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Another tactic is to say that AIDS rates vary between different Asian ethnicities, and indeed, the Japanese and Filipinos are the highest. But even when broken down, every ethnic group is still substantially lower than whites in every city. Anyone who says that AIDS is higher for persons of color is making a false statement unless they exclude Asians and Native Americans. While it appears cultural reasons should be sufficient to explain low rates of AIDS due to sex between men, it is interesting that Asians and Native Americans are genetically similar, if there is a genetic basis for these low rates.
When broken down by transmission factor, the only causes where Asians are at or near parity with whites are hemophiliacs and blood transfusions, and the least are gay and drug users. That means when culture is not involved, Asians are just as likely to get AIDS. Most tests of gay men show Asians to be just as HIV positive as other gay men. When you solve the paradox of Asian men having just as much AIDS, but few AIDS cases overall, it basically means there are few Asian gay men!.
Summary - for almost every cause, for every sub-ethnic group, in every city, state, county, nationally, and internationally, Asians have the lowest rate of AIDS of any racial group from a factor of 3 nationally to 20 in San Francisco. This has almost never been reported. Even less reported is that rates for Native Americans is also much lower than for whites. Despite this, headlines proclaim that Asia is the #1 danger area for AIDS, and there are articles that say that Asian women are especially at risk for AIDS even though they are at the LOWEST risk for any race / gender group.
The only exceptions are rural areas where there are few white homosexuals, and in Asia, countries with regions with high rates of IV drug use (Ruili Chian, Northern Thailand) This appears to be explainable only by low rates of drug use and homosexuality (see gay, sex and drug entries) Experts are claiming very high rates of AIDS and HIV, and Asia already having half of new HIV infections worldwide, far exceeding US cases on the basis of only a few hundred reported cases. Much could be learned about AIDS prevention if people wanted to study why Asian Ameiricans have such low rates of AIDS, but it is a political taboo. Not one dime has been spent to explain low AIDS rates for Asians, but much has been spent trying to paint a picture of Asians at risk
Frequently Asked Questions About Asians and AIDS
Q. IS THE RATE OF AIDS LOWER FOR ASIANS?
According to experts, the figures may say that Asians are
underrepresented, and that the per capita rates are lower, but "rates
are much higher for specific groups" and "we may be underestimating
or undercounting" in these communities. But AIDS is lower for almost
every subgroup except the most distressed PI communities, and lower
by a factor of 3 to 10 in every city, county and state for every year.
So yes, the rate is a LOT lower. Period.
Q. IS ASIAN AIDS IMMUNITY A MYTH?
Q. Is it true that Asians get just as much AIDS as anyone else, and
that it is a myth that Asians are "immune" to AIDS? A. The "myth"
arises out of the rarely mentioned, if not outright banned fact that
documented rates of AIDS for Asian Americans in every city and state
are much lower than for whites, for almost every cause, and every
ethnic subgroup. Asians really aren't immune, evidently, they simply
don't do the things you need to do to get AIDS as much as other
groups, and in fact gay Asians have just as much AIDS as other gay
men. In fact, Asians suffer from AIDS just as much for non-behavioral
causes such as blood transfusions. By contrast, for Blacks,
non-behavioral causes are the LOWEST AIDS rate, indicating that
between the races, Asians have the lowest, and Blacks the highest
rates of risky behaviors that will get you AIDS. This also means that
if you're searching for HIV free gay sex, don't look to gay Asian men.
HOW DO ASIANS GET AIDS?
Q. How are Asians most and least likely to get AIDS compared with
Whites? Asians are least likely to get AIDS compared to whites due
to gay sex, and drug injection. The only categories equal or higher
than whites are blood transfusion, and immigration from countries
like Africa.
Asian AIDS risk factors vs. White
Exposure category
Risk Factor Rate Sex
Born in Pattern-II(2) country 9.72 M
Born in Pattern-II(2) country 5.19 F
Sex with infected transfusion 1.62 F
Sex with injecting drug user 1.16 F
Transfusion, Blood, Tissue 1.09 F
Risk not identified(3) 1.05 F
---------- equal to white or greater ------------
Risk not identified(3) -1.11 M
Other het sex with HIV infecte -1.16 F
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder -1.33 F
Transfusion, Blood, Tissue -1.35 M
Sex with infected transfusion -1.39 M
Total -1.73 F
Sex with Men + Drugs -1.85 F
Heterosexual contact: -2.12 F
Heterosexual contact: -2.20 M
Other het sex with HIV infecte -2.47 M
Sex with injecting drug user -2.58 M
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder -2.59 M
Sex with person with hemophili -2.70 F
Total -3.05 M
Men who have sex with men -3.05 M
Injecting drug use -5.06 F
Injecting drug use -6.18 M
Sex with Men + Drugs -8.09 M
Sex with person with hemophili 0.00 M
Sex with Pattern II 0.00 M
Sex with Pattern II 0.00 F
AIDS AFFLICTS PERSONS OF _SOME_ COLORS
Q. Is it true that persons of color have higher rates of AIDS? A.
Only African Americans have consistently and significantly higher
rates of AIDS than whites, and this is not even true in places like
San Francisco where AIDS is still mostly a white gay phenomenon.
Hispanics are higher primarily in the Northeast because of drug
injection among Puerto Ricans. Native Americans are lower in AIDS in
most cities and nationally, and this is the only place on the planet
where you can read this in print.
Asian Americans have much lower rates of AIDS case than whites in
amost every documented locality, though this has rarely been reported
by any newspaper. There appears to be an unwritten rule that only
whites are allowed to have the appearance of the lowest AIDS rates to
maintain the appearance of the traditional racial ranking of
discrimination.
USA 12/95
Demographic characteristics of cumulative reported AIDS case
White rate = 1.00 per population
Black 4.40
Hispanic 3.30
---- higher -----
White 1.00
---- lower-------
AmInd -1.76
AsianPI -3.17
Plausible ranges of HIV prevalence in California by
demographics and modes of exposure on January 1, 1996
Ranges of HIV Prevalence Ranked by Population Rate
Number Percent Pop Rate
Low HIgh Low HIgh
California 94,300 130,500 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Gender
Gay/Bisexual IDU 7300 10000 7.7% 7.7% 1.0% 76.30
Gay/Bisexual 63600 88000 67.4% 67.4% 3.0% 22.48
Injection Drug Us 12000 16700 12.7% 12.8% 1.0% 12.80
African American 17900 25000 19.0% 19.2% 7.4% 2.59
Male 85500 117600 90.7% 90.1% 50.0% 1.80
White 53000 73300 56.2% 56.2% 56.4% 1.00
Latina/o 20600 28000 21.8% 21.5% 25.8% -1.20
Native American 500 700 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% -1.49
Asian/Pacific Isl 2200 3000 2.3% 2.3% 9.6% -4.18
Female 9300 12900 9.9% 9.9% 50.0% -5.06
Heterosexual Cont 5200 7200 5.5% 5.5% 90.0% -16.31
Asians are almost as safe as a group as females. Gays are at 22 times
if they are 3% of the population
WHERE IS ASIAN AIDS DATA?
Q. Is it true that there is a lack of AIDS data for Asians? A. Every
city, county and state with any Asian population reports AIDS by
race. It appears however than government authorities and the press
choses not to highlight Asians because they are the only group
consistently lower than whites. The lack of data is solely due to
editorial choice, not a lack of basic data. This web page is one of
the only place where you'll see numbers with Asians, and certainly
the only one that will tell you in so many words that Asians are the
lowest.
Q. IS ASIAN AIDS DATA UNDER-REPORTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
ADMIT TO HAVING AIDS OR BEING GAY?
A. There has never been any evidence to support the assertion that
actual AIDS rates are much higher than reported rates. The
percentages of AIDS cases attributed to homosexuality in fact are
sometimes higher for Asians than for other groups because the rate of
relative drug use is even lower than measurable rates of
homoexuality. If Asians were reluctant to admit they were gay, then
they would report other causes for their condition, but the
percentage of gay AIDS cases is just as high or higher for Asians
than Whites, and the rates for blood transfusions are exactly as high
as whites, so the likely rate of under-reporting for that cause is
zero.
In my review of the literature, there is no evidence to support the
notion that the actual rate of AIDS among Asians is significantly
higher than reported rates. This is also suspect due to low HIV rates
among those tested blindly, such as mothers, military recruiters, and
health clinics. If the rate of AIDS among Asian gays is equal to
other groups, but the rate of AIDS among Asians in general is lower,
algebra tells us that this means a smaller number of Asian gays.
Ranked by US AIDS cases caused by sex between men, male adults and
adolescents: Asian gay cases are just as high as whites as a
percentage of total cases.
Rate Index
White 71% 1.00
Asian/PI 69% -1.02
AmInd 53% -1.33
Total 51% -1.32
Hispanic 39% -1.82
Black 34% -2.09
Q. Is it true that homosexuality and sexual activity are the same for
all races and all cultures?
A. This is a popular political assertion which has no basis in actual
statistics. Homosexuality does exist in all cultures and races,
however that does not mean they occur at the same rates. Most
statements of racial parity are based on number of Blacks, and most
figures are close to whites. However, by every possible method of
counting Asians and surveys of sexual behaviorss in the gay
community, Stanford University is the only place I have documented
with rates of homosexual participation or self-identification
comparable to whites. Heterosexual activity by any measure is also
lower in most cases.
see http://www.arthurhu.com/index/agay.htm#summary
Index is representation of race relative to actual population, 1.00
equal to white, 2.00 twice -2.00 half
Rank by Index Black Hisp Asian
Stanford Health 2.3 2.0 2.7
Overlooked USA wome -2.2 1.2 -1.5
Overlooked USA men -3.4 -1.1 -2.7
SF Young Men's Surv -1.1 1.0 -3.1
Seattle Gay STD 88- 1.7 1.6 -3.3
San Jose Metro Pers -2.9 0.0 -4.9
Los Angeles Rand -3.6 -3.2 -8.2
San Francisco EMT F -4.2 -4.5 -11.4
San Francisco EMT M -3.1 -5.6 -14.6
San Francisco Gay S -1.2 -1.6 -16.0
Gay Parade SF -4.8 -6.2 -32.1
Q. Is it true that the rate of AIDS varies greatly and Filipinos have
much higher rates of AIDS than other Asian groups? A. Yes, but this
statement is used to hide the fact than even when split out
individually, every Asian sub-ethnic group still has much lower rates
of AIDS than whites. For example, in Los Angeles, Thais have the
highest rate for Asians, but it's still only 1/3 the rate of whites.
The rate for Koreans is only 1/60 that of whites in Los Angeles or
San Francisco. However, Asian AIDS rates in cities like San
Francisco is higher than for whites elsewhere in the country like
North Dakota.
AIDS by ethnicity by city, 1992
Data from respective city health departments
Ranked by AIDS rates in Los Angeles
Index: White = 1.0, -2.0 = 1/2 rate of whites
Index Hawaii LA SanFran SClara NYC USA
White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Black -15.71 -1.06 -1.38 1.55 1.73 3.40
All -2.85 -1.53 -1.08 -1.29 1.23 1.41
Hispanic -47.14 -2.81 -1.70 -1.42 1.43 2.57
Thai #N/A -3.30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
AmIndian #N/A -6.00 -2.21 -1.08 -6.38 -3.36
Japanese -16.50 -8.38 -5.77 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Filipino -8.25 -8.71 -7.93 #N/A #N/A #N/A
OtherAs -8.88 -9.42 -5.60 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Chinese -10.04 -11.02 -33.85 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Asian -8.19 -11.07 -15.07 -9.85 -8.46 -3.35
Vietnam #N/A -13.93 -20.80 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Cambodian #N/A -24.33 -20.80 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Korean #N/A -55.15 -59.69 #N/A #N/A #N/A
PacIs #N/A -57.95 -3.24 #N/A #N/A #N/A
As Indian* #N/A ####### #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Hawaiian -6.42 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Mix NonH -28.88 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Q. DOES ASIA HAVE THE GREATEST AIDS PROBLEM?
A. Why do people insist on pointing the finger at populations at the
least risk? The truth is that Asia, with the exception of a couple of
locations, has by far the lowest rates of AIDS for most nations in
the world, and projections that Asia will have 50% of AIDS cases by
last year are based on extrapolations with no reasonable basis in
fact, or confirmed cases of AIDS.
WHO Data:
http://data.unaids.org/pub/GlobalReport/2006/Annex2_Data_en.xls
2006 UN report
Country HIV Pop Rate Vs US
Cambodia 130 000 8,900,000 0.01461 3.66
Thailand 580 000 63 360 000 0.00915 2.29
India (2) 5 700 000 1,129,866,154 0.00504 1.26
United States 1 200 000 301,139,947 0.00398 1.00
Viet Nam 260 000 85,262,356 0.00305 -1.30
Malaysia 69 000 24,821,286 0.00278 -1.43
Canada (4) 60 000 33,390,141 0.00180 -2.21
Singapore 5500 4,553,009 0.00121 -3.29
Australia 16 000 20,434,176 0.00078 -5.08
Indonesia 170 000 234,693,997 0.00072 -5.50
China 650 000 1321 851 888 0.00049 -8.10
Republic of Korea 13 000 49044790 0.00027 -15.0
Mongolia 500 2,951,786 0.00017 -23.5
Japan 17 000 127,433,494 0.00013 -29.8
Philippines 12 000 91,077,287 0.00013 -30.2
Note that most of the Asian population lives in China
Only India has more cases than the USA, either nation is less than
one half of one percent.
