Uh, "fastest growing"... As a *percentage*, or what?

Post #19,989 by CRConrad 12/2/01 7:20:55 PM Reply	Uh, "fastest growing"... As a percentage, or what? If I'm not misled by "intuitive" maths, that could still mean more people, in _absolute_numbers_, get it the "traditional" ways. So be a bit more specific, please. Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Doesn't Know Fucking Everything About HIV/AIDS
Post #19,999 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/01 8:15:52 PM Reply	Stats, California November 2001 Heterosexual cases account for 5% of infections (cumulative) in California. Hetero cases are higher for U.S. average because so many gays have flocked to California. Of hetro cases, 2/3 are female, and I know from charts I have seen posted (I have a bunch of clients who are medical testing labs) nearly all of those females are black, the only significant rising group in California. Sticking to my general age group, demographic and ethnicity, I could sleep with a different woman every night for the rest of my life without significantly changing the odds between dying of AIDS versus the Los Angeles freeways. [link\|http://www.apla.org/apla/ed/HIVSTATS.HTM#castats\|Stats] [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #20,000 by admin 12/2/01 8:29:45 PM Reply	Personally speaking... I like your method of suicide better than the LA freeway method... Regards, -scott anderson
Post #20,038 by pwhysall 12/3/01 2:52:45 AM Reply	Re: Uh, "fastest growing"... As a percentage, or what? Look here: [link\|http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/aidsstat.htm\|National Institute Of Allergy & Infectious Diseases]. Some juicy tit-bits. * Worldwide, more than 80 percent of all adult HIV infections have resulted from heterosexual intercourse. * The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-third of whom are unaware of their infection. (my emphasis) Look here: [link\|http://www.avert.org/statsyr.htm\|UK Aids Statistics] Look specifically at the table "How people got infected". Look at the numbers for homosexual intercourse versus heterosexual intercourse, for men. Also look here: [link\|http://www.tht.org.uk/stats.htm\|Terrence Higgins Trust] Note that 50% new diagnoses of HIV infection in 2000 were via heterosexual sex versus 39% via homosexual sex. Am I getting this through? I'm not making this shit up. AIDS is no longer "The Gay/Junkie Disease". The sooner certain people around here wake up to that fact the better. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #20,051 by static 12/3/01 4:47:06 AM Reply	Danger signs are brewing. I heard a report the other day that homosexuals in Australia are starting to not regularly use condoms. That said, HIV and other STDs are and really always have been promiscuity diseases. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #20,126 by Meerkat 12/3/01 4:52:53 PM Reply	Another statistic Alas I'm way busy with work at the moment to make a contribution to this discussion of any significance. But on Friday, when I bought a red ribbon from folks near the railway station, attached was a small card that said, among other things, '95% of people living with HIV reside in the developing countries' Can't remember which, but some African countries now have an average life expectancy of about 40. If nothing else, it was at least heartening to see quite a few red ribbons being worn on Friday. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #20,263 by CRConrad 12/4/01 7:05:06 PM Reply	So that's was what those were about? (Why wasn't I told B4?)
Post #20,271 by Meerkat 12/4/01 8:22:34 PM Reply	I'll try and remind you for next year On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.

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