AIDS Cases By State in the USA

AIDS is a growing epidemic in the world today. Just in the United States, this disease has taken more than 500,000 lives so far, and this number is growing rapidly. Today, more than 1 million Americans are suffering from AIDS and HIV. The worst part of this is that one out of every five people who have HIV is not aware that he is infected, and this is a major cause of the continued spread of the disease.

Each year more than 56,000 people get infected with HIV in America, and this is after countless attempts to make people aware of this disease. According to a survey that can be found on the Avert website, more than 448,871 people had AIDS in America in 2006, with New York, California, Texas and Florida having the highest number of HIV patients in the country. New York, Maryland and Florida have the highest number of HIV patients per 100,000 people, with an average of 12.7 cases per 100,000 people. Out of all 50 states, South Dakota, Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana have the lowest number of AIDS patients.

AIDS can affect anyone who is sexually active or uses unsterilized syringe, such as heroin addicts. Even though everyone is at risk of getting this virus, some groups are more vulnerable than others. Homosexual men, hemophiliacs and drug abusers are at much greater risk than others, and there are far more cases of HIV infection in African-American and Hispanic heterosexual men than in other population groups.