HIV estimates from United Nations vs population from CIA, other sources
-30 means rate is 1/30 the rate of the USA
Year Cases Index
Africa 20.2% 1.28
America 58.4% 1.00
Oceania 0.2% -2.50
TOTALS 100.0% -3.22
Europe 14.6% -5.32
Asia 6.7% -28.73
AIDS Risk Spectrum
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Also see HIV Rate Spectrum
Aids Spectrum by risk relative to whites
---------------------------------------------------------
-------- equal to white -----------------------------------
Ranked Data Points by Asian:
------ best relative to white -----
World W1.00 B-1.28 A28.7
(10) San Francisco Ca 96 W1.0 B 1.3 H 2.3 A19.0 N 1.3
(14) IVDU AIDS Ca 80-95 W1.0 B -4.6 H 1.3 A10.0 N 1.0
New York City 1992 W1.0 B -1.7 H-1.4 A 8.5 N 6.4
(3) Santa Clara Co. CA W1.0 B -3.5 H 1.5 A 7.0 Women -6.48
(6) CA Death rates, 1993 W1.0 B -1.6 H 1.8 A 6.1 N 3.04
(11) CA 1995 W1.0 B -1.8 H 1.7 A 5.8 N 2.4
(9) Seattle/Kingco 1995 W1.0 B -1.7 H-1.3 A 5.7 N 1.01
(16) Female SF AIDS 1997 W1.0 B -5.3 H-1.2 A 5.0 N-4.8
(1) Hawaii 90-94 W1.0 B -1.1 H 3.1 A 4.8 (Chinese)
(9) WA 1995 W1.0 B -2.8 H-1.0 A 3.4 N 1.2
(15)Seattle STD Clinic Gay 88-96 W1.0 B -1.7 H-1.6 A 3.3 N-2.54
(9) US 1995 CDC cases W1.0 B -3.3 H-3.3 A 3.2 N 1.76
(4) US Death Rate W1.0 B -4.5 H-3.0 A 2.7 N 1.6
(18) US Job Corps Applicants W1.0 B -6.4 H-1.6 A-2.5 N-1.6
(12)SF Alchohol Treatment W1.0 B 1.0 H 1.8 A 2.3 N 2.3
(13)CA women 1986-85 W1.0 B -6.7 H-1.2 A 2.2 N-1.2
(18)US Military Recruits 93-97 W1.0 B -7.0 H-2.0 A 2.0 N 2.0
(3) WA Job Corp Entrants 1988-84 W1.0 B -3.0 H 2.0 A 2.0
(15)%HIV Seattle STD Clinic W1.00 B 1.9 H-1.0 A 2.0 N-1.5
(8) US Military Recruits W1.0 B -7.0 H-3.4 A 1.7
(2) Childbearing Women King Co W1.0 B-10.7 H-1.3 A 1.6 N-1.3
US Miltary Recruits 96 W1.00 B -7.0 H-3.3 A 1.3 N-1.25
(15)Seattle STD Clinic Hetero 88-96 W1.00 B-34.5 H-14.3A 1.3 N-21.6
% of cases MSM Seattle W1.00 B1.34 H1.12 A 1.1 N1.12
------- equal to white -----------------------
------- worse than white ---------------------
(15)%HIV Seattle Het STD Clin 88-96 W1.0 B -4.1 H-5.8 A-1.1 N-8.1
(15)%HIV Seattle Gay STD Clin 88-96 W1.0 B 1.0 H 1.4 A-1.1 N-1.4
(17)WA Military Recruits 99 W1.00 B -7.7 H-3.7 A-1.3 N 0.00
(8) WA Military Recruits 97 W1.0 B -7.0 H-5.0 A-3.0
(5) US Rate of Increase 89-94 W1.0 B -5.6 H-4.3 A-3.9 N-6.5
-- worst relative to white - only when risks are equal, or rate
-- of increase
Only HIV rates within heterosexual or gay risk groups are comparable,
the lower rate of Asian homosexuals almost entirely explains the low
overall rate of Asian AIDS. The rate of increase is higher than
whites, but the overall rate of AIDS is still much lower, and not
likely to ever equal or exceed whites. Note that you will never find
this interpretation from official agencies. The official position on
Asians and AIDS is either (A) the rate of AIDS is just as high for
Asians as any other group (very false) or (B) while the rate is low,
it is getting worse (but will never get close to rates for other
groups)
Ranked Data Points by Native American: Nearly every
city and state has a lower rate than whites.
New York City 1992 W1.0 B -1.7 H-1.4 A 8.5 N 6.4
Los Angeles 1992 W1.0 B -1.1 H 2.8 A11.1 N 6.0
(6) CA Death rates, 1993 W1.0 B -1.6 H 1.8 A 6.1 N 3.0
(11) CA 1995 W1.0 B -1.8 H 1.7 A 5.8 N 2.4
(12)SF Alchohol Treatment W1.0 B 1.0 H 1.8 A 2.3 N 2.3
San Francisco 1992 W1.0 B 1.4 H 1.7 A15.1 N 2.2
(9) US 1995 CDC cases W1.0 B -3.3 H-3.3 A 3.2 N 1.8
(4) US Death Rate W1.0 B -4.5 H-3.0 A 2.7 N 1.6
(10) San Francisco Ca 96 W1.0 B 1.3 H 2.3 A19.0 N 1.3
(9) WA 1995 cases W1.0 B -2.8 H-1.0 A 3.4 N 1.2
(9) Seattle/Kingco 1995 W1.0 B -1.7 H-1.3 A 5.7 N 1.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Childbearing Women King Co W1.0 B-10.7 H-1.3 A 1.6 N-1.3
(16) Female SF 97 W1.0 B- 5.3 H-1.2 A 5.0 N-4.8
(5) US Rate of Increase 89-94 W1.0 B -5.6 H-4.3 A-3.9 N-6.5
Native Americans much lower than whites in almost every city, not just
"under-reported", but this has been reported even less often than low
Asian AIDS rates.
(1) Hawaii Health Department
(2) \doc\95\14\chilbear.wk1 Seattle King County Health Department
(3) \doc\94\19\SACAHIV.wk1 - Santa Clara county CA 1994 health department
(4) \doc\95\05\aidsdeat.wk1 AIDS Death Rates by Race CDC 12/94
(5) \doc\95\07\gayaids.wk1 CDC MMWR 2-Jun-95
(6) \doc938\death1.xls California Department of Health
(7) \doc\95\14\jobcaids.txt Seattle King County Health Department
(8) \doc\94\17\hivmilit.wk1 Seattle King County Health Department
.(9) \doc\96\03\kgcoad95.wk1 King County / Washington AIDS 1995
(10) San Francisco Health Dept, cumulative March 1996
(11) California Health Dept Dec 1995 cumulative
(12) \doc\95\02\alchaids.wk1 San Francisco Health Dept
(13) \DOC\96\07\CAAIDS.TXT California AIDS Department 1/96
(14) \doc\web\97\03\ivaids.wk1 California AIDS Dept July 1996
(15) Seattle HIV/AIDS 1stQ 1997
(16) March 1997 San Francisco AIDS report
(17) Seattle HIV/AIDS 4thQ 1999
(18) HIV Prevelence Trends in Selected Populations in the
United States 1993-1997 CDC Dept Health and Human Services
Aug 2001
@@Africa
%%Exaggerated
AIDS IN AFRICA COMPUTER GENERATED EXAGGERATION
z75\clip\2003\12\afraid.txt
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec192.html
Africa isn't dying of Aids
'In 1993 Botswana had an estimated population of 1.4 million. Today
that figure is under a million..may soon become the first nation in
modern times literally to die out.' Really? ..census shows population
growing at about 2.7 per cent a year.. has risen to 1.7 million in
just a decade. If anything, Botswana is experiencing a minor
population explosion.
Epimodel estimated 250,000 Aids deaths in 1999, but there were only
375,000 adult deaths in total that year - far too few to accommodate
the UN's claims on behalf of the HIV virus. In short, Epimodel had
failed its reality check.
%%General
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/daily/july00/aidsgraphic.htm
z48\clipim\2001\02\02\afaid\afaids.htm July 2000
14-35% HIV+ vs. 0.6% USA, 0.7% India, 2.15% Thailand
%%Nigeria
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12/1/99 Nigeria on verge of AIDS explosion Study shows HIV infection
rising 20 percent in some areas REUTERS LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1 -
Nigeria is on the verge of an AIDS explosion with overall HIV
infection rates of 5.4 percent climbing as high as 21 percent in some
areas, a new study showed on Wednesday.
%%Senegal
z48\clip\2001\03\senegal.txt In AIDS-Ravaged Africa, Senegal is a
Beacon of Hope Health: United Nations hails the country as a success
story for its sweeping efforts to combat the disease. By ANN M.
SIMMONS, LA Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010309/t000020779.html The
prevalence of the disease here stands at about 1% of adults [very low
for Africa] 92% Muslim, 6% pagan, and only 2% Christian
%%Uganda
z45\clip\2000\10\uganaid.txt Uganda-AIDS: More than 800,000 Ugandans
have died of AIDS Agence France-Presse - October 5, 2000 HIV Up to 7%
of nation is infectd,but infection rates from the major surveillance
sites continued to decline. "In major urban areas, where this trend
has been observed since 1992, ante-natal prevalence rates have
continued to decline respectively from 13.4 percent and 14.2 percent
in 1998 to 12.4 percent and 10.5 percent in 1999
HALF OF SOME AFRICAN HOSPITALS HIV+
\doc\web\99\14\swazaids.txt In
1998 a baseline HIV/AIDS survey was conducted in Swaziland's four
regional hospitals in two urban and two ru-ral areas.' This found
that 49.5% of in-patients were infected with HIV, and reaffirmed the
serious threat posed by HIV and AIDS to the Kingdom of Swaziland.
ADULT AFRICAN MEN 24-40% HIV?? \clip\99\18\afaid.txt The Wall Street
Journal September 15, 1999 In Parts of Africa, AIDS Epidemic Spreads
Aggressively to Teenage Girls By MICHAEL WALDHOLZ "in two of the
towns -- one in Kenya and one in Zambia -- between 15% and 23% of
girls ages 15 to 19 were infected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The infection rate among similarly aged boys was only about 3% to 4%
in those two towns,... the rate of infection in men over the age of
25 was found to be between 26% and 40%. "
SOME AFRICAN CITIES 50% HIV+ AMONG SEX-ACTIVE ADULTS
\clip\97\26\afraids.txt
http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/aids_111797.html
Seattle Times Company Monday, Nov. 17, 1997 U.N. sees sharp rise in
HIV/AIDS infection by David Fox Reuters NAIROBI, Kenya - The United
Nations will release new data next month showing that global
infections with the AIDS virus have been significantly
underestimated, U.N. officials said today.
\priv\96\20\unaids.txt Newshound 6/8/96 U.N. Says AIDS Cases Rose by
25 percent in 1995 1.3 milion worldwide AIDS cases, 21 million cases
of HIV. Women are 42% of cases, number of children not agreed upon.
90% of deaths are under 49. Botswanta, Zambi and Zimbabwe are 17-18%
HIV. US HIV infections have fallen from 100,000 / yr to 40,000.
Thailand cases have dropped among military recruits
\priv\96\17\aidssum.txt "Zimbabwe: AIDS Orphans on Farms" AIA/GIN
News Service (05/29/96) At the current rate of HIV infection in this
population, at least 200,000 children could be orphaned in the next
ten years.
\priv\96\08\aidssum3.txt "63,000 AIDS Cases Reported in Kenya" Xinhua
News Service (04/17/96) Kenya has reported 63,000 AIDS cases since
1964
\priv\95\14\aidssum.txt "100,000 Zimbabweans Face AIDS Deaths in 18
Months" Reuters (10/22/95)
\doc\95\10\hivprev.txt "Prevention of HIV Infection" JAMA April 12,
1995 p. 1143 In Zaire, mutual fidelity increased from 28.9% to 45.7%
\priv\95\09\aidssum.txt "Zambia Frees Prisoners with AIDS Virus"
Reuters (08/08/95) Zambia, which has one of the highest number of
recorded cases of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, has diagnosed
an estimated 30,000 cases of full-blown AIDS since the beginning of
the epidemic. (Hmm, China gets the headlines with fewer than 100
cases of full-blown AIDS)
d:\priv\95\09\aidsaf.htm - Ebola gets more attention than AIDS,
despite only 300 deaths.
\priv\95\05\aidssum.txt "The Right Not to Know HIV-Test Results"
Lancet (04/15/95) Vol. 345, No. 8955, P. 969; Temmerman, Marleen;
Ndinya-Achola, Jackoniah; Ambani, Joan et al. In Kenya, 5,274 women
were tested, 324 tested positive or 6%
d:\doc\94\19\aidspop.txt SJM EPIDEMIC WILL NOT 'TAKE CARE' OF
POPULATION PROBLEM 8/28/94
Africa has more than half the 17 million known cases worldwide of HIV
infection, the virus that causes AIDS. But even in such places as
Kampala, Uganda, where 25-30 percent of adults are infected with HIV,
the infection rate would have to be twice as high to produce
''negative growth'' in the city population, say international
specialists who assessed the demographic impact of AIDS.
asian.aids.alchohol
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d:\doc\94\16\alchaids.wk1 Alchohol and AIDS study in San Francisco
doc\95\02
Asians and Native Americans have lowest rate
HIV rate of alchohol treatment clients in San Francisco:
Pct W1.00 5.9% B-1.03 5.7% H-1.76 3.3% A/NA -2.34 2.5%
@@Asians Ignored
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/15/1647
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS—33 States, 2001-2005
JAMA. 2007;297:1647-1649.
MMWR. 2007;56:189-193
Report highlights higher aids for blacks, hispanics vs whites, no mention
of any groups with lower AIDS rates than whites, including Asians.
"The No. 1 Health problem [aids]" Whille African Americans and
Hispanics..both groups are over-represented in just about every
aspect of the AIDS epidemic" Tony Pugh Seattle Times Aug 2, 1998 A2
Blacks 45% of new AIDS cases, 60% of female patients, Hisopanics 21%,
blacks 62% of pediatric, b=84 per 100k, 28 hisp 10.4 white [Asian
about 1/3 white, not mentioned]
HIV AIDS survellance report Vol 17 by CDC
Highlights of Analyses
Cases of HIV/AIDS Race/ethnicity:
* blacks accounted for 49% (about half) of all HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006
In 2005, rates of HIV/AIDS cases were
72.8 per 100,000 black <--- nearly 10x white rate
28.5 Hispanic
10.6 American Indian/Alaska Native <--- Same as white, despite hi poverty
9.0 white
7.6 asian/Pacific Islander <---- lowest. But never noted. No longer 1/3 white rate, about same order of magnitude now.
Cases of AIDS
"increased among all ethnic groups"
in 2005
59.0 black per 100,000
19.8 Hispanic
8.0 Am Indian
6.3 white
4.0 Asian/Pacific Islander
However, estimated cases and rates per 100,000 for HIV /AIDS, table 5b
Adult Female
61.4 Black
16.1 Hispanic
7.6 American Indian
3.9 Asian/Pacific Islander *** Asians 30% more than white
3.0 White
Children less than 13 yrs
1.9 Black *** Black 20x white
0.4 Hispanic
0.4 Asian *** Asians 4x White??
0.1 White
0.0 American Indian
Males
127.6 black
57.6 Hispanic
19.5 American Indian
18.5 White
14.9 Asian /PI
@@Black
AIDS is highest for African Americans in the US, especially among
women and children compared to whites. Higher rates for blacks is
always reported in the press, lower rates for Asians is almost never
reported.
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Subject: In America black HIV infection rate 13 times that of whites
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54612-2005Feb25.html
U.S. Survey Indicates Blacks Hardest Hit by HIV Infection
In 2001, Rate for Those Ages 18 to 59 Is 13 Times That of Whites
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 26, 2005; Page A03
z47\clip\2001\01\gayblak.txt January 26, 2001 New York's Gay Black
Men Hit Hard by AIDS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AIDS virus is
striking hardest in New York City today among young black men, a new
survey has found, with 33 percent of gay or bisexual black men ages
23 to 29 testing positive for HIV. vs 2% for NY white, 25% SF white
PROJECT21 SUPPORTS CONSERVATIVE AIDS TACTICS FOR BLACKS
\doc\web\98\06\p21aids.txt Date sent: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 01:22:37 -0400
(EDT) From: Amy Ridenour Black
Leadership Drops the Ball on Minority AIDS Epidemic, Devastating
Families and Communities
@@childbearing women
\doc\95\14\chilbear.wk1 AIDS in Childbearing Women in King County 1989-94
Source: HIV/AIDS report Aug 1995, analysis by Arthur Hu
Seattle Childbearing Women HIV+ W1.00 B-10.7 H-1.3 A1.6 N-1.3
Blacks highest, Asians lowest
asian.aids.city
@@city
%%California
cahiv.prn 1996 HIV estimates by
race, AIDS cases by cause
\doc\web\97\06\cahiv.wk1 Contents 1 - HIV prevelance 2- Adult AIDS
cases by cause Comparitive Analysis by Arthur Hu
Summary: Asians have the lowest HIV prevelance, nearly as low as
women overall The highest relative rate of AIDS for Asians is for
blood transfusions, about parity with whites. For blacks,the LOWEST
rate is for blood transfusions, and that's still twice as high as
whites. This supports the theory that Asian "immunity" to AIDS is
cultural, not genetic since hemophiliacs and blood transfusions are
largely involuntary, and the AIDS rates are about the same for these
causes. Since Asians have the lowest rate of AIDS due to male-male
sex, this strongly implies a very low rate of this activity.
