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Young Men And African Americans Appear At Greatest Risk

Washington, D.C.- While worldwide there have been some progress noted among certain groups the HIV rates of infection among other groups have been on the rise in the last 6 years.

According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention located in Atlanta Georgia, the rate of infection for HIV and AIDS among men rose significantly between the years 2001 and 2006, while it went down in other demographic groups.

In men who have sex with men, between 2001 and 2006 the rate for infection with HIV or AIDS skyrocketed with an overall increase of 12.4 percent, compared to the rate of infection for men overall of 1.5 percent.

The increase for young African American men who are sexually active with other men was even higher, at 15 percent overall.

This means that about half of the American AIDS epidemic is happening exclusively among a small part of the population.

This is a terrible and alarming trend among white gay men and it is being amplified even further among young minority gay males.

Diagnosis of the disease among men who are sexually active with other men accounted for nearly 97,000 new cases over the last six years, and these and other findings by the CDC were published in the CDC public health journal.

The results were published in the Morbidity and Morality weekly report the public health journal that is published weekly by the CDC.