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54% of U.S. HIV Infections Caused by Homosexual Activity Among Men, 13-29 (6/09) |
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54% of U.S. HIV Infections Caused by Homosexual Activity Among Men, 13-29.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control has issued a fact sheet which says
that 54% of HIV infections among males, aged 13-29, were caused by
homosexual contact in 2006. This is opposed to 34% of infections caused
by heterosexual contact in the same demographic.
“From 2001 through 2006, male-to-male sex was the largest HIV
transmission category in the United States and the only one associated
with an increasing number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses,” the fact sheet said.
The article further states that 77% of HIV positive homosexual men
between the ages of 15 and 29 do not know that they are infected.
The demographic of young adult homosexual males between the ages of 13
and 29 is the only noticeably growing demographic in terms of HIV
infection. The other age demographics seem reasonably stable in
comparison says the CDC.
CDC Fact Sheet: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/sexualbehaviors/pdf/hiv_factsheet_ymsm.pdf
Related:
Study: HIV-positive Practicing Homosexual Men 9000% More Likely to Develop Anal Cancer
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/mar/07032205.html
California Homosexual Organization Admits HIV/AIDS is "Gay Disease"
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/oct/06100404.html
HIV/AIDS Rates Rise Sharply in Canada: 51% of Infections Among Homosexual Men
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06080305.html
[18June09, Alex Bush, www.LifeSiteNews.com]
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