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Notice to Readers: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
--- March 10, 2008
March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In 2005, women accounted for 26% of
newly diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases
(1), compared with 11% in 1990 (2). Of an
estimated 9,708 women and adolescent girls who had
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS diagnosed during 2005,
the majority (80%) had become infected through high-risk heterosexual contact, and 19% had
become infected through injection-drug use.
Black women were especially affected by HIV/AIDS. In 2005, 66% of the new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in
women occurred in black women, compared with 17% in white women and 14% in Hispanic women
(1). HIV was the third leading cause of death for black women aged 25--44 years and the fourth leading cause of death for Hispanic
women aged 35--44 years (3). Additional information on HIV/AIDS among women and girls is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/index.htm and
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/sexualbehaviors/index.htm.
References
CDC. Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and dependent areas, 2005. HIV/AIDS surveillance report. Vol. 17 (revised).
Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2007. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports.
CDC. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
(WISQARS™). Leading causes of death reports, 1999--2005. Atlanta, GA:
US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars.
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