AIDS.com Announces 2004 Survey Results about AIDS and HIV.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- The American International AIDS Foundation, publisher of AIDS.com, today announced the results of a year-long survey about AIDS and 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. , which asked about the opinions and certain behavior surrounding the disease. The survey was conducted through their website, www.AIDS.com, and they received an overwhelming response of approximately five thousand (5,000). The survey was designed to encourage anonymous and frank responses about the disease, and its release is timed to coincide with World AIDS Day World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38. , December 1. The survey showed that seventy-five percent (75%) of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. ranged from ages twelve (12) to twenty-five (25), and of that amount, sixty-five percent (65%) were female because women are (unfortunately) a fast-growing percentage of newly diagnosed HIV cases. Approximately eighty-four percent (84%) of this young audience regarded AIDS & HIV as "Extremely Serious," and thirty-eight percent (38%) of respondents had been tested for HIV. Thirty-six percent (36%) of the respondents indicated that they knew someone with AIDS or HIV. Perhaps this tells us that the stigma stigma: see pistil. Stigma mark of Cain God’s mark on Cain, a sign of his shame for fratricide. [O. T.: Genesis 4:15] scarlet letter of AIDS and/or HIV is gradually being reduced because people are getting educated about the disease and know they can still be friends, coworkers and even lovers with an AIDS- or HIV-infected person so long as proper precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory. are taken. Out of two thousand five hundred (2,500) respondents, sixty-two percent (62%) of them were "sexually active," and of that, seventy-six percent (76%) had between one and three partners per year. Fifteen percent (15%) of respondents said they have anywhere between four to eleven (4-11) partners per year, with nine percent (9%) saying that they have twelve or more partners per year. Out of approximately three thousand seven hundred (3,700) respondents, thirty-four percent (34%) said they use a 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 100% of the time and twenty-five percent (25%) said that they NEVER use a condom. These results are just a sampling of the entire survey. For complete survey results, with color graphs and charts, please visit www.AIDS.com. The American International AIDS Foundation is a non-profit corporation based in Los Angeles County and is the official publisher of AIDS.com, whose mission is to provide timely, accurate and easy-to-understand information about AIDS and HIV to a global audience. |
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