Source: California HIV/AIDS Update Jan 1997 p. 4
Department of Health Services Office of AIDS
Plausible ranges of HIV prevalence in California by
demographics and modes of exposure on January 1, 1996
Ranges of HIV Prevalence Ranked by Population Rate
Number Percent Pop Rate
Low HIgh Low HIgh
California 94,300 130,500 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Gender
Gay/Bisexual IDU 7300 10000 7.7% 7.7% 1.0% 76.30
Gay/Bisexual 63600 88000 67.4% 67.4% 3.0% 22.48
Injection Drug Us 12000 16700 12.7% 12.8% 1.0% 12.80
African American 17900 25000 19.0% 19.2% 7.4% 2.59
Male 85500 117600 90.7% 90.1% 50.0% 1.80
White 53000 73300 56.2% 56.2% 56.4% -1.00
Latina/o 20600 28000 21.8% 21.5% 25.8% -1.20
Native American 500 700 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% -1.49
Asian/Pacific Isl 2200 3000 2.3% 2.3% 9.6% -4.18
Female 9300 12900 9.9% 9.9% 50.0% -5.06
Heterosexual Cont 5200 7200 5.5% 5.5% 90.0% -16.31
Asians are almost as safe as a group as females. Gays are at 22 times if they are 3% of the population
AIDS Cases reduced to representation index:
Index White=1.00
Adult/Adoles exp White Black Hispanic Asian/PI NativeAm
Homosexual/bisexu 1.23 -2.71 -1.15 2.70 1.42
IDU (hetero) 0.67 -9.76 -1.35 6.55 -1.47
Homo/bi IDU 1.15 -4.40 -1.02 7.17 -2.00
Lesb/bi IDU 0.73 -8.15 -1.35 5.25 -9.14
Coagulation disor 1.20 -1.92 -1.32 1.29 2.26
Heterosexual 0.67 -7.46 -1.90 1.76 1.06
Blood transfusion 1.05 -2.69 -1.53 -1.33 3.35
Other/Undetermine 0.53 -6.79 -2.60 1.82 1.16
Subtotal 1.12 -3.84 -1.24 2.78 1.11
vs. averagvs white vs white vs white vs white
The only categories where Asians are at parity is Blood Transfusion,
with Coagulation disorders only half population. The only categories
where Blacks are not above parity are Homosexual/bisexual, Blood
transfusion and Coagulation disorders
Ranked by Asian Percentage Ranked by Asian Index
Adult/Adoles exp Asian/PI Adult/Adoles exp catAsian/PI
Blood transfusion 7.2%Blood transfusion -1.33
Coagulation disor 4.2%Coagulation disorder 1.29
Heterosexual 3.1%Heterosexual 1.76
Other/Undetermine 3.0%Other/Undetermined 1.82
Homosexual/bisexu 2.0%Homosexual/bisexual 2.70
Subtotal 1.9%Subtotal 2.78
Lesb/bi IDU 1.0%Lesb/bi IDU 5.25
IDU (hetero) 0.8%IDU (hetero) 6.55
Homo/bi IDU 0.8%Homo/bi IDU 7.17
1990 Population 9.60%
The lowest categories for Asians are homosexual and homo/bi IDU
Index depends on white percentage, not just a low Asian percentage
Ranked by Black Percentage
Adult/Adoles exp Black Adult/Adoles exp catBlack
IDU (hetero) 40.7%IDU (hetero) -9.76
Lesb/bi IDU 34.0%Lesb/bi IDU -8.15
Heterosexual 31.1%Heterosexual -7.46
Other/Undetermine 28.3%Other/Undetermined -6.79
Homo/bi IDU 18.4%Homo/bi IDU -4.40
Subtotal 16.0%Subtotal -3.84
Homosexual/bisexu 11.3%Homosexual/bisexual -2.71
Blood transfusion 11.2%Blood transfusion -2.69
Coagulation disor 8.0%Coagulation disorder -1.92
State Pop 7.4%
A 1997 report states: Whites and Blacks are overrepresented. Every East Asian group is far below parity.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Blacks slightly more, but E Asian 4-7X less
hawaids.wk1
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AIDS cases by race/ethnicity
Hawaii 5 yr 1995-2000
Group C/100k Index
Af 28.7 -1.31
Wh 21.9 1.00
OthAs 15.3 1.43
Hisp 11.1 1.97
State 12.8 1.71
Hawaiian 10.7 2.05
Filipino 5.3 4.13
Chinese 4.4 4.98
Japanese 3.2 6.84
82% MM or IVDU
Risk state white
MM sex 68 294
IVDU 9 33
MM & IVDU 5 26
Other 18
Stereotyp 82
total 711 353
49.6%
Half Hawaii AIDS cases white MM or IVDU
z45\clipim\2000\10\24\hawaids.efx
z39\clipim\2000\01\31\hawaids.efx state report 12/1999 Whites and
gays still majority of AIDS cases.
zip36\images\99\07\26\hwaids.tif
AIDS Cases by Race / Ethnicity Five Year July 1994-June 1999
5 year average reporting rate per 100,000
Most Asians are 1/4 to 1/8 the rate of Caucasians
Rate Ratio Race
30.2 -1.10 AfricanAm
27.4 1.00 Caucasian
19.6 1.40 AmIndian
18.5 1.48 Other API
13.6 2.01 Hawaiian/Pt
13.5 2.03 Hispanic
6.7 4.09 Chinese
6.3 4.35 Filipino
3.9 7.03 Japanese
AIDS Surveillance Quarterly Report Cases to June 30, 1999
Female AIDS Cases in Hawaii
AIDS Surveillance Quarterly Report H. Dept of Health
Hawaiians, Caucasians and African Americans were
over-represeted, all others were under (mostly Asians)
1983-1997 N=120
6% Japanese
7% Hispanic
12% Others
22% Hawaiian
4% African Am
10% Filipino
40% Caucasian
Risk behaviors
Perinatal 4%
Transfusion 5%
IDU 33%
Not Identified 6%
Heterosexual 52%
Partner
IDU 19%
HIV+ 18%
Bisexual Male 9%
Others 6%
hawaid.wk1
\doc\web\98\05\hawaid.wk1
AIDS Surveillance Quarterly Report March 31, 1998
ASIANS UNDERREPRESENTED, MOST CASES ARE WHITE IN HAWAII
(rare admission that Asians less prone to AIDS)
Whites have the most cases and are overrepresentee
Blacks are the only other overrepresented group
Hawaiians are close to population
All other ethnic groups [mostly E Asian] have low
numbers and rates, but increasing
88-92 93-97 State PopRatio Index
AfAm 3.8% 4.5% 2.5% 1.80 1.00
White 69.7% 58.6% 33.4% 1.75 -1.03
Haw 10.0% 11.8% 12.5% 0.94 -1.91
Chin 4.0% 5.2% 6.2% 0.84 -2.15
Hisp 3.6% 5.7% 7.3% 0.78 -2.31
Other 3.0% 5.7% 8.1% 0.70 -2.56
Filip 4.3% 5.8% 15.2% 0.38 -4.72
Japanese 1.7% 2.8% 22.3% 0.13 -14.34
Most Asian only 1/2 white rate of AIDS
Japanese about 14 times less
ASIANS AT RISK - NOT! AIDS IN HAWAII IS MOSTLY GAY WHITES, ASIANS
HAVE LOWEST RATE OF AIDS
One recent health report attributed high rates of AIDS in Hawaii to
its being the gateway to the Pacific. But the fact is that AIDS at
the start "almost all of Hawaii's AIDS cases were in Caucasians who
were MSMs (men sex with men). During the last 5 years 1992-96, about
half of Hawaii's cases continued to be in this group" even though gay
white men are a tiny percentage of the population. "Collectively,
Asians and Pacific Islanders have Hawaii's lowest race-specific AIDS
rates at 9.9% of the population and 26% of the AIDS cases" (even
though they are 2/3 of the population). Unlike the mainland, Asians
are the majority population and the common excuse that there aren't
enough Asians to provide a statistically valid rate doesn't wash
here. While the ban on reporting that Asians have the lowest rate of
AIDS still applies in general, it does appear in this AIDS
Surveillance Quarterly Report from the Hawai'i Department of Health
Feb 1997 Supplement
Hawaii Ethnic Specific AIDS Rates 1992-1996
cases per 100,000 population
rate index Relative rate
African American 39.0 -1.03 =
Caucasians 37.7 1.00 =
Other 19.7 1.91 --
Hawaiian 19.5 1.93 --
Hispanic 15.2 2.48 ---
Asian/PI 9.9 3.81 ----
Chinese 9.0 4.19 ----
Filipinos 7.2 5.23 -----
Japanese 4.5 8.37 --------
1990 census Pop
Caucasian 27.9%
Asian/Pacific 61.8%
African Americ 2.5%
Hispanic 7.3%
American India 0.5%
hawaids.prn
WHITE AIDS RATE FALLS TO LESS THAN 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN ASIAN RATE, BUT
ASIAN 5 YR AVG STILL 1/4 RATE OF WHITES
Hawaii AIDS Surveillance Quarterly Report
Cases to September 30, 1997
Hawai'i Department of Health
Analysis by Arthur Hu
82-88 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Caucasian 211 146 102 133 85 225 140 143 104 37
Asian/Pacific 58 35 28 46 37 108 76 50 70 31
African Americ 9 2 10 7 5 17 9 13 9 3
Hispanic 12 7 6 8 4 21 11 16 10 6
American India 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Total 291 190 149 194 131 373 238 222 193 77
Percent 82-88 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Caucasian 72.5%76.8%68.5%68.6%64.9%60.3%58.8%64.4%53.9%48.1%
Asian/Pacific 19.9%18.4%18.8%23.7%28.2%29.0%31.9%22.5%36.3%40.3%
African Americ 3.1% 1.1% 6.7% 3.6% 3.8% 4.6% 3.8% 5.9% 4.7% 3.9%
Hispanic 4.1% 3.7% 4.0% 4.1% 3.1% 5.6% 4.6% 7.2% 5.2% 7.8%
American India 0.3% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Pop Index 82-88 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Caucasian 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Asian/Pacific -8.06-9.24-8.07-6.40-5.09-4.61-4.08-6.34-3.29-2.64
^ 8x ^3x
African Americ-2.10-6.54 1.09-1.70-1.52-1.19-1.39 1.01-1.04-1.11
Hispanic -4.60-5.46-4.45-4.35-5.56-2.80-3.33-2.34-2.72-1.61
American India-3.78 0.00 1.64 0.00 0.00-2.02-1.25 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cauc vs. avg 2.60 2.75 2.45 2.46 2.33 2.16 2.11 2.31 1.93 1.72
The Caucasian relative AIDS rate is falling, and the Asian rate
rising so that the ratio has fallen from 8 times less in 1982-88 to
1/2.68 in 1987
\doc\95\14\hawaids.wk1 W1.0 B-1.1 H3.1 A4.8 (Chinese)
Incidence of AIDS in Hawaii 1990-94 by Race per 100,000
Source: Hawaii Department of Health, Sept 1995 Supplement
Analysis by Arthur Hu
Rate Index
White 37.1 1.0
Black 35.3 1.1
Hawaiian 18.4 2.0
Hispanic 12.0 3.1
Chinese 7.8 4.8
Samoan 6.6 5.6
Filipino 5.1 7.3
Japanese 4.0 9.3
90% of AIDS cases are due to gay sex or
gay IV drug uses.
"Hawaii Health Care is Called a Model for US" New York Times May 19,
1993 (based on JAMA article) Hawaii is #2 in TB, #10 in AIDS said by
reserachers to be because "Hawaii is the gateway to the Pacific". TB
maybe, but AIDS is due to gay whites since rate of AIDS of Whites and
Asians is no different than Los Angeles.
\doc\94\17\hawaid.wk1 - Hawaii AIDS statistics 1994
%%Los Angeles
doc923:LAAIDS.WK1 Asian AIDS by ethnicity Los Angeles
%%Massachusetts
\clip\97\18\massaid.txt Boston Globe Online July 24, 1997 Mass. shows
a sharp drop in AIDS deaths By Dolores Kong, Globe Staff In a major
turning point in the AIDS epidemic in Massachusetts, deaths from the
disease dropped by a startling 35 percent in 1996, according to
figures released yesterday.
%%New York
doc\94\14\priv\nyaids.txt 93 API with AIDS, 1,092 HIV+
%%Orange County
ASIANS ONLY 1/5 AIDS RATE AMONG AIDS CASES IN ORANGE COUNTY
http://www.latimes.com/sbin/my_iarecord.pl?NS-doc-path=/CNS_DAYS/970430/t000038714.html&NS-doc-offset=11&NS-collection=970430&NS-search-set=/var/tmp/3367b/aaaa005Db67bc35&
\clip\97\11\oranaids.txt Los Angeles Times Wednesday, April 30, 1997
Countywide Getting AIDS Message Across By ENRIQUE LAVIN
Aids Cases Orange County through Jan 1 1997 White: 72% Latino: 21%
Black: 45% Asian: 2% Other unknown: 1%
Percentage:
W B H A
AIDS 72 4.5 21 2
Pop 64.3 1.7 23.1 10.4
Rate 1.12 2.6 .913 .192
Index 1.00 -2.32 1.23 5.83
Ranked by Relative Aids Rate
- Indicates worse, postive, better than white.
-2.32 Black
1.00 White
1.23 Hispanic
5.83 Asian
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency Population Analysis by
Arthur Hu 4/30/97
%%San Francisco
@@San Francisco
http://phd.dph.sf.ca.us/AIDS.htm
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/Default.htm
Reports:
http://204.68.210.4/Reports/HlthAssess.htm
San Francisco has a very large Asian population, but not very well
assimilated into the large percentage of white gay men. San Francisco
is one of the few cities where blacks still have not exceeded the
white AIDS rate - which is over 5% of the white population! San
Francisco has the lowest relative Asian AIDS rate of any US city,
1/20, compared to 1/3 nationally. Asian HIV rates are either zero or
much lower than every other race in every HIV survey, risk category
and study in every year.
Asian AIDS rates are much lower than whites in the city, but higher
than whites in low AIDS areas. Asians are the only minorities with
dramatically lower AIDS rates, but this has never been noted or
studied, presumably for political reasons.
