HIV/AIDS Among American Infians and Alaska Natives: August 2008

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  HIV/AIDS is a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  
  Even though the numbers of HIV and AIDS diagnoses for American Indians and Alaska Natives represent less than 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases reported to CDC’s HIV/ AIDS Reporting System, when population size is taken into account, American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2005 ranked 3rd in rates of HIV/AIDS diagnosis, after blacks (including African Americans) and Hispanics [1]. American Indians and Alaska Natives make up 1.5% (4.1 million people) of the total US population [2]. The rate of AIDS diagnosis for this group has been higher than that for whites since 1995.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ethnology Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & Control Alaska Natives HIV Infections/ethnology HIV Infections/prevention & Control Indians, North American Population Surveillance
• Series:
  CDC HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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