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HIV Diagnosis In The United States


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked rates of HIV diagnosis in the United States from 2011 to 2016 in this report. Rates among all ethnicities and ages in the United States are trending down within the six year period. This slow downward trend can be attributed to more awareness and use of HIV prevention medications called pre-exposure prophylaxis or prEP. These anti-viral prEP pills help to lower the risk of infection for those who are at risk up to 92 percent according to the CDC.

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The two age groups in the study to have the highest diagnosis rate are the 20-24 and 25-29 year old range from 2011 to 2016.

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An average of the data from the 6 year period shows that among the different ethnicities, black or African American makes up 44 percent of the diagnoses, with White at 27 percent and Hispanic or Latino comprising 23 percent.


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Data collected by the CDC was also broken down into regions, showing that the Southern region of the United States has the largest number of HIV diagnoses in the country.     

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