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Old 07-16-2004, 07:55 AM
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Originally posted by Munchkin03
I just wanted to know if you had anything to support that argument.
The data I found on the CDC website was a little dated, but the trends weren't really changing.

From the period of 1985 through 1997, there were 295,355 new cases of HIV infection due to men having sex with other men. That accounts for MORE THAN HALF of all new cases of HIV reported. The overall number was 584,618. You might be able to lump in the category of those who weren't sure whether they were infected from homosexual contact or injected drug use which was 37,514.

In that whole period, just so you know, there were 50,356 new cases of HIV/AIDS reported by heterosexuals.

It's no contest.

Here's the link:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus98.pdf

The chart is on page 272 of that report. It's a pdf so it takes awhile to load -- consider yourself warned
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