Quarterly AIDS Surveillance Report AIDS
cases reported through Sept 2007
http://204.68.210.4/PHP/RptsHIVAIDS/qrpt092007.pdf
Table 8. AIDS Cases and Cumulative Rates per 100,000 by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, San Francisco
Male Female Total (2)
Race/Ethnicity No. (Rate) No. (Rate) No. (Rate) Vs. White
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
White 19208 (11099.5) 366 ( 223.1) 19574 ( 5806.3) 1.00
African American 2854 ( 7656.6) 511 ( 1308.0) 3365 ( 4407.7)-1.31
Latino 2927 ( 5704.2) 149 ( 301.6) 3076 ( 3054.1)-1.90
Asian/Pacific Is 764 ( 773.8) 64 ( 59.8) 828 ( 402.6) -14.4
Native American 125 ( 9097.5) 13 ( 1030.9) 138 ( 5237.2)-1.1
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total (1) 25913 ( 7148.5) 1108 ( 306.5) 27021 ( 3732.4)
Asians are 14 times less likely than whites to have HIV.
Other minorities are within factor of 2.
3
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Quarterly Surveillance Report
Summary of San Francisco Residents with AIDS*
Reported as of 09/30/2007
Table 3. AIDS Cases by Transmission Category and Race/Ethnicity, San Francisco, 1980-2007
Asian/
African Pacific Native
Transmission White American Latino Islander American
Category (1) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adult/Adolescent
Gay or bisexual male 15808 (80.3) 1523 (43.8) 2346 (73.7) 658 (76.8) 66 (46.5)
Injection drug user (IDU) 719 ( 3.7) 1029 (29.6) 230 ( 7.2) 44 ( 5.1) 21 (14.8)
Gay or bisexual male IDU 2863 (14.5) 650 (18.7) 416 (13.1) 66 ( 7.7) 49 (34.5)
Lesbian or bisexual IDU 21 ( 0.1) 14 ( 0.4) 5 ( 0.2) 2 ( 0.2) 1 ( 0.7)
Hemophiliac 8 ( 0.0) 2 ( 0.1) 5 ( 0.2) 1 ( 0.1) 0 ( 0.0)
Heterosexual (2) 115 ( 0.6) 154 ( 4.4) 85 ( 2.7) 34 ( 4.0) 3 ( 2.1)
Transfusion recipient 69 ( 0.4) 26 ( 0.7) 26 ( 0.8) 22 ( 2.6) 0 ( 0.0)
Risk not reported/Other (3) 69 ( 0.4) 70 ( 2.0) 62 ( 1.9) 25 ( 2.9) 1 ( 0.7)
Pediatric (0-12 years) (4) 8 ( 0.0) 13 ( 0.4) 10 ( 0.3) 5 ( 0.6) 1 ( 0.7)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total 19680 ( 100) 3481 ( 100) 3185 ( 100) 857 ( 100) 142 ( 100)
76.8% are in gay or bisexual male category, 5.1% injection drug user,
7.7% are gb male IDU, 89.6% or nearly all in those categories.
similar to white.
Female % is twice as high as male %
Female = 64/1108 =5.86% Male = 764/25913 2.94%
Asians up from 2.7% before 1997 to about steady at 6% since 2001,
Asians about 1/3 the population
58% On July 1, 2004, the percentage of San Francisco’s white
population. Thirty-four percent were Asian, 14 percent Hispanic (of
any race) and 8 percent black.
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/PHP/RptsHIVAIDS/qrtrpt0302.pdf San Francisco Dept of Public
Health AIDS Surveillance Quarterly Report, March 2002 Table 8. AIDS
Cases and Cumulative Rates per 100,000 by Race/Ethnicity and Gender,
San Francisco (1) Male Female Total Race/Ethnicity No.(Rate) No.
(Rate) No. (Rate) White 18053 (10432.1) 308 ( 187.7) 18361 (
5446.5)5.4% African American 2560 ( 6867.9) 431 ( 1103.2) 2991 (
3917.8)3.9% Latino 2517 ( 4905.2) 119 ( 240.9) 2636 ( 2617.2)2.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 634 ( 642.1) 50 ( 46.7) 684 ( 332.5) .3% Native
American 112 ( 8151.4) 11 ( 872.3) 123 ( 4667.9)4.6% Total 23876 (
6586.5) 919 ( 254.2) 24795 ( 3424.9)
SF HIV Seroprevalence Report May 1996
Asians are consistently the lowest, even in risk groups
1994 Gay Bi-Men STD Clinic
W 27.7, B 52.8 H 32.5 A 14.9 Tot 30.7
Heterosexual Men STD Clinic
W1.0 B 3.8 H 1.0 A 0.3
Het Women STD Clinic 1994
W 1.5 B 0.8 H 0.6 A 0.5
\doc\web\98\04\sfhiv.wk1
HIV Seroepidemiology Report 1989 to 1996
Analysis by Arthur Hu 3/98
1997 Consensus Report HIV Prevalence
33.00%gay men over 30
15.00%gay under 30
12.00%IDU
0.06%het male SF
0.06%infant or child
HIV Rates W B H A
STD Clinic 1996 9.9% 6.8% 6.8% 3.7%
Young Men Survey MSM 94-95 4.3% 13.3% 5.6% 1.8%
Blood donors 85-95 0.004% 0.055% 0.000% 0.000%
Homeless Youth 96 12.7% 6.9% 13.0% 6.0%
Detox Program 92 5.5% 12.1% 6.0% 0.0%
Women Fam Plan Clinic 89 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0%
Newborn Infants 95 3.35 9.01 3.34 0
Tested 597 222 598 602
Rate per 1000 births - Asians most births but no HI
Sorted by Asian relative prevalence white=1.0
Index HIV Rates W B H A
Women Fam Plan Clinic 89 1.00 1.33 4.00 0.00
Detox Program 92 1.00 -2.20 -1.09 0.00
Newborn Infants 95 1.00 -2.69 1.00 0.00
Blood donors 85-95 1.00 -13.75 0.00 0.00
STD Clinic 1996 1.00 1.46 1.46 0.00
Young Men Survey MSM 94-95 1.00 -3.09 -1.30 2.39
Homeless Youth 96 1.00 1.84 -1.02 2.12
2.0=2 times better -2.0=worse 0.0=none
Asian HIV is either 2X better or nonexistent in
every category of risk in San Francisco
\doc\web\97\05\sfaids.wk1
Reported Through March 31, 1997
AIDS Surveillance Report San Francisco Department of Health
Comparitive Analysis by Arthur Hu
Summary of comparitive rates by race
SF Male W1.00 B1.63 H2.22 A17.7 N1.63
SF Female W1.00 B-5.25 H-1.16 A4.95 N-4.82
San Francisco AIDS Cases and Cumlative Rates per 100,000
by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, San Francisco (Residents only)
Ranked by Male AIDS case rate
No. Rate Index
White 16028 9261.9 1.00
Native Am 92 6695.8 1.38
total 20895 5764.2 1.61
AfricanAm 2121 5690.1 1.63
Latino 2136 4162.7 2.22
Asian/PacIs 518 524.6 17.66
Ranked by Female AIDS case rate
No. Rate Index
AfricanAm 304 778.1 -5.25
Native Am 9 713.7 -4.82
total 673 186.2 -1.26
Latino 85 172.1 -1.16
White 243 148.1 1.00
-------- asians better -------------
Asian/PacIs 32 29.9 4.95
Asian men are 20 times less likely than San Francisco White men to
have AIDS Asian women are the ONLY group better than white women, 5
times less likely. Black women 5 times more likely than white women
to have AIDS.
----------------------------------------
\doc\96\06\aidssfrt.wk1 AIDS Rates by Race / Gender in San Francisco
Surprise finding: Women generally have lower rates of AIDS than men,
however in San Francisco, Asian men have lower AIDS rates than Black
and Native American women.
Asian women have the lowest AIDS rate of any group, despite headlines
of special risks for Asians.
The moderators of sci.med.aids considers this observation to be
"racist" and unacceptable, and turned it down as in informational
post.
Source: Analysis of AIDS Surveillance Report Through June 1996
San Francisco Department of Public Health Office of AIDS
This chart appears in the original report without comment
Table 8: Cumulative Rates of AIDS per 100,000 population
Male Female Total
White 8986.3 139.6 4680.9
Black 5395.0 706.5 2995.7
Hispanic 3960.0 153.8 2093.0
Asian 484.1 29.0 247.5
NatAm 6040.8 713.7 3491.5
Here are the groups ranked by AIDS rate
Index of -2.00 means 1/2 the reference group
rate.
Rate Index White Male=1.00
White Male 8986.3 1.00
NatAm Male 6040.8 -1.49
Black Male 5395.0 -1.67
White Both 4680.9 -1.92
HispanicMale 3960.0 -2.27
NatAm Both 3491.5 -2.57
Black Both 2995.7 -3.00
HispanicBoth 2093.0 -4.29
NatAm Female 713.7 -12.59
Black Female 706.5 -12.72
Asian Male 484.1 -18.56<-----
Asian Both 247.5 -36.31
HispanicFemale 153.8 -58.43
White Female 139.6 -64.37
Asian Female 29.0 -309.87<-----
With all the headlines of Asian Americans being at special risk to
AIDS, why hasn't anyone been looking into why AIDs rates for Asians
remain astonishingly low compared to other groups?
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\doc\96\03\sfaids95.wk1 AIDS in San Francisco by Race
Asians have the lowest rate of AIDS in SF, only 1/20 the
rate of Whites.
AIDS Cases and Cumulative Rates Per 100,000
by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, San Francisco
(counting only city residents)
Rates
Male Female Total Index
White 8877.0 136.5 4623.3 1.00
NativeAm 6040.8 634.4 3453.5 -1.34
AfricanA 5263.6 688.5 2922.3 -1.58
Total 5481.1 167.7 2828.2 -1.63
Latino 3884.0 149.8 2052.3 -2.25
Asian/PI 475.0 29.0 243.1 -19.02
Asian AIDS cases are only 1/20 the rate of whites per
population, despite common reports of under-reporting, or
denial that any data exists on Asian Americans
Source: AIDS Surveillance Report, cases reported through March 1996
San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office
Analysis by Arthur Hu
----------------------------------------------------------------
%%San Jose - See Santa Clara
%%Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has the highest rate of Asian AIDS on the mainland
US (3-4%) even though San Francisco has a higher pecentage of Asians.
This is probably due to a smaller proportion of gay whites than San
Francisco, and a higher proportion of Asians who are gay, vs. San
Francisco whose Chinatown has a high proportion of traditional
Asians.
Asian.AIDS.City.Santa-Clara-County
\doc\95\01\SCLAIDS.WK1 - SANTA CLARA COUNTY AIDS, 1994 BY RACE
AIDS Cases
Santa Clara County Ending Dec 31, 1994 (San Jose California)
Number White Black Hisp Asian NatAm total
Current Quarter 28 8 16 2 0 54
Cumulative 1361 180 442 65 11 2059
Percent White Black Hisp Asian NatAm total
Current Quarter 51.9% 14.8% 29.6% 3.7% 0.0% 100.0%
Cumulative 66.1% 8.7% 21.5% 3.2% 0.5% 100.0%
Index White Black Hisp Asian NatAm total W/Avg
Population 58.1% 3.5% 21.0% 16.8% 0.4% 100.0%
Current Quarter -1.00 4.74 1.58 -4.05 ERR 1.12 0.89
Cumulative 1.00 2.20 -1.11 -6.05 1.17 -1.14 1.14
Summary: Hispanics cumulatively have lower AIDS rates than
than whites, but they were higher in the last quarter. Blacks
were 2X cumulative but are 5X in last quarter. Asians
were 1/6 the rate of whites, which is very small, but
much closer than the 1/10 rate of Los Angeles or Seattle
or 1/20 in San Francisco
d:\doc\doc934\gayscla.xls - Gay survey
d:\doc\94\17\sclaraai.wk1 - AIDS in Santa Clara County 1994
Summary:
Only Asians are substantially (-6) less than whites, -6 gay and -23 IVDU
Blacks are 2X overall, 10X IVDU, 6X parent at risk
Latino -1.23 overall, but 5X parent at risk
Urban Native Am 7X IVDU, but only 1.35 overall. Low NativeAm probably due to isolation on
reservations Asians 3% cumulative, 7% of current quarter is highest ever, highest in continental
US, but only 62 total cases! No asian pediatric cases
Asians have doubled from 2.5% of first cases to 500 of latest 250
Cumulative
White Latino AfricanAm Asian/PI NativeAm
Adult No % No % No % No % No %
Homosexual/Bi 974 75.5% 257 68.0% 71 44.1% 50 80.6% 6 54.5%
IV Drug User 82 6.4% 28 7.4% 51 31.7% 1 1.6% 4 36.4%
Homo/Bi IVDU 109 8.4% 38 10.1% 15 9.3% 0 0.0% 1 9.1%
Hemophiliac 27 2.1% 2 0.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Heterosex 53 4.1% 29 7.7% 11 6.8% 5 8.1% 0 0.0%
Transfusion/Blood 25 1.9% 5 1.3% 3 1.9% 2 3.2% 0 0.0%
None 20 1.6% 19 5.0% 10 6.2% 1 1.6% 0 0.0%
Sub total 1290 378 161 62 11
d:\doc\94\17\sclarad2.wk1 - most recent
1st 500 2nd 500 3rd 500 Last 250
White 74.2% 65.8% 68.2% 59.4%
Afri-Am 5.0% 8.4% 10.2% 10.8%
Hispanic 18.2% 21.6% 18.4% 24.5%
Asian/Ot 2.6% 4.2% 3.2% 5.2%
d:\doc\94\19\SACAHIV.wk1 - HIV in Santa Clara county CA 1994
Asians are as under-represented as women!
W1.0(1.15) B3.47 H-1.51 A-7.02 Women -6.48
%%San Francisco
\doc\doc938\sfaids93.xls HIV survey
\doc\95\07\sfaids93.txt
%%Seattle/ King Co
Epidemiology Reports online:
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/stats/epi/epimenu.htm
The fourth
quarter 1999 should be listed within a few days.
Many other statistical reports are available at this next web site.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/menustat.htm
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/stats/epi/epimenu.htm
\doc\web\99\01\kingaids.wk1
Analysis by Arthur Hu
Seattle King County HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Report
AIDS cases diagnosed in 1995-1997 abd
average annual rates per 100,000 by race/ethnicity
Rank by index
index male female total
asian/pi 4.7 1.6 4.3
white 1.0 1.0 1.0
total -1.0 -1.7 -1.1
amind/an -1.8 -11.6 -2.2
hispanic -2.2 -3.7 -2.4
black -2.3 -12.2 -2.7
Asians are only 1/4 as likely to be diagnosed with AIDS
\doc\96\03\kgcoad95.wk1 King County / Washington AIDS 1995
Demographic characteristics of cumulate reported AIDS case
Ranked by index relative to population
King Co USA
Black 1.71 Black 4.40
Hispanic 1.32 Hispanic 3.30
White 1.00 White 1.00
AmInd -1.01 AmInd -1.76
AsianPI -5.76 AsianPI -3.17
Asian Americans only 1/6 in Seattle / King County
and only 1/3 as likely to have contracted AIDS per
population as Whites. Native Americans are only equal
in King Co, and slightly over 1/2 nationally, which
has _never_ been directly reported.
