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Community Statistics
FACT: New York City is the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the United States.
FACT: HIV diagnoses are 30% higher in the Brooklyn communities of East New York and New Lots than the New York City overall rate.
FACT: The rate of people living with HIV/AIDS is 25% higher in these communities than the rate in NYC overall.
FACT: East New York has one of the highest death rates in Brooklyn, New York. At 44.4 per 1000, the age-adjusted death rate in East New York is the second highest in New York City which averaged 29.8. [2 Quarterly Report January 2004]
FACT: East New York has more people who have been diagnosed with AIDS than 18 states including Delaware and Hawaii.
Data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”)
FACT: In spite of these staggering numbers, there is no permanent supportive housing program in the East New York community for African-American, Latino, and Caribbean seniors or families living with HIV/AIDS.
Quick Facts
HIV/AIDS Facts
HIV/AIDS Facts - African American Community
HIV/AIDS Facts - African American Men
HIV/AIDS Facts - African American Women
HIV/AIDS Facts - The Caribbean
New York City Statistics
For a listing of Community Profiles as well as Borough specific AIDS Fact Sheets – for all five boroughs – please visit the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force web site.
National Statistics
Visit The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for national statistics.
International Statistics
For the most up-to-date information in international HIV and AIDS statistics, visit the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Additional Statistics is available in our HIV/AIDS Resource Directory
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