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HIV/AIDS Facts - African American Community

• While only 12 percent of the total American population, African Americans make up 37 percent of total American AIDS cases.
• More than 50 percent of new reported HIV infections in the United States is among African Americans.
• AIDS is the number one cause of death in the U.S. for Black adults aged 25 to 44, before heart disease, cancer and homicide.
• In the U.S., one in 50 Black men and one in 160 Black women is HIV-positive.
• Black senior citizens represent more than 50 percent of HIV cases among persons over age 55.
• Although only 15 percent of the adolescent population in the United States is Black, over 60 percent of AIDS cases reported in 1999 among 13-19 year olds were among Blacks.
• Black children in the U.S. represent almost two-thirds (62 percent) of all reported pediatric AIDS cases.

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