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CDC: New U.S. AIDS Death Stats Released

The CDC's latest chart on U.S. AIDS deaths was published on Thanksgiving in the Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report, but because of the holiday, has thus far not received the proper attention the news stats deserve from the media and AIDS groups.

CDC says:

Mortality attributable to HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) increased rapidly for both men and women during the late 1980s and early 1990s, reaching a peak in the mid-1990s. The rate then decreased sharply until 1997 before leveling off. From 1999 to 2003, men experienced a modest but steady decrease in HIV/AIDS mortality; the death rate for women was unchanged.

Check out the graph accompanying the explanation.