Did you know ?
According to the CDC of the 1.1 million people infected with HIV/AIDS that 46% are black or african american.
The numbers according to the CDC out of over 40,000 black people including children account for around 48% of new cases of HIV/ AIDS.
With Black women the most common method of transmission is heterosexual sex and drug injection use. The most common method for transmission with black men, is sexual contact with other men, intravenous drug use, and high risk heterosexual sex.
This information is very sad especially being a african american women.
Factors that contribute to the high rates of HIV/AIDS, are that they are having sex with high risk individuals, intravenous drug users, lack of awareness, poverty, no health insurance, and the list goes on.
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Hi Dolores. I did not realize that the numbers for HIV/AIDS in black or African Americans was so high. I do know that it is higher for the black race more so than Hispanics and Caucasian, but I didn't think it was almost 50%. Do you know if there are HIV awareness groups or some organization that is active in the poor black communities trying to educate the population? I know many in poor communities don't have access to T.V., rarely go to the doctor, etc. so how would they become educated on HIV? Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is a very high percentage. Not that everyone shouldn't be careful, but that statistic should definitely make you more aware and careful as an African American woman.
ReplyDeleteI hate thinking that the virus is more likely to affect a specific race of people over another. Then I ask myself the question, why do people take part in activities for which they "should" know will increase their risk. I don't understand that with statistics like those, why someone would want to take a chance.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea these numbers were so high. No matter who the person is it is still a very scary situation to think about. I wonder if people realize that sometimes the decisions that they make put them at a high risk for diseases and other harmful things?
ReplyDeleteThose numbers are astonishing to see and I feel terrible that we still haven’t found a cure for this disease. African Americans are being hit the hardest and it needs to be put to a stop. After watching the movie Silverlakes, this issue has really depressed me and made me cry. I never thought this issue would affect me this much as to make feel so sad and I cant wait for the day that we find a cure for this disease. I believe that one day we will but until that we have to do everything possible to protect ourselves from contracting this disease. God bless all that have passed from this disease.
ReplyDeleteI did my blog on this subject a few weeks ago and I too felt like we have to do something about this epidemic. I am African American and it scares me that we are not protected ourselves. We have to start educating each other. I am doing my part, getting tested and tell my friends and family to do the samme but that is not enough. I don't know what to do but make sure I protect myself.
ReplyDeleteIt is terrible how many African-Americans are HIV positive, I had no Idea the percentage was so high. There needs to be more of an effort to educate all people on ways to avoid being infected with the HIV virus. There are so many activites that you mention that people could simply avoid by making a better choice, but there needs to be people to educate them on these choices.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I knew the statistics in your piece, what you didn't tell us was why the numbers are so large. That would have been useful information to have. Also you didn't write about your experiences in this class. I want to see much more coming from you if you expect to get a good grade on this assignment.
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