%%Survey
ASIANS HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF AIDS FOR EVERY CITY AND EVERY
ETHNIC SUBGROUP
doc\94\17\aidscity.xls doc924:aidscity.xls
AIDS by ethnicity by city, 1992
Data from respective city health departments
Ranked by AIDS rates in Los Angeles
Index - White = 1.0, -2.0 = 1/2 rate of whites
Index Hawaii LA SanFran SClara NYC USA
White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Black -15.71 ó-1.06 -1.38 1.55 1.73 3.40
All -2.85 -1.53 -1.08 -1.29 1.23 1.41
Hispanic -47.14 -2.81 -1.70 -1.42 1.43 2.57
Thai #N/A -3.30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
AmIndian #N/A -6.00 -2.21 -1.08 -6.38 -3.36
Japanese -16.50 -8.38 -5.77 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Filipino -8.25 -8.71 -7.93 #N/A #N/A #N/A
OtherAs -8.88 -9.42 -5.60 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Chinese -10.04 -11.02 -33.85 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Asian -8.19 -11.07 -15.07 -9.85 -8.46 -3.35
Vietnam #N/A -13.93 -20.80 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Cambodian #N/A -24.33 -20.80 #N/A #N/A #N/A
Korean #N/A -55.15 -59.69 #N/A #N/A #N/A
PacIs #N/A -57.95 -3.24 #N/A #N/A #N/A
As Indian* #N/A ####### #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Hawaiian -6.42 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Mix NonH -28.88 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Rate of AIDS in Hawaii are 1/2 LA, but rates for races about same.
SF = 10X Los Angeles.
NatAm much less than white in LA, SF.
doc933:AIDPOLL2 TXT AIDS poll - reducing number of partners
%%United States
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hivsur82.pdf
\clip\97\18\hivsur82.pdf 1996 CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
CDC AIDS/HIV Reports 1993-96 pdf format
\doc\96\03\kgcoad95.wk1 King County / Washington AIDS 1995
Demographic characteristics of cumulate reported AIDS case
As of 12/31/95
USA
Black 4.40
Hispanic 3.30
White 1.00
AmInd -1.76
AsianPI -3.17
2001: ASIANS STILL LOWEST AIDS RATE BUT CLOSER TO PARITY
Aids Cases United States HIV/AIDS Surveillence Report Vol 13, No. 2
Table 18, AIDS cases and annual rates per 100,000 population by race /
ethnicity and sex, reported in 2001, United States
Year-end 2001 Edition, Volume 13, Number 2
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1302.htm
Adult
Total Male Female
No. Rate
Asian/Pacific Islander 480 3.8 1.73 8.6 1.5
White 13,237 6.6 1.00 13.7 2.4
AmIndian / Alask Nat 194 9.0 -1.36 18.8 4.9
Total 43,158 14.9 -2.25 28.1 9.1
Hispanic 8,209 20.7 -3.14 43.3 12.9
Black 21,031 59.6 -9.03 109.2 47.8
z60\clipim\2002\11\06\table18\table18.htm
Note that Blacks are the largest number of AIDS cases, nearly half,
although AIDS was once stereotyped as a white gay disease. Black
females have higher rate than any group than black males. Asians have
by far the lowest rate, now about 2/3, it was once as low as 1/3 the
white rate.
%%Washington DC
"District's AIDS Rate Again Tops the Nation" Washington Times
(04/19/96) P. A3; Sheets, Gary Washington, D.C., again has the
nation's highest AIDS rate, far higher than even New York and San
Francisco, according to statistics released Thursday by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 1995 D.C. rate of
185.7 AIDS cases per 100,000 residents dropped from 246.9 per 100,000
in 1994 but was still almost half again as high as the nearest
city's. Puerto Rico was second with a rate of 70.3 cases per
100,000, followed by New York, Florida, and New Jersey.
doc\94\1\priv\ashealth.txt - Low Asian AIDS in WA state
asian AIDS doc913:portal2.b20 Asians get less AIDS
@@deaths
--------------------------------------
AIDS DEATHS DOWN 19%, MOSTLY AMONG GAY
WHITES, BUT EVEN AMONG WOMEN
http://search.tribnet.com/archive/0715a11.htm
\clip\97\18\aidsdown.txt Tacoma News Tribune Death toll from AIDS
continues its decline Improvement attributed to prevention efforts
and expensive new drugs July 15, 1997 Marlene Cimons; Los Angeles
Times "Deaths among whites dropped 28 percent, compared to 10 percent
among blacks and 16 percent among Hispanics."
-------------------------
gopher://cdcnac.org:72/00/4/yearend95/table14.txt
Table 14. Deaths in persons with AIDS, by race/ethnicity, age at
death, and sex, occurring in 1993 and 1994; and cumulative totals
reported through December 1995, United States1
Males
Race/ethnicity Cumulative
and age at death2 1993 1994 total
White, not Hispanic
Under 15 50 50 466
15-24 189 157 2,249
25-34 5,563 5,265 45,618
35-44 8,180 8,568 62,791
45-54 3,728 3,810 27,418
55 or older 1,352 1,366 11,798
All ages 19,062 19,216 150,540
Black, not Hispanic
Under 15 141 131 1,054
15-24 211 185 1,991
25-34 3,202 3,366 25,181
35-44 4,987 5,512 33,507
45-54 2,028 2,371 12,824
55 or older 819 968 5,434
All ages 11,388 12,533 80,107
Hispanic
Under 15 66 60 496
15-24 103 104 1,094
25-34 1,945 1,963 15,714
35-44 2,579 2,818 18,482
45-54 962 1,202 6,935
55 or older 399 461 2,819
All ages 6,054 6,608 45,598
Asian/Pacific Islander
Under 15 2 3 16
15-24 6 2 28
25-34 71 105 553
35-44 110 120 801
45-54 50 79 385
55 or older 17 27 161
All ages 256 336 1,945
American Indian/Alaska Native
Under 15 2 2 10
15-24 3 4 20
25-34 46 40 260
35-44 43 47 226
45-54 14 13 73
55 or older 6 3 31
All ages 114 109 623
All racial/ethnic groups
Under 15 261 246 2,043
15-24 513 452 5,387
25-34 10,837 10,749 87,428
35-44 15,920 17,082 115,976
45-54 6,793 7,479 47,696
55 or older 2,599 2,829 20,278
All ages 36,923 38,837 279,190
Females
Race/ethnicity Cumulative
and age at death2 1993 1994 total
White, not Hispanic
Under 15 46 40 340
15-24 45 43 365
25-34 446 563 3,291
35-44 553 615 3,084
45-54 202 229 1,169
55 or older 129 126 1,346
All ages 1,421 1,616 9,614
Black, not Hispanic
Under 15 141 155 1,070
15-24 135 155 959
25-34 1,053 1,220 7,866
35-44 1,397 1,713 8,602
45-54 413 565 2,498
55 or older 184 247 1,220
All ages 3,323 4,055 22,253
Hispanic
Under 15 54 64 444
15-24 54 41 373
25-34 417 529 3,196
35-44 507 579 2,992
45-54 165 186 963
55 or older 76 84 462
All ages 1,273 1,483 8,443
Asian/Pacific Islander
Under 15 3 4 11
15-24 1 - 5
25-34 6 13 48
35-44 13 7 69
45-54 8 7 41
55 or older 4 3 31
All ages 34 34 207
American Indian/Alaska Native
Under 15 1 1 7
15-24 _ _ 2
25-34 4 7 39
35-44 4 8 28
45-54 _ 1 7
55 or older 1 _ 5
All ages 11 17 88
All racial/ethnic groups
Under 15 245 266 1,877
15-24 235 239 1,705
25-34 1,926 2,333 14,450
35-44 2,481 2,925 14,800
45-54 788 989 4,687
55 or older 394 461 3,067
All ages 6,069 7,213 40,658
Both Sexes3
Race/ethnicity Cumulative
and age at death2 1993 1994 total
White, not Hispanic
Under 15 96 90 806
15-24 234 200 2,614
25-34 6,009 5,828 48,909
35-44 8,733 9,183 65,875
45-54 3,930 4,039 28,587
55 or older 1,481 1,492 13,144
All ages 20,483 20,832 160,154
Black, not Hispanic
Under 15 282 286 2,124
15-24 346 340 2,950
25-34 4,255 4,586 33,047
35-44 6,384 7,225 42,110
45-54 2,441 2,936 15,322
55 or older 1,003 1,215 6,654
All ages 14,711 16,588 102,361
Hispanic
Under 15 120 124 940
15-24 157 145 1,467
25-34 2,362 2,492 18,910
35-44 3,086 3,397 21,474
45-54 1,127 1,388 7,898
55 or older 475 545 3,281
\doc\95\05\aidssurv.txt - AIDS surveillance report
\priv\95\05\skincanc.doc Seattle PI article text
\doc\95\05\aidsdeat.wk1 AIDS Death Rates by Race CDC 12/94
US AIDS Death Rate W1.0 B-4.5 H-3.0 A2.7 N1.6
Asians and Native Americans have the lowest AIDS death rates. Rate of
AIDS for Asians is only twice rate of melanoma among whites.
Analysis by Arthur Hu, CDC figures for deaths by race
Surveillance Report 12/94 Table 14
Rate /
1,993 90 pop 100,000 Index
asian 288 7,273,662 3.96 2.70
nativeam 129 1,959,234 6.58 1.62
white 19,978 187,136,858 10.68 1.00
total 43,865 248,709,873 17.64 -1.65
hispanic 7,113 22,354,059 31.82 -2.98
black 14,364 29,986,060 47.90 -4.49
Note for comparison, the death rate for melanoma skin cancer
is 2.2 per 100,000 So the rate of death for Asians by AIDS is
only twice the rate of skin cancer among White Americans
(85% of melanoma deaths are to whites)
California:
doc938\death1.xls CA B1.6 H-1.8 A-6.1 O-3.04
doc\census\cadeath.wk1 (old, replaced by death1.xls)
@@decline
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-02/28/092L-022897-idx.html
\clip\97\06\aidsdecl.txt U.S. Deaths From AIDS Fall Sharply Better
Therapies Get Part of Credit for Dropt
Decline in AIDS 1995-6
13% overall
32% American Indians
21% Non-Hispanic White
10% Hispanic
6% Asian
2% Non-Hispanic Black
15% Men
+3% Women
@@filipino
>>\doc\95\15\apaaid.txt "APAs with AIDS" AW dec 15, 95 For the past
15 years AIDS has "devasted our community" cites Filipinos have the
highest API AIDS rate, 205 reported cases of AIDS and 1000 living
eith HIV in San. Francisco. Filipino Task Force on AIDS started in
1987. Out of 42,600 Filipino, AIDS rate is 1 in 208, or 0.5%, HIV
rate is 1 in 42, or 2%
@@Foreign Born
\doc\web\2005\09\aidsforeign.xls
Persons presumed living with HIV/AIDS by race / ethnicity and place of birth as of 6/30/05 King County
King County Washington State
U.S. Born Foreign born U.S. Born Foreign born
No. % No. % No. % No. %
White, non Hispanic 3864 98.1% 74 1.9% 6093 98.2% 111 1.8% 6093
Black, non-Hispanic 638 71.2% 258 28.8% 934 74.8% 315 25.2% 934
Hispanic 194 43.2% 255 56.8% 296 41.1% 424 58.9% 296
Asian & PI non-Hispanic 46 38.7% 73 61.3% 76 39.8% 115 60.2% 76
Native American, non-Hispa 84 97.7% 2 2.3% 161 98.2% 3 1.8% 161
Multiple or unknown race 34 89.5% 4 10.5% 48 84.2% 9 15.8% 48
Total 4860 87.9% 666 12.1% 7608 88.6% 977 11.4%
Blacks much more likely if foreign born - from Africa
Asian rate is consistent with percentage of foreign born, about 60%
http://www.arthurhu.com/aaids.htm#gay
@@Gay
Asians have the lowest rate of AIDS due to men having sex with men,
along with Native Americans. Since gay sex is the number one cause of
AIDS, this is also the largest reason for the low overall rate of
AIDS for /Asians. See Asian.gay to see that Asians have the lowest
rate of homosexuality by nearly any sample or criterion of
measurement.
However, the Asian rate of AIDS due to gay sex as a percentage of all
causes in some cities has been as high or higher than other groups,
which pretty much destroys the notion that Asian gays are simply in
the closet, or won't admit it. A 2001 CDC survey says even Asian gay
men have lower HIV rates than other gay men, which may indicate that
even Asian gay men may be more risk averse than other men.
HIV Rates for Asians vs. White within risk group
27.7% 1994 White SF gay men in STD clinic
24.0% SF Asian men in STD clinic 89-94
20.0% Seattle Asian MSM STD 88-96 (15)
18.5% Seattle White MSM STD 88-96 (15)
6.4% White SF IDU Drug clinic
4.7% Asian SF IDU 90-94
.28% White SF Newborn 1993
.2% Seattle White&Asian Wom/HetMale STD 88-96
.003% Asian SF newborn 1988-1993
HIV Rates for gay men with STD, IDU, and women / heterosexual men STD
are the same in Seattle and San Francisco.
-------------------------------------------------
2001 BLACKS HIGHEST, ASIANS LOWEST RATE OF GAY HIV+ IN US
z50\clip\2001\07\blakgay.txt The Seattle Times Company July 08, 2001
Black gay men being hit especially hard by HIV By David Olson CDC
study, released May 31 % of 2,942 gay/bi men 23-29 in Seattle, NYC,
Dallas, Baltimore, Miami
HIV+ rate
32% -5.0 black
14% -2.0 hispanic
7% 1.0 white
3% 2.0 Asian American
24% of blacks vs. only 6% of whites who have sex as men identify has
heterosexual
z48\clip\2001\02\gayaids.txt
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010205/hl/young_aids_3.html
Monday February 5 5:52 PM ET
AIDS Rampant Among Young Gay Blacks
By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor
The study found that among young gay men [in cities], 3 percent of
Asians, 7 percent of whites, 15 percent of Hispanics and 30 percent
of blacks are infected with the virus.
----------------------------------
La Griffe du Lion 2/2001
http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com adds:
augment the table with gonorrhea rates:
% of general pop
% Gays HIV infected with gonorrhea
Black 0.3 1.4081
Hispanic 0.15 0.0952
White 0.07 0.0354
Asian 0.03 0.0224
HIGH BLACK GAY AIDS RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER STD RATES
Using the method of thresholds
(http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/fuzzy.htm) the gay-straight
promiscuity gap for each group is:
gay-straight promiscuity gap (SD)
Black 1.7
Hispanic 2.1
White 1.9
Asian 1.6
Across racial and ethnic boundaries, gays are about 2 SD more
promiscuous than straights.
Arbitrarily setting the 'promiscuity' of whites to zero, we find:
promiscuity gap promiscuity gap
for gays (SD) for general pop. (SD)
(from AIDS data) (from gonorrhea data)
Black 1.0 1.2
Hispanic 0.44 0.28
White 0.0 0.0
Asian -0.41 -0.13
Viewed in this way, against the white rate, the rate for black gays
isn't any higher than it is for gonorrhea. The only surprise is that
Asian homosexuals have a lower rate of AIDS than might be predicted
from their gonorrhea rate in the general Asian population.
