The World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) estimates,
that 35 million people around the world are infected with HIV and 1.1 of them
live in the United States (WHO, 2014).
There was a decline in Men, Women,
White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, heterosexual, Intravenous Drug Users (IDUs) and
most age groups, except young gay and bisexual men.
In 2006 the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention recommended that all Americans from the ages of 13 to 64 should
be tested for HIV because it should be a common as having one cholesterol
tested. In 2000 37% of the population
was tested and in 2010 that number increased to 45%. In the United States in the year 2002, 24 out
of 100,000 people were diagnosed with HIV and in 2011 that number decreased to 16
out of 100,000.
According to the Washington Blade (2014) the Washington DC
2014 Annual Epidemiology & Surveillance Report the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the District of Columbia
decreased to 680 in 2012, a decline of 42 percent from the 1,180 new cases
reported in 2008, that is an overall 42% decline. Men who Sex with Men (MSM) also saw a slight
decrease in the DC area. In 2008 in the
DC area there were 443 MSM diagnosed with HIV and in 2012 there were 313 MSM
diagnosed with HIV. Heterosexuals saw a
drop, in 2008 there were 335 heterosexual diagnosed with HIV compared to 215 in
the year 2012 (Washington Blade, 2014).
There were no baby born with HIV
compared to the 1 out of 10 babies with HIV were born in the DC area
And Intravenous Drug Users (IDUs)
diagnosed with HIV dropped 81%, which are primarily and directly contributed to
Needle Exchange Programs.
References:
Washington Blade (2014) Report shows new HIV cases in
D.C. continue to decline Retrieved from http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/07/02/report-shows-new-hiv-cases-d-c-continue-decline/
World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) HIV/AIDS Retrieved
from www.who.int/hiv/
