World AIDS Day is Dec. 1
November 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm by Katy Wood in Add it upPeople living with HIV/AIDS in Georgia as of Dec. 31, 2006: 29,254
Georgia’s ranking in number of AIDS cases per 100,000 cases in the United States: 8
Number of persons newly diagnosed with AIDS in Georgia in 2005: 932
Number of persons newly diagnosed with HIV in Georgia in 2005: 1,267
Percentage of Georgians diagnosed with AIDS in 2005 who are African-Americans: 77
Percentage of Georgians who are African-American: 29
Percentage of new HIV infections occurring in people under 25: 50
Number of promising HIV vaccine candidates in testing: 20
Sources: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Georgia AIDS Coalition, AID Atlanta
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