--------------------------------------------------------
\clipim\99\08\18\seaaids.efx
link
Seattle King County AIDS 1st Quarter 1999
STD Clinic 1988-1998 Seattle King County
Asian gays are infected at same rates as whites, about the same
percentage of AIDS cases are from men having sex with men (anal)
HIV STD Seattle Gay W1.00 B-1.06 H1.48 A-1.12
% of cases MSM Seattle W1.00 B1.34 H1.12 A 1.08 N1.12
ASIAN MEN WITH AIDS AS LIKELY TO BE GAY AS WHITE
Male AIDS exposure due to hoosexual/bisexual
83% white
82% asian
72% hispanic
64% native american
59% black
July 1998 California HIV/AIDS Update
If Asians are far less likely to report they are gay, why
is the %of gay cases the sane as whites?
ASIAN HIV RATES EQUAL BETWEEN HET AND GAY STD PATIENTS BUT
OVERALL AIDS IS LOWER
file: \doc\web\97\05\seahiv.wk1
Data from the latest Seattle / King County STD Clinic HIV survey and
AIDS reports show that Asians have only 1/4 as many AIDS cases
relative to their population compared to whites. They have slightly
more than half as many STD clinic patients. But HIV rates are
comparable between white and Asian heterosexuals in STD clinics, and
betwen whites and Asian men who have sex with men. This means that
the lower rate of AIDS and HIV infection is due almost entirely to
lower rate of Asians who have sex with men.
This is directly counter to the commonly held but unproven belief
that male homosexuality is equal across all races. Asian men who had
sex with men were only 1/3 their population compared with whites
among STD clinic patients. No one else has made this analysis, or for
that matter, any sensible explanation or even observation of the low
AIDS rate for Asians.
Data: Seattle King-County HIV/AIDS 1st Quarter 1997 p. 14
Analysis by Arthur Hu Kirkland WA June 1997
HIV Prevalence Among Seattle-King County STD Clients
1988-96
Female/Het Male Men / Sex with Men %gay IndexAll
HIV+ Number %HIV+ RR HIV+ Number%HIV+ RR HIV+RR
Male 38 8017 0.47% 1.0 222 1251 17.75%
Female 18 4994 0.36% 0.8
White 14 7287 0.19% 1.0 179 975 18.36% 1.0 2.4% 1.002.3%1.00
Black 29 3722 0.78% 4.1 18 99 18.18% 1.0 0.5% 4.981.2%1.90
Hispanic 7 639 1.10% 5.8 10 78 12.82% 0.7 1.5% 1.562.4%-1.01
Asian/PI 1 479 0.21% 1.1 5 25 20.00% 1.1 1.0% 2.321.2%1.96
AI/AN 4 261 1.53% 8.1 6 25 24.00% 1.4 2.2% 1.073.5%-1.50
Other 1 573 0.17% 0.9 4 44 9.09% 0.4 0.7% 3.460.8%2.88
Total 56 12961 0.43% 21 222 1246 17.82% 5.6 1.7% 1.422.0%1.19
RR=risk ratio
%HIV Seattle STD Clinic W1.00 B 1.9 H-1.01 A1.96 N-1.5
%STD Clinic Gay Men W1.00 B4.98 H1.56 A2.32 N1.07
%HIV Seattle Hetero STD Clinic 88-96 W1.0 B-4.1 H-5.8 A-1.1 N-8.1
%HIV Seattle Gay STD Clinic 88-96 W1.0 B1.0 H1.43 A-1.1 N-1.4
Percent of population vs. King County
Female + Het Male Men / Sex with Men STD total
STD Cli1990 PoRate Index STD Cl1990 PRate Index
White 25% 83.3% 0.30 1.00 81% 83.3% 0.97 1.0058.2%83.3%0.701.00
Black 52% 5.0% 10.36 -34.51 8% 5.0% 1.62-1.6826.9% 5.0%5.38-7.70
Hispanic 13% 2.9% 4.31 -14.36 5% 2.9% 1.55-1.60 5.0% 2.9%1.74-2.49
Asian/PI 2% 7.7% 0.23 1.29 2% 7.7% 0.29 3.31 3.5% 7.7%0.461.52
AI/AN 7% 1.1% 6.49 -21.64 3% 1.1% 2.46-2.54 2.0% 1.1%1.83-2.62
Other 2% 0.1% 17.86 -59.50 2% 0.1% 18.02-18.6 4.3% 0.1%43.4####
Seattle STD Clinic H+G 88-96 W1.00 B-7.7 H-2.5 A1.52 N-2.6
Seattle STD Clinic Hetero 88-96 W1.00 B-34.5 H-14.3 A1.29 N-21.6
Seattle STD Clinic Gay 88-96 W1.00 B-1.68 H-1.60 A3.33 N-2.54
Cumulative Reported AIDS Cases, King County 3/31/97
Number Pct Pop Rate Index
White 4255 82.3% 83.3% 0.99 1.00
Black 480 9.3% 5.0% 1.86 -1.88
Hispanic 272 5.3% 2.9% 1.81 -1.84
Asian/PI 97 1.9% 7.7% 0.24 4.05
AI/AN 64 1.2% 1.1% 1.13 -1.14
Other
Total 5168
King County AIDS Cum97 W1.00 B-1.88 H-1.84 A4.05 N-1.14
Asians have only 1/4 the number of AIDS cases as Whites relative to
population nearly the same ratio as the 1/3 as many gays in the STD
clinic population
Asians are 30% under-represented in heterosexual STD clinic 1988-96,
blacks 34 times over
Asians are 3 times under-represented in gay STD clinc 1988-96, blacks
1.7 times over
\doc\96\03\aidscaum.wk1 Aids by Race and Cause, 1995
for women see aidscauw.wk1
Ranked by AIDS cases caused by sex between men, male
adults and adolescents.
Rate Index
White 71% 1.00
Asian/PI 69% -1.02
AmInd 53% -1.33
Total 51% -1.32
Hispanic 39% -1.82
Black 34% -2.09
Asians have 2nd highest percentage of AIDS cases transmitted by
male-male sex Low rate of Asian AIDS is most commonly blamed on low
rate of reporting of gays, however, the rate of AIDS due to men sex
with men is just as high as among whites, which is inconsistent with
this explanation.
Analysis of CDC Table 4, Male adult / adolescent AIDS cases by
exposure category and race / ethnicity reported in 1995, United
States
-----------------------------------------------
\doc\96\02\jan23.txt "APAs and AIDS: We Are Not Immune" Asian Week
Jan 6, 1996 p.7 Ignatius Beau API American Health Forum 75% of 3,457
AIDS cases in US are gay / bisexual men, but this is not the fastest
growing category.
\doc\95\07\gayaids.wk1
US Rate of Increase 89-94 W1.0 B-5.6 H-4.3 A-3.9 N-6.5
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report 2-Jun-95 Vol. 44, No. 21
Rates for AIDS defining opportunistic illnesses for Men having Sex
with Men per 100,000 population
Ranked by Race Ranked by Increase
Men over the age of 13 years
1994 1989-94
1989 1994 Index Increase Increase
Black 20.8 37.3 3.06 79.3% AmIndian 91.7%
Hispanic 14.0 22.6 1.85 61.4% Black 79.3%
All 12.1 15.9 1.30 31.4% Hispanic 61.4%
White 10.7 12.2 1.00 14.0% Asian 55.0%
AmIndian 3.6 6.9 -1.77 91.7% All 31.4%
Asian 4.0 6.2 -1.97 55.0% White 14.0%
Even though Asians and Native Americans have a higher rate of
increase in AIDS from sex between meen (55% Asian, 92% Native America
over 5 years), they still have an incidence of AIDS defining
illnesses that is about one-half the rate of whites, which is almost
never directly reported by the press.
-------------------------------------------------------
\doc\95\02\gayaids.txt - Asians have just as high or a higher
percentage of cases due to male-male sex compared to whites. If
Asians refuse to admit they are gay, why is it the #1 choice of
telling authorities how they got AIDS?
Cumulative Percentage of Adult AIDS cases due to sex with gay men:
White Asian
California 7/94 81% 77%
Santa Clara County 9/94 75% 81%
San Francisco 6/92 87% 81%
Seattle/King County 9/94 84% 91%
Washington State 9/94 80% 91%
AIDS cases among adult men:
USA (CDC) 10/92-9/93 73% 72%
Source: HIV/AIDS reports from respective health departments
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@hiv
\doc\95\05\aidssurv.txt - HIV estimates
for male, female, pediatric
@@immunity
Asian.Aids.Immune
There is a belief that Asians are immune from AIDS Kevin Fong, AIDS
coordinator for Asian Health Services of the East Bay said that
anyone, regardless of race or gender is susceptible to contracting
AIDS, being heterosexual or refraining from intravenous drug use do
not shield a person from contracting it [note - for all practical
intents and purposes they DO shield you.]
@@increase
A common saying is that "Asians are the fastest growing AIDS group"
Wrong. Asians are increasing about as fast as other minorities, but
50% increase in 3 to 5 years is nearly offset by 25-30% increase in
population. Relative to population, Asians are not the 'fastest
growing' AIDS group. In terms of absolute AIDS rates, Blacks are
highest, Native Americans and Asians the lowest rates of AIDS
relative to population.
\doc\95\07\gayaids.wk1
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report 2-Jun-95 Vol. 44, No. 21
Rates for AIDS defining opportunistic illnesses for Men having Sex
with Men per 100,000 population
Ranked by Increase 1989-1994
Race Increase
AmIndian 91.7%
Black 79.3%
Hispanic 61.4%
Asian 55.0%
All 31.4%
White 14.0%
\doc\95\05\aidsincr.wk1 - Increase in AIDS by Race
Source: 1994 CDC AIDS Surveillance Report, Analysis By Arthur Hu
Aids Ranked by Relative AIDS rate, White=1.00
Race/ethnicity 1993
Black, not Hispanic 5.48
Hispanic 3.15
White, not Hispanic 1.00
AmIndian -1.66
Asian/Pacific Islan -2.89
Relative Change 90-93 W-15% B18% H6% A15% N16%
Increase 90-93 W14% B58% H42% A53% N55% All 34%
Percent Race 1990 W49.2 B32.0 H17.6 A0.7 N0.2
Percent Race 1993 W42.1 B37.8 H18.8 A0.8 N0.3
1990 Index W1.00 B4.08 H3.00 A-2.90 N-2.18
1993 Index W1.00 B5.48 H3.15 A-2.89 N-1.66
@@IV Drug use IVDU
GAYS HIGHEST, ASIANS LOWEST IN IVDU AIDS RATES
\doc\web\97\03\ivaids.wk1
Source: California HIV AIDS Update July 1996
Injection Drug Use Associated AIDS cases in California 1980-95
Index Summary: (Ratio, white rate=1.00)
Percent of IVDU AIDS: W1.0 B-4.6 H1.3 A10.0 N 1.0
AIDS due to IVDU: W1.0 B-1.29 H1.07 A2.54
Cases by cause / group ranked by population rate
% case Pop Index
44.1% 1.5% 33.1Gay/bisexual men
30.3% 7.4% 4.6Black
0.7% 0.8% 1.0Native American
50.1% 56.4% 1.0White
38.8% 50.0% -1.1Heterosexual men
17.8% 25.8% -1.3Hispanic
17.1% 50.0% -2.6Women
0.9% 9.6% -10.0Asian
70% Diagnosed with AIDS under age 40
0.9White vs. avg
Compared to population, Gay/Bisexual men are 33 times their population (assuming 3%
of men are gay) By contrast, Asians are only 1 / 10 their population. Not only are
Asians the least affected because of few gays, but of all races, they have the smallest
proportion of AIDS cases due to IV drug use as well.
The original article noted high rates of AIDS among "minorities", but did not make note
of the very high percentage of gays, or the very low percentage of Asians, consistent
with the unspoken taboo against recognizing low rates of AIDS or drug use or any other
risk behavior / outcome among Asians.
Percentage of AIDS cases due to IV drug use in heterosexuals
Percent Index
Men Women Men Women
NatAm 81.4 75.7 1.36 1.37
AfricanA 77.1 67.9 1.29 1.23
White 59.8 55.1 1.00 1.00
Latino 55.9 41.3 -1.07 -1.33
AsianAm 23.5 27.2 -2.54 -2.03
@@Job Corps
Asians have lowest HIV rate among Job Corp applicants, blacks
highest.
chart
CDC National HIV Prevalence surveys 1997 summary
Asian 0% HIV among Job Corp applicants
Male / Female
W 0.02/0.02 B 0.2/0.5 H0.1/0.7 N0.1 0.3 A0.0/0.0
All 0.1/0.3
ASIANS LOWEST, BLACKS HIGHEST HIV IN JOB CORP APPLICANTS
Job Corps 1993-97
Tested HIV
Black 49 .32 6.40
Hispanic 15 .08 1.60
AmInd 4 .08 1.60
White 31 .05 1.00
Asian 2 .02 -2.50
Unreported < 1
HIV Prevalence Trends in Selected Populations in the
United States 1993-1997 CDC Dept Health and Human Services
Aug 2001
\doc\95\14\jobcaids.txt
Job Corp Entrants, Washington State 1988-84
(+2.00 better) W1.00 B-3.00 H2.00 A2.00
@@national
@@United States
Early 90s: Asians are the least affected race, 1/3 whites, Native
Americans are only slightly less, Hispanics are 3 times and blacks 6
times higher
2005 report, revised June 2007
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2005report/default.htm
2005 new cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis population
Cases % Pop 2000 Rate
white 11,559 30.9 63.1 1.0 (0.5)
black 18,121 48.5 12.1 8.19
hispanic 6,782 18.1 12.5 2.96
Asian/Pacific Islander 417 1.12 4.0 -1.75
American Indian/Alaska Native 195 .52 0.7 1.52
Total 37,367
Est living with HIV 475,871
country HIV cases rate vs USA
USA 301,139,947 475,871 0.0016 1.0 (2007)
China POP 1,321,851,888 650,000 0.0005 -3.2 2007
total US Asian population 11,898,828= 3.95%
Asians are only group with lower incidence of AIDS, but gap is less than 2 to 1
2003: Asians are still the lowest rate of AIDS, but by 1/1.5 instead
of 1/3. Native Americans statistically within 30% of white rate.
Blacks are 10 times higher than white, 25 times for women and
children. White are 2nd highest on Hawaii, Asians 3-20 times lower
rates than whites.
aids2003.xls
AIDS by Race and Sex in 2003: African Ams highest, but Asians lowest
Analysis by Arthur Hu Kirkland WA 3/2005
Source: HIV AIDS Surveillance Report Cases of HIV and AIDS 2003
Vol 15 Dept of Health and Human Services CDC
Summary: Blacks 10X white, women and children 25X higher
but Asians are 1.5 times lower than white, up from 3X lower
Whites are 2nd highest AIDS in Hawaii after blacks.
Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino are 10, 4 and 3 times lower than whites
Estimated numbers of cases and rates (per 100,000 population) of AIDS by race / ethnicity,
age category, and sex, 2003 - 50 states and the District of Columbia
[Adults or adolescents ]
Males Females Total
Race / Ethncity No Rate No Rate No. Rate
White, not Hispanic 10,450 12.8 1,725 2 12,175 7.2
Black, not Hispanic 13,624 103.8 7,551 50.2 21,174 75.2
Hispanic 6,087 40.3 1,744 12.4 7,831 26.8
Asian/Pacific Islander 408 8.3 86 1.6 494 4.8
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 150 16.2 46 4.8 196 10.4
Total (incl unknown, multiple - 30,851 26.6 11,211 9.2 42,062 17.7
Children (<13 yrsTotal
Race / Ethncity No. Rate No. Rate
White, not Hispanic 9 0 12,184 6.1
Black, not Hispanic 40 0.5 21,214 58.2
Hispanic 7 0.1 7,839 20
Asian/Pacific Islander 0 0 494 4
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 0 0 196 8.1
Total 58 0.1 42,120 14.5
(incl unknown, multiple - 193)
Relative rates vs white
Race / Ethncity
White, not Hispanic AdMale 1.00 AdFem 1.00
Black, not Hispanic AdMale -8.11 AdFem -25.10
Hispanic AdMale -3.15 AdFem -6.20
Asian/Pacific Islander AdMale 1.54 AdFem 1.25
American Indian/ Alaskan Native AdMale -1.27 AdFem -2.40
Total (incl unknown, multiple - 193)
Relative rates vs white
Race / Ethncity
White, not Hispanic Adult 1.00 Child 1.00 Total 1.00
Black, not Hispanic Adult -10.44 Child -28.00 Total -9.54
Hispanic Adult -3.72 Child -5.60 Total -3.28
Asian/Pacific Islander Adult 1.50 Child 0.00 Total 1.53
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Adult -1.44 Child 0.00 Total -1.33
Total (incl unknown, multiple - 193)
Ranked by Relative rates vs white
Race Ethnicity by category
Asian/Pacific Islander Child 0.00 No Asian child AIDS cases reported.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Child 0.00
Asian/Pacific Islander AdMale 1.54 Asians are only group lower than
Asian/Pacific Islander Total 1.53 whites, by 1.5. In early 90s the
Asian/Pacific Islander Adult 1.50 gap was 3 to 1
Asian/Pacific Islander AdFem 1.25
White, not Hispanic AdMale 1.00
White, not Hispanic AdFem 1.00
White, not Hispanic Adult 1.00
White, not Hispanic Child 1.00
White, not Hispanic Total 1.00
American Indian/ Alaskan Native AdMale -1.27 AmerIndians are comparable to whites,
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Total -1.33 despite high poverty
American Indian/ Alaskan Native Adult -1.44
American Indian/ Alaskan Native AdFem -2.40
Hispanic AdMale -3.15
Hispanic Total -3.28
Hispanic Adult -3.72
Hispanic Child -5.60
Hispanic AdFem -6.20
Black, not Hispanic AdMale -8.11 Blacks over all 10x higher
Black, not Hispanic Total -9.54 Female and child AIDS 25 times higher than white
Black, not Hispanic Adult -10.44
Black, not Hispanic AdFem -25.10
Black, not Hispanic Child -28.00
Source: HIV AIDS Surveillance Report Cases of HIV and AIDS 2003
Vol 15 Dept of Health and Human Services CDC
Hawaii Department of of Health HIV/AIDS Surveillance Semi-Annual Report Cases to Dec 31, 2004
Whites are 2nd highest AIDS group after African Americans
Japanese are only 1/10 rate of whites, Chinese, Filipino 1/3-1/4
Rate/10kVsWhite 2004 cases pct
Caucasian 23.1 1.00 68
African American 40.9 -1.77 9
Hispanic 19.4 1.19 17
Hawaiian / or part 7.5 3.08 6
Filipino 5.3 4.36 8
Chinese 7.1 3.25 3
Japanese 2.3 10.04 8
Other API 3.2 7.22 9
Multiple Race 2.3 10.04 4
Total 10.6 2.18 1340.029851
Rate/10kVsWhite
Japanese 2.3 10.04
Multiple Race 2.3 10.04
Other API 3.2 7.22
Filipino 5.3 4.36
Chinese 7.1 3.25
Hawaiian / or part 7.5 3.08
Total 10.6 2.18
Hispanic 19.4 1.19
Caucasian 23.1 1.00
African American 40.9 -1.77
Afri-mericans are the ony group with higher AIDS rates than whites
\doc\96\03\USAIDS10.wk1 - AIDS in the USA 1995 By Race
Index Summary: Asians lowest, Blacks highest, Hisp 2nd highest, Native
Americans slightly lower
Over 13 W1.00 B6.47 H3.36 A-2.37 N-1.12
under 13 W1.00 B16.00 H5.75 A-1.33 N1.00
overall W1.00 B6.01 H3.00 A-2.48 N-1.25
asian.aids.national
\doc\95\05\aidsurv.txt 93/94 aids figures
\doc\96\05\aidsincr.wk1
Table 19. Estimated AIDS-opportunistic illness incidence, by
race/ethnicity and year of diagnosis, 1990 through 1993, United
States1
Year of diagnosis
Race/ethnicity 1990 1991 1992 1993
White, not Hispanic 22,600 25,200 26,800 25,800
Black, not Hispanic 14,700 17,600 21,300 23,200
Hispanic 8,100 9,500 10,600 11,500
Asian/Pacific Islander 300 360 420 460
American Indian/
Alaska Native 110 140 160 170
Total2 45,900 52,800 59,400 61,300
1 Estimates are adjusted for delays in the reporting of AIDS cases,
but not for incomplete reporting of cases. Estimates of less than
200, 200 to 499, 500 to 999, and 1,000 or more are rounded to the
nearest 10, 20, 50, and 100, respectively. See Technical Notes.
2 The sum of race/ethnicity estimates may not equal the total annual
estimates because of rounding. Totals include estimates of persons
whose race/ethnicity is unknown.
\doc\95\04\ADRACESM.WK1 - Summary of Relative AIDS Prevalence by Race, 1994
United States
Only persons of SOME colors have higher rates of AIDS than Whites.
Indexed Ranked by Relative Prevelance of AIDS, 1993-94 and
Cumulative Through 1994
Men Women Pediatric
93-94 Cum 93-94 Cum 93-94 Cum
Black 4.33 3.24 14.97 13.16 19.04 13.22
Hisp 3.95 4.00 6.32 5.60 7.97 5.80
White(1) 0.64 0.71 0.31 0.34 0.22 0.29
NatAm -2.01 -2.86 1.25 -1.01 -2.35 -1.07
Asian -3.10 -4.08 -2.94 -2.66 1.01 -2.55
Asians have the lowest incidence for Men, Women, but pediatric is
comparable to whites for 93-94, which may be a statistical fluke
compared to the cumulative figure due to very small numbers.
@@gay
doc933:SFYMS.xls 93 Young Mens' Survey AIDS
SFYMS XLS 10819 06-14-93 10:45p
doc938:SFAIDS93.xls - HIV survey for SF
@@hiv rates
SF Chron 6/29/93 Population Shift Indicated in SF HIV Infection Rate
Of estimated 28,000 HIV infected in SF, survey found
W61% B16% H14% A8% NA1%
Note - this is much higher than 2% with AIDS, so I question accuracy
of 8% estimate.
@@Late Intevention
ASIANS HAVE HIGHEST RATE OF "LATE-INTERVENTION"
z48\clip\2001\02\asaids.txt Asian-Americans have the highest rate of
late intervention, meaning that patients are already infected with an
AIDS-related disease by the time they get a diagnosis. The latest
study, released in February by the New York City Department of
Health, shows that of a sample of 118 people made up mostly of
Asian-Americans and a few Native Americans with AIDS in 1997 and
1998, 44 percent were cases of late intervention. That is in contrast
to 28 percent for blacks, 24 percent for Hispanics and 21 percent for
whites.
@@lesbian
doc938:lesbaids.xls San Francisco survey
HIV rate W.74% B3.57% H1.35% A0 (<1.7) NA 0(<11%)
testing rate W71.4 B76.2 H54 A54.2 NA 88.9
@@life expectancy
\priv\95\11\aidslife.txt - AIDS has halted the natural increase in
life expectancy.
@@lowest rate
@@underrepresentation
ASIANS HAVE THE LOWEST RATES OF AIDS/HIV BUT YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANYBODY
ADMIT IT
- Summary, there almost no mentions in any AIDS reference that Asians
have the lowest incidence of AIDS, although every report that
mentions race highlights that minorities in general have a higher
rate of AIDS. There likely has never been any mention of the low rate
of AIDS among Native Americans. Only rarely are there instances where
Asians have a higher rate of AIDS than whites.
z53\doc\web\2001\10\seaaids.txt
June 2001
HIV/AIDS epidemiology profile for community planning
by Public Health Seattle & King County
p. 8 Table 4
ASIANS LOWEST AIDS RATE OF ANY RACE, GAY, GAY+IDU HIGHEST
Estimated percent of King County residents with HIV infection
Gay men IDU 20-40%
Gay men non-IDU 14-21%
Het IDU, M&F 1-3%
African Am 1.2%
Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian 1.0%
White (15-69) 0.4%
Asian/Pac Islander 0.1% <--------- Lowest race
Women 15-44 0.04-0.1%
Het non-IDU M&F 0.03% <-------- Joe average
p. 18
"It is important to note that with the _EXCEPTION OF ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDERS_ the average annual rates for each non-white racial/ethnic
group continue to be significantly higher than that for whites" [Does
not note that Asian rate is significantly lower]
YES ASIANS AND NATAM ARE LOWER BUT "WE REALLY DON'T KNOW"
z46\clip\2000\11\asaids.txt Aids could devastate blacks , latinos in
USA . Date: 10/05/2000
American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Asian Americans/Pacific
Islanders are under-represented in the figures. ``The problem that we
have to be concerned with here,'' Satcher said, ``is that...the
reporting systems for these populations are not good...and we may be
underestimating the impact of the AIDS epidemic among these
populations.''
Phillipe Rushton notes the low rate of AIDS, he believes it is part
of a controversial evolutionary pattern theory which puts whites
between blacks and Asians in physical, sexual and intellectual
patterns.
Fumento, Myth of Heterosexual AIDS - Asian cases are less than the
population. The only book printed before 1994 which ever mentions
this fact.
STUDY CONCLUDES CONDOM USE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO LOW ASIAN AIDS RATE
"Half of APA Men Practice Safe Sex, Study Finds: But most don't seek
reproductive health care" Asian Week June 3, 1999 p. 9 "Higher rates
of condom use have likely contributed to lower Asian HIV rates than
the population as a whole". Although Asians are only 1.45 percent of
the US population [that's wrong 1980 figure, is now over 4%] Asians
are only 0.8% of AIDS cases, and APA men are only 2% in CA, 0.5% in
New York. 80% of men believe they are not at risk to AIDS, 89% have
never received reproductive health services [Condoms are insignificant
compared to low rates of IVDU and male-male sex]
AP FINALLY ADMITS ASIANS HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF AIDS
\clip\97\05\asia96.txt AIDS RISES AMONG BLACKS, WOMEN CUMULATIVE
CASES IN U.S. PASS HALF-MILLION MARK Date: April 19, 1996 (AP)
rate index
White 15.4 1.00
Black 92.6 6.01
Hispanic 46.2 3.00
Asian 6.2 -2.48 (just over one-third the rate of whites)
"Asians and Pacific Islanders reported the lowest rate, 6.2"
doc\94\13\unitedwy.txt
United Way report "Asians are a very low
percentage of AIDS cases: 2 percent of AIDS victims are Asians while
Asians are 12 percent of the population"
\doc\94\14\priv\nyaids.txt
Only 0.65% national, 0.5% NYC
@@military recruits
BLACKS MARKEDLY HIGHER, ASIANS MARKEDLY LOWER THAN WHITE
HIV Prevalence Trends in Selected Populations in the
United States 1993-1997 CDC Dept Health and Human Services
Aug 2001
1993-1997
White .02 1.0
Black .17 -7.0
Hispanic .04 -2.0
AsianPI .01 2.0
AmInd .01 2.0
"prevalence rates were markedly higher among black applicants of both
sexes than those who were Hispanic of White" [does not mention that
Asian and AmInd were just as markedly LOWER than white, a factor of 2]
MALE AIDS IN ASIAN COMPARABLE TO WHITE
z42\clipim\2000\05\11\aidsmil.efx
HIV Prevalenc among Military Recruit Applicants in Seattle,
Tacoma, and Washington State
HIV/AIDS report Seattle King County 4th Quarter 1999
Washington
White 0.03% 1.00
Black 0.23% -7.67
Hisp 0.11% -3.67
Asian 0.04% -1.33 4,498 2 positive
NatAm 0.00% 0.00 1,762 0 positive
NO HIV IN ASIAN OR NATIVE AMERICAN MILITARY RECRUITS
chart
CDC National HIV Prevalence surveys 1997 summary
m/f White 0.01/0.01, B0.15/0.5 H0.3/0.0 N0.0/0.0 A0.0/0.0
All 0.3/0.2
HIV DOWN BY 10X IN 10 YEARS.
http://www.arthurhu.com/images/972/a112197/Page0001.html p09.gif
Prevalence of HIV Among Civilian
Applicants for Military Service in California. "Other" usually as low
or lower than white in CA, trend for HIV+ is down over the 1990s,
females highest in SF bay, as well as males. In CA, blacks were 5
times more HIV+.
http://www.arthurhu.com/images/972/a112197/Page0001.html p13.gif
Chart showing HIV falling from 0.23 in
1985 to 0.025 in 1996, or down by 10 times in 10 years.
d:\doc\96\07\hivmil.wk1
HIV Seroprevalance Among Military Applicants
Rate
USA WA Seattle Tacoma
Black 0.28 0.21 0.20 0.27
Hispanic 0.13 0.10 0.12 0.21
Total 0.09 0.04 0.05 0.06
NatAm 0.05 0.00
White 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.02
Asian 0.03 0.06
Asians are higher in WA, but with only 2 Asians in Washington State,
not statistically valid
Source: HIV/AIDS 1st Quarter 1996 p. 16
Seattle / King County Department of Health
Index
USA WA Seattle Tacoma
White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Black 7.00 10.50 6.67 13.50
Hispanic 3.25 5.00 4.00 10.50
Asian -1.33 3.00
Total 2.25 2.00 1.67 3.00
NatAm 1.25
US W1.00 B-7.00 H-3.25 A1.33 N-1.25
WA W1.00 B-6.67 H-4.00 A3.00
Cumulative rates since 1985
Note these rates "likely under-represent HIV prevalence due
to self-selection bias"
HIV Job Corp
White 0.11
Black 0.32
Other 0.05
d:\doc\94\17\hivmilit.wk1 HIV Prevalence Among
Military Recruits
US Military Recruits W1.0 B-7.0 H-3.4 A 1.7
WA Military Recruits W1.0 B-7.0 H-5.0 A-3.0
HIV Prevalence Among Military Recruit Applicants
Washington State Seattle KingCounty HIV/AIDS 4th
Quarter 93 p. 9 Alex Riggle MA and Sharon Hpkins
DVM, MPH
HIV+ Index
WA USA WA USA
White 0.03% 0.05% 1.00 1.00
Black 0.21% 0.35% 7.00 7.00
Hisp 0.15% 0.17% 5.00 3.40
Asian/PI 0.09% 0.03% <3.00> -1.66
NAm 0 0.07% 0.00 1.40
Total 0.04% 0.10% 1.33 2.00
Asians higher than whites in Washington State, but still low overall
at .09% 3,908,840 persons tested nationwide between 10/85 and 6/93
83,015 Washingtonians tested
In US Asians just as likely as anybody else but this is a low risk
group overall (mostly heterosexuals)
@@Myth of low rates Asian AIDS
Michael de Groot says that low aids rates is
a myth [but it's not!]
