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Reported
AIDS cases by race—2002:
Reported
adult AIDS cases by gender—2002:
Reported
adult AIDS cases by transmission—2002:
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For
the Record
- More
than 30,000 AIDS cases and more than 16,400 AIDS deaths
have been reported inIllinois since 1981.
- 70%
of AIDS cases reported in 2002 are among people of
color.
- Men
who have sex with men (MSM) account for the majority
of AIDS cases since 1981, and the majority of cases
among men in 2002.
- Injection
drug use (IDU) is the mode of transmission for more
than a third of all AIDS cases since 1981.
- Epidemiologists
estimate that at least half of all female heterosexual
AIDS cases resulted from sexual contact with a male
injection drug user.
Source:
Illinois Department of Public Health
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