services //. Retrieved August 14, 2012, from http://www.caresclinic.org/

Facts 1. Since 2001, there has been a 130% increase in people living with HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With an estimated 1.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, heterosexual sex and injecting drug use are the primary modes of transmission. 2.Most new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men (53% in 2006), a smaller share than earlier in the epidemic but the only group for which new infections are on the rise. 3.Perinatal HIV transmission, from an HIV infected mother to her baby, has declined significantly in the U.S., largely due to ARVs which can prevent mother-to-child transmission. 4.Blacks and Latinos account for a disproportionate share of HIV infections, relative to their size in the U.S. population. 5.Sub-Saharan Africa has been hardest hit by HIV, accounting for 67% of people living with HIV/AIDS and 72% of all AIDS deaths in 2007 even though only 11-12% of the global population lives in this region. 59% of those with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are women. 6.The annual number of new HIV infections declined from 3.0 million in 2001 to 2.7 million in 2007. 7.Globally, young people, age 15-24, account for 45% of all new HIV infections. 8.young adults and teens, under the age of 30, continue to be at risk, with those between the ages of 13 and 29 accounting for 34% of new HIV infections in 2006, the largest share of any age group. Most young people are infected sexually. 9.Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV has had disproportionate affect on injecting drug users, men who have sex with men and sex workers. 10.New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that there were 56,300 people newly infected with HIV in 2006, higher than previously thought. 11.HIV incidence was the highest in the 1980s, reaching 130,000, followed by declines. It has remained stable since 2000. 12.Based on the CDC’s recent estimate of HIV/AIDS prevalence,3 there are more than 500,000 Blacks living with HIV and AIDS in the U.S. 13.HIV incidence was the highest in the 1980s, reaching 130,000, followed by declines 14.New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that there were 56,300 people newly infected with HIV in 2006 15.Racial and ethnic minorities have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic, and represented the majority of new AIDS cases (71%), new HIV infections and people living with HIV/AIDS (67%, respectively), and AIDS deaths (70%) in 2007.