@@native americans - the only other group with a lower rate of
aids than whites, but it has _never_ been mentioned.
>>\priv\96\01\namaids.txt Native Americans battling onslaught of AIDS
January 14, 1996 CNN Web posted at: 7:45 a.m. EST The rate of AIDS is
higher for Native American Women than whites, but there is no mention
that the overall rate, and the rate for men is much lower than for
whites.
@@programs
d:\doc\94\17\priv\aaciaids.txt SJM 8/3/94 AACI Gets AIDS Money AACI
of San Jose got money last year to serve an average of 10 AIDS
patients a month, but managed to contact only an average of 3 or 4.
The Santa Clara county AIDS/HIV Consortium refused to continue a
$40,000 grant for a fourth year. AACI was refused a grant becuase they
could only find 3 or 4 instead of quota of 10 a month. But there are
only a dozen aids cases of API a year! Only 62 adult cases recorded
for all time, 7 in the lastest quarter, but they want 120 a year.
@@rank -
%%diarrhea
d:\doc\96\06\diarrhea.txt F092396 "New diarrhea vaccine could stop
major childhood killer" In the US, the rotavirus, the leading cause
of diarrhea, causes 3.1 million cases, and 50,000 hospitalizations as
a result of dehydration, but rarely kills. Worldwide, it causes 1
million deaths a year, a major killer. (Comment, it was estimated in
1995 that AIDS would kill 300,000 to 600,000 per year, far less than
the rotavirus)
@@state
%%California
.LESS THAN 2% OF CA WOMEN AIDS CASES WERE LESBIAN /BISEXUAL
\doc\96\07\cafemaid.txt California HIV AIDS Update Jan 1996 Less than
2% of AIDS among women in CA were lesbian or bisexual, despite the
publicity given to the threat of AIDS to lesbian women.
Of 2,215 female heterosexual contact cases:
39.5% sex with IV drug user
36.3% sex with partners known to have HIV infection or AIDS
So much for lesbian AIDS theories
18.9% sex with bisexual women
------
94.7% subtotal
5.3% sex with blood transfusion or hemophiliac, HIV+
Only 9% cause not identified
Only 1.5% were bisexual
Less than 1% were lesbian only
Only 2% were lesbian or bisexual women
Nearly all were IVDU or had sex with a male
IVDU.
\doc\96\03\caaids95.wk1
Dec 1995 California AIDS update is one of the first publications which almost
openly admits that AIDS rates are lower for Asians, Pacific Islanders, and
sometimes Latino men.
California HIV/AIDS Update Dec 1995 "Racial / Ethnic Differences in AIDS
Cases in California"
African Americans are significantly higher risk of AIDS than whites. Latino men
were similar or slightly lower than white men depending on age, while Latina
women were higher. The risk for AIDS among Asian / Pacific Americans
and Native Americans were lower than for whites
Risk
Rank by Race Ratio
AfAm 579.5 1.84
White 314.8 1.00
Latino 184.5 -1.71
NatAm 126.8 -2.48
Asian/PI 54.0 -5.83
Other 4.9 -64.24
California HIV/AIDS Update December 1995 p. 35
Relative Risk of AIDS (Based on Cumative AIDS Rate per 100,000 population)
In California
13-24 25-29 30-49 50+
Male
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.4
Latino 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.0
Asian/PI 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
NativeAm 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3
Female
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 6.3 6.4 9.1 6.3
Latino 1.7 5.4 1.6 2.1
Asian/PI 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.8
NativeAm 1.1 1.6 1.5 0.4
California HIV/AIDS Update December 1995 p. 35
Relative Risk of AIDS (Based on Cumative AIDS Rate per 100,000 population)
In California - converted to ratios > 1
13-24 25-29 30-49 50+
Male
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.4
Latino 1.0 -1.3 -1.4 1.0
Asian/PI -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0
NativeAm -2.0 -1.3 -2.5 -3.3
Female
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 6.3 6.4 9.1 6.3
Latino 1.7 5.4 1.6 2.1
Asian/PI -10.0 -3.3 -2.5 -1.3
NativeAm 1.1 1.6 1.5 -2.5
Asian women nearly at parity over 50, but a very low rate for whites.
Statewide, Asian men are only 1/10 the rate of whites, Asian
women are also much lower from 1/3 (over 50) to 1/25 (13-24)
%%Washington State
\doc\96\03\kgcoad95.wk1 King County / Washington AIDS 1995
Demographic characteristics of cumulate reported AIDS case
Wash State Cumulative 12/31/95
Black 2.78
Hispanic 1.04
White 1.00
AmInd -1.21
AsianPI -3.38
@@statistics
USA CDC summary gopher://cdcnac.org:72/11/4/yearend95
@@teen
\doc\95\07\massteen.txt - Asian teens are active later
@@testing
Asains are tested at the lowest rate, however, the groups at highest
risk generally test at the highest rates. This is consistent with the
low rate of AIDS among Asians.
\doc\96\03\testrate.txt
Seattle King County HIV/AIDS report Q4 1995 p. 11
HIV Testing Status - noted that groups with the highest risk had the
highest testing rates. Asians have the lowest rates of testing.
(that's probably good!) Random dial phone survey in King County asking
if people had ever been tested for HIV
88% - gay men in Seattle neighborhood 1992
83% - IV drug users in King County Survey 1990-92
56.9% - Black 1.72
43.7% - Hispanic 1.32
38.8% - Male
33.0% - White
29.3% - Female
28.5% - Asian -1.15
\doc\95\11\aidstest.txt
Index - Asians are the only group less likely to be tested for HIV
than whites. But Asians are also the least likely to be infected, or
have AIDS symptoms. In general, a high rate of testing is associated
with higher risk groups.
Percent of Group tested for HIV, all adults
W1.00 B1.54 H1.14 A-1.12 N1.29
Medium to high risk
W1.00 B1.38 H1.04 A-1.04 N-2.11
Source: California HIV/AIDS Update April 1995 (Sacramento CA:
California Department of Health Services Office of AIDS)
asian.aids.tuberculosis
@@tuberculosis
Asians have one of the highest rates of TB in San Franciso and Los
Angeles, but have zero or nearly zero HIV rates in TB clinics. Whites
have the lowest rate of TB, but highest rate of HIV infection in TB
clinics, which indicates that HIV is probably a much more significant
cause of TB infection, compared to Asians and Hispanics who probably
brought it from home countries as immigrants.
\priv\95\09\aidssum.txt "New TB Cases Drop; Local Programs Cited"
American Medical News (07/17/95) P. 21 According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 24,361 new cases of
tuberculosis (TB) in the United States in 1994--down nearly 4 percent
from the previous year.
d:\doc\94\17\laaidstb.wk1 - AIDS and TB in Los Angeles Co. 1992
TB case rate in LA County W1.00 B6.48 H5.10 A10.22
HIV rate of TB client W1.00 B-1.73 H-2.22 A0.00
\doc\95\07\sfaidstb.txt - Asians with TB only 1.5% HIV+ in San Francisco
San Francisco HIV Seroprevalence Report San Francisco Department of
Public Health, AIDS Office September 1993
Municipal TB clinic 1989-92
Index white=1.00
TB Rank HIV Rank
9.19 NAm/ Other 1.00 White
5.34 Black -1.15 NAm / Other
3.39 Hispanic -1.57 Black
2.40 Asian -2.07 Hispanic
1.00 White -28.52 Asian
@@undercount
\doc\94\14\priv\nyaids.txt Asians thought to be misclassified and
undercounted, but no hard evidence.
@@women
In California and Washington, Asian women closer to whites in risk
than Asian men, though the risk is still the lowest of any race and
gender group.
\doc\95\05\aidswom2.wk1
Summary W1.00 B16.50 H6.84 A-2.92 N1.53
Source: Feb 9, 1995 CDC Statement on women and AIDS
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta GA
AIDS Case Rate for women by race, 1994
Rate Index
Per 100k White=1.00
White 3.8 1.00
Black 62.7 16.50
Hispanic 26.0 6.84
Asian/PacIs 1.3 -2.92
AmInd/Alas 5.8 1.53
Wednesday, May 29, 1996 · Page A13 ©1996 San Francisco Chronicle New
HIV Awareness Ads Aimed at Asian Women David Tuller.
\priv\96\17\ASWMAIDS.HTM A San Francisco AIDS group yesterday
unveiled an HIV awareness ad campaign targeting women of Asian
descent, particularly those who work in massage parlors. AIDS
increased by 150% in the past year [but overall levels remain the
lowest of any race or gender group in the state]
----------------------------------
\doc\96\03\caaids95.wk1
California HIV/AIDS Update December 1995 p. 35
Relative Risk of AIDS (Based on Cumative AIDS Rate per 100,000 population)
In California - converted to ratios > 1
13-24 25-29 30-49 50+
Male
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.4
Latino 1.0 -1.3 -1.4 1.0
Asian/PI -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0
NativeAm -2.0 -1.3 -2.5 -3.3
Female
White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
AfAm 6.3 6.4 9.1 6.3
Latino 1.7 5.4 1.6 2.1
Asian/PI -10.0 -3.3 -2.5 -1.3
NativeAm 1.1 1.6 1.5 -2.5
Asian women nearly at parity over 50, but a very low rate for whites.
Statewide, Asian men are only 1/10 the rate of whites, Asian
women are also much lower from 1/3 (over 50) to 1/25 (13-24)
@@world aids
%%general
AIDS AIDS Tot New
Year Cases Deaths HIV+ HIV+
2007 30m 2007 lower projection
2006 40M
2002 42M 2002 estimate 30M revised 2007
2000 10M 40M '95 projection (?!)
-----------------------------------------------------
1997 2.3M 30M 5.8M
1996
1995 1.3M 21M
1994 1.0M 18M
UN SAYS 33M INFECTED WORLDWIDE, DOWN FROM 2006 ESTIMATE OF 40M
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-aids20nov20,0,4239134.story?coll=la-home-center
"UNAIDS estimated in a report to be issued today that about 2.5 million
people will be infected with the AIDS virus, called HIV, this year --
a 40% drop from the 2006 estimate.
The report also says that about 33 million people worldwide are
infected with the virus, compared with last year's estimate of almost
40 million"
"A 2002 UNAIDS report, for example, estimated a worldwide total of 42
million cases. The new report says the actual number that year was
only 30 million."
Old studies of prenatal clinics of sexual active women, new studies are
in house-to-house surveys.
2006 AIDS report
http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2006GlobalReport/default.asp
country cases rate vs USA
Thailand 580,000 0.900 2.00 (2007)
Thailand 700,000 2.115 4.11 (2000)
Cambodia 90,000 1.938 3.77
India 1,750,000 0.377 -1.36
USA 301,139,947 475,871 0.158 1.00 (2007)
Hong Kong 3,000 0.089 -5.78
Viet Nam 25,000 0.069 -7.45
Philippines 18,000 0.054 -9.52
Japan 6,200 0.010 -51.40
Republic of Korea 2,000 0.008 -64.25
Japan Native 3000 0.005 -102.80
DPR Korea**** 100 0.001 -514.00
China POP 1,321,851,888 650,000 0.0005 -554.41 2007
\doc\web\99\02\worlaids.wk1,.prn
People estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS end 1998 millions
cases pop rate index
Sub-Saharan Africa 22.5 67.4% 488 9.4% 4.50% -15.00
South & SouthEast Asia 6.7 20.1% 1168 22.4% 0.50% -1.67
South America & Carribbea 1.73 5.2% 420 8.1% 0.40% -1.33
North America 0.89 2.7% 272 5.2% 0.30% 1.00
Europe & Central Asia 0.77 2.3% 954 18.3% 0.08% 3.75
East Asia & Australasia 0.57 1.7% 1600 30.7% 0.03% 10.00
North Africa Middle East 0.21 0.6%
Total 33.37 100.0% 5207 100.0% 0.64% -2.14
The Economist Jan 2nd 1999 p. 42 A Global Disaster
47m infected, 14m deaths worldwide, 2.5m deaths in 1998,
4th largest killer after respiratory infections, diarrhoeal disorders
and tuberculosis.
East Asia is estimated to be 4 times less prevalent than North America.
hina is not far behind India?
\clip\97\28\aidsepi.txt USA Today 11/26/97 (AP AIDS epidemic worse
than believed [India #1 HIV infections, 20% Zimbabwe, 30% Botswana,
worldwide 2.3M deaths in 1997, 30M infected, 1% of sexually active
adults, 5.8M in 1997]
\priv\96\20\unaids.txt Newshound 6/8/96 U.N. Says AIDS Cases Rose by
25 percent in 1995 1.3 milion worldwide AIDS cases, 21 million cases
of HIV. Women are 42% of cases, number of children not agreed upon.
90% of deaths are under 49. Botswanta, and Zimbabwe are 17-18%
HIV. US HIV infections have fallen from 100,000 / yr to 40,000.
Thailand cases have dropped among military recruits
doc\95\11\womnhiv.txt "Women now lead in number of new HIV infection
cases" Seattle Times Feb 9, 1995 p. A2
In 1995, the WHO estimates that women are 50% of new HIV infections,
with 8 million infected women in the world, and an additional 5
million over the next 5 years.
16 million adults, 1 million children are HIV +
4.5 million AIDS cases worldwide, conservatively.
\priv\95\09\aidssum.txt "AIDS Containment Seen as Attainable"
Washington Times (08/08/95) P. A8 19 million HIV worldwide, 1 million
Americans (U.S. Agency for International Development at a conference
of AIDS experts) Between 300,000 and 600,000 people will die from AIDS
in 1995, 1.5 million to 3 million by 2000
\priv\95\05\aidssum.txt "Billions Suffering Needlessly, Study Says"
New York Times (05/02/95) P. C5; Leary, Warren E. In 1994, more than
13 million adults became infected with HIV. By the year 2000, the
worldwide total of HIV infections could reach 30 million to 40
million, with 10 million people having developed AIDS, the report
said.
@@genes
BLACKS, WHITES HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF AIDS SENSITIVE GENES
\clip\99\08\geneaid.txt Study Link Genes, AIDS Progression By PAUL
RECER AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Inherited genes may
explain why some people infected with HIV quickly develop AIDS while
others with the virus live for years in relatively good health,
scientists report. In a study published today in the journal Science,
researchers at the National Cancer Institute say differences in the
inherited pattern of what are called HLA Class I genes appear to
determine who gets sickest soonest after an HIV infection. About 10
percent of the white patients had the Cw04 form, she said, but it was
present in about 25 percent of the black patients.
\clip\96\06\mutgene.txt New York Times August 9, 1996 Genetic
Mutation Protects Some People From HIV Infection, Researchers Say By
LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN. A double copy of a mutant gene which protects
against HIV is predicted to be found in 1% of European origin, much
lower rates in blacks and Japanese. Studies may link it to high rates
of AIDS in Africa. Comment - Asia has the lowest rates of AIDS in the
world, and Asian Ameicans the lowest in the US, along with socialist
European countries, so it