AIDS and young adults.Aids is the sixth leading cause of death among 15-to-24-year-olds, reports the National Center for Health Statistics National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NCHS is the United States' principal health statistics agency. . More than 10,000 young adults (ages 13 to 24) have contracted AIDS since the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s. Of the more than 242,000 cumulative AIDS cases in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , 6% contracted the disease through heterosexual contact, however, heterosexual transmission is growing. While the medical community agrees that, besides abstinence abstinence: see fasting; temperance movements. , condom 1. condom - The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure use is the most effective protection against HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , the message is not getting through to teens. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey of minority youth in Detroit, only 13% of Hispanic and 47% of black teens know that nonlatex condoms do not provide effective HIV protection. Since the average incubation period incubation period n. 1. See latent period. 2. See incubative stage. Incubation period for AIDS onset is 10 years, a significant portion of young adults with AIDS contracted the disease in their teens.
TAKING ITS TOLL
Nationwide AIDS cases among adolescents and
adults, by race/ethnicity and gender.
RACE/ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE
White 6,908 120,409
Black 14,792 57,192
Hispanic 5,871 34,482
Source: Centers for Disease Control, HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report, Atlanta, October 1992.
TOP TEN STATES AND METROPOLITAN
AREAS IN THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
Cumulative AIDS cases.
STATES METROPOLITAN AREAS
New York 49,154 New York City 42,737
California 44,935 Los Angeles 15,982
Florida 23,228 San Francisco 12,886
Texas 16,709 Miami 7,134
New Jersey 14,173 Washington, D.C. 6,867
Puerto Rico 8,117 Houston 6,774
Illinois 7,654 Chicago 6,374
Georgia 6,755 Newark 5,854
Pennsylvania 6,681 Atlanta 5,085
Maryland 4,996 Philadelphia 5,043
Source: Centers for Disease Control, HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Report, Atlanta, October 1992.
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