HIV/AIDS In New Jersey
1 – New Jersey has the largest proportion of women infected with AIDS in the United States.
2 – New Jersey ranks second in the Nation for cumulative pediatric HIV cases. (Up from a rankingof third in 2000)
4 – New Jersey ranks fourth in the Nation for overall cumulative HIV cases. (Up from a ranking of 5th in 2000)
- AIDS ranks among the top three causes of death for African-American men ages 25-54 and for African-American women ages 35-44 in the United States.
- Drug cocktails have allowed many people with HIV to live much longer lives but there still is no cure for AIDS.
- By mid 2008, 35,309 people are reported living with HIV or AIDS in New Jersey.
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Injection drug use and sexual contact remain the major modes of exposure to HIV infection. The proportion of reported cases with HIV/AIDS who were exposed through injection drug use (IDU) is lower than in the past, while the proportion of cases that were exposed through sexual contact is